Photo portraits capture artists, elders and families rallying to protect the Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts after its sudden closure in San Francisco.
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‘Dr. Loco,’ legendary cultural icon and musician, dies at 84
Dr. José Cuéllar, known as Dr. Loco, a Chicano scholar, musician and cultural icon in San Francisco’s Mission District, died Jan. 21 at age 84.
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Students, teachers walk out as San Francisco joins national protest against ICE
Thousands of students and teachers walked out of classrooms across San Francisco on Thursday and converged at Dolores Park in solidarity with Minnesota.
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Immigration news: ICE protests, visa pause and policy updates in January
A roundup of the Trump administration’s rapidly shifting immigration policies, lawsuits and federal enforcement escalations in 2026.
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Financial crisis forces S.F.’s Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts to close
A funding crisis has shuttered the Mission Cultural Center for the Latino Arts, jeopardizing decades of Latino cultural history and community programming.
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This S.F. lantern exhibition reveals shared struggles among Latina and Chinese women
Bay Windows, a public art exhibition featuring sculptural lanterns designed to bridge San Francisco’s Chinese and Latino communities.
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Viral ‘Carpool’ photographs at SFMOMA capture Latino life at work
Shot from freeway overpasses in Monterrey, Mexico, Alejandro Cartagena’s Carpool series documents labor, family and survival.
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Film shows enduring legacy of art and resistance among Latinos in the Mission
The documentary Keeper of the Fire traces the life of poet Alejandro Murguía and decades of Latino resistance rooted in San Francisco’s Mission District.
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ICE enforcement escalates after Minneapolis killing, sparking S.F. protests
Anti-ICE protests marked the beginning of 2026, with hundreds of San Franciscans joining demonstrations after Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent.
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The U.S. raid on Venezuela signals a dangerous shift in foreign policy
What distinguishes this moment from previous U.S. interventions in Latin America is the abandonment of even the pretexts of “democracy” and “freedom.”