*Editor’s note: Brandon Tanguma is a journalism student in SF State’s Journalism 575 Community Media this spring. Taught by professor Jon Funabiki, the class is a collaboration with El Tecolote. Starboy Charlie is becoming one of the most talked about indie wrestlers in the Bay Area, and he’s only 17. Charlie Hilder fell in love […]
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Photo Essay: Rideshare Drivers United
Uber/Lyft drivers during a caravan protest held by Rideshare Drivers United amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. Close to 50 rideshare drivers caravanned around San Francisco City Hall demanding the California Labor Commissioner to enforce AB5 so they qualify for unemployment insurance. As COVID-19 dwindles rideshare demand, drivers claim Uber and Lyft withhold earnings data from the […]
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Make a Face-Mask for the Pandemic…and the Revolution!
Why make this mask? I like this mask because it is based on a design made by a nurse.* Since it has three layers of fabric and a snug fit, the mask gives pretty good protection for running an essential errand on the block. The mask also has a pocket to insert a disposable filter […]
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People’s Proclamation: Origins of 415 Day
In 2016, the (S)olidarity (F)orever (C)ollective (SFC) united to found a people’s holiday known as #415day. This holiday was created as a community call to action to defend our hoods. The ultimate goal of this day is to celebrate and to build solidarity and principled struggle led by Black & Brown people with deep roots […]
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COVID-19 infections rise at San Francisco homeless shelters while mayor and supervisors clash
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and the Board of Supervisors remain resolute on their efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) pandemic citywide, but are at odds on how to best protect the homeless population as infections rise. During Wednesday’s news conference from the Emergency Operations Center at Moscone Center, […]
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As ‘shelter in place’ remains, advocates fear for victims of domestic abuse
As COVID-19, also known as “coronavirus,” spreads across the state and residents are being asked to shelter in place, victims of domestic violence are not only having to cope with the fear of the pandemic, but also with the increased risk of being quarantined with their abusers. Frontline advocates are concerned about the safety of […]
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Gaps in social safety net leave undocumented immigrants most vulnerable in time of crisis
The COVID-19 or “coronavirus” crisis has exposed massive fault lines in U.S. health, economic and labor sectors. With no end in sight, undocumented immigrants are left most vulnerable because of systemic exclusion from health care and social safety nets. “We still have uncertainty between protecting our health or working,” said Abraham, an undocumented immigrant originally […]
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As coronavirus spreads, activists, supervisors urge mayor to move city’s unhoused population into vacant hotel rooms
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is facing increasing pressure by activists and the Board of Supervisors to commit to a program of providing all unhoused San Franciscans hotel rooms where they will be able to practice social distancing for the duration of the coronavirus (or COVID-19) pandemic. Rifts on the issue that emerged at the […]
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Exchange student recounts her journey back home to Spain in a time of pandemic
*Editor’s note: Ines Ayrault Montero is an exchange student from Madrid, Spain, who is in SF State’s Journalism 575 Community Media this spring. Taught by professor Jon Funabiki, the class is a collaboration with El Tecolote. I started my exchange program at SF State on Aug. 18, 2019. I was thrilled. I didn’t know at all […]
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A Boomer Doomer Virus?
In the midst of the health emergency that we are living, with more time on our hands than we might have ever had, or ever wanted to have, various possible theories about the cause of the virus have appeared. One wants to blame a bat, or a pig, or a rat. Another blames China: “That’s […]