New details have emerged in the case of the Sacred Heart Preparatory School student who was stabbed to death in the Mission District in September, leaving his family with more unanswered questions.
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U.S. restores diplomatic ties with Cuba
In a stunning reversal to five decades of foreign policy, President Obama announced Dec. 17, that the United States will ānormalizeā relationships with Cuba.
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Mission campus struggles, waits for CCSF verdict
ByĀ J. B. Evans Judge Curtis Karnow listened intently Dec. 9 to closing arguments in City Attorney Dennis Herreraās civil case brought against the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)āthe governing body which has, for the past two years, attempted to revoke City College of San Franciscoās accreditation. And now, as Karnow makes his […]
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El Tecolote Year in review 2014: Police Brutality
[su_note note_color=”#f7f7f7″]Note from the editor A year before I started at El Tecolote, I was on a 49ers practice field in Santa Clara, living the miserable dream of a freelance sports writer. Roughly a dozen of us reporter, wise guys huddled around a then beloved Jim Harbaugh (the soon-to-be former head coach of the aforementioned […]
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“Latino/a Life in the Bay” photo contest recap
[su_slider source=”media: 25127,25128,25129,25130,25131″ width=”900″ height=”700″ speed=”1200″] More than 150 photos were submitted to this yearās Accion Latina and El TecoloteāsĀ 2nd annual photography exhibit and contest: Latino/a life in the Bay Area. And just like last year, choosing the top crop of images proved trying. We had five winners this year: First, Second and Third place […]
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Ferguson: lessons about race and law enforcement
After hearing more than 3 months of testimony and sifting through thousands of pages of documents, a grand jury elected not to indict Darren Wilson, the white Missouri police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager.
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Hundreds demand āRedskinsā name, mascot change
By Alexis Terrazas Bill Means, a born and bred Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, had seen racism when his mother was denied service at a local retail store, but he could never do anything to fight it. That changed during a high school basketball game in 1963. Suiting up for […]
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Actorās real life experience inspires directorial debut
By Laura Waxmann With an acting career that spans nearly two decades, Kuno Becker has lived many lives through his diverse roles. On his path from telenovelas to the U.S. cinema, the Mexican actor once broke both ankles while training for his portrayal of a professional soccer player in the internationally acclaimed āGoal!ā trilogy. But […]
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āLoco Blocoā celebrates 20 years
For the past 20 years, thousands of Bay Area youth who longed for an artistic outlet had somewhere to turn, and Jose Barajas means to keep it that way. āNot everyone is cut out to be an engineer or architect, people express themselves in different fashions,ā said Barajas, who is the lead music instructor and […]
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Oakland erupts: Ferguson verdict ignites violent protest
A personal account of on what occurred over those three days of protests in Oakland by Santiago Mejia, an El Tecolote staff photographer and editor-in-chief of CCSFās student newspaper, The Guardsman.