Hundreds Gather in downtown S.F. to protest U.S. military action in Venezuela
Hundreds gathered in downtown San Francisco to protest U.S. military action in Venezuela after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
Who gets housing support in S.F.? Inside a system that frustrates homeless families
Many families with unstable housing describe the process of qualifying for housing support in San Francisco as opaque and emotionally exhausting. Here’s how it works.
Remembering Ricardo “El Tigre” Peña, the beating heart of S.F.’s Mission
The beloved cultural keeper will be deeply missed by his wife, Connie, his two children, and hundreds of Aztec danzantes and community members.
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El Tecolote met the moment for S.F. Latino immigrants in 2025. Here’s what’s next
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re sharing some of our most impactful initiatives from the year.
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RV Community
These two S.F. neighborhoods reveal aftermath of RV crackdown — and it’s about to get worse
Two distinct neighborhoods reveal the fallout of the city’s rising RV crisis and the lives caught in between.
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IMMIGRATION
Trump called off “surge” in the Bay Area. Inside El Tecolote’s immigrant-centered emergency response
During a tense 48 hours, El Tecolote was the only newsroom distributing live updates via mobile devices directly to Spanish-speaking audiences across the Bay Area.
Mental Health
She never worried about mental health — until her daughters left home
When Rosario Ortegón’s children left home to build lives of their own, she was hit by an unexpected state of distress.
From cold plunges to lotería, immigrant women are redefining mental health in S.F.
Immigrant women are combining traditional remedies and grassroots research to strengthen mental health care and heal their community from within.
How Latinx communities can find mental health services in San Francisco
How to access professional mental health services, with resources for Spanish-speaking children, adolescents and adults.
Day Laborers
Six ways to defend San Francisco’s immigrant day laborers
OP-ED: Immigrant advocate Francisco Herrera provides six concrete ways to protect at-risk immigrant workers from raids and deportation in San Francisco.
ICE fears and loss of work hit San Francisco’s day laborers hard
As ICE ramps up arrests across California, thousands of immigrant workers in San Francisco are bearing the brunt of the economic and emotional fallout.
An immigrant came to San Francisco for work. One injury changed everything
Day laborers are the unseen backbone of San Francisco’s economy, taking on its most dangerous and least protected work. This is the story of one man whose fragile stability shattered when a job cost him his leg.
