El Tecolote is the historic community newspaper of San Francisco’s Mission District. With a circulation of 7,000, El Tecolote is the longest-running bilingual English-Spanish newspaper in California.
What We Do
We are a bilingual publication focused on neighborhood news, arts and culture. Our print newspaper is distributed throughout the Mission District and beyond.
Who We Are
Our team includes student journalists, artists, academics, volunteers and community members who believe in the power of community media to inform, connect and strengthen historically underserved and marginalized communities.
Our History
Our newsroom is rooted in a legacy of grassroots community journalism. In 1970, Professor Juan Gonzales created a La Raza Studies course at San Francisco State University to encourage more Latino students to pursue careers in journalism. As their final project, students created a bilingual newspaper in English and Spanish. The first edition of El Tecolote hit the streets of the Mission District on August 24, 1970.