The Mission District is home to a diverse set of local food businesses, with owners from all over the world. Shirly Ruiz, the Venezuelan owner of La Andina, moved to San Francisco in 2019 by herself. In Venezuela, Ruiz had a small graphic design business, but due to circumstances out of her control, she had […]
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PODCAST: The Political Crisis in Peru
On this episode of Radio Teco News, El Tecolote reporter Manuel Orbegozo talks to Alexis Terrazas about the coup and protests in Peru.
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Photo Essay: Drag Up, Fight Back
On Saturday, April 8, 2023, thousands marched and rallied in San Francisco’s Union Square in response to the anti-drag rhetoric and transphobic legislation that has been sweeping the country.
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In Defense of Ethnic Studies: Teaching Anti-Racist Courses Despite Backlash
Mara Cavallaro is El Tecolote’s Report for America Corps Member who reports on mental health and healthcare inequality in the Latinx community. In the fall of 2018, Capuchino High School—one of seven in the San Mateo Union High School District—piloted an Ethnic Studies course. The entire freshman class was enrolled, and they were all taught […]
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On The Beak
On the Beak, El Tecolote’s recurring comic, is where our newsroom rants come to life in the form of editorial cartoons, illustrated by the talented Yano Rivera. Acción Latina, El Tecolote’s publisher, welcomed Yano in April as our R.A.I.C.E.S. Art Fellow for 2023. Also, check out Yano’s “90’s Matter in the Mission” ongoing comic series, […]
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Remembering Luis Góngora Pat: The Mayan unhoused man killed seven years ago by police
“This will never go away,” said Luis Poot, just days before the anniversary of his cousin’s death. “This will never be forgotten. This is for life.” This April 7 will mark the seven year death anniversary of Luis Góngora Pat — a Mayan unhoused man who was living in a tent encampment on Shotwell Street […]
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Transgender Community Fears Retaliatory Attacks
Physical violence and verbal abuse are the norm for many transgender youths. This week, as news emerges that 28-year Audrey Hale — who killed six people, including three 9-year-old students at Nashville, Tennessee’s Covenant School — was transgender, the LGBTQIA community fears it will be targeted for retaliatory attacks. Susan Maasch, director of the Trans […]
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The Mission’s La Mejor Bakery earns Legacy Business title
This year, La Mejor bakery celebrates 30 years of serving pan dulce in the Mission and is now recognized by the city as a Legacy Business. Its owner, Carmen Elias, has been in charge of following a family tradition and continuing with one of the most important cultural legacies in Mexican cuisine. La Mejor has […]
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Puerto Rico Series Part 2: Puerto Ricans and a legacy of Second-Class Citizenship
If Puerto Ricans are Americans, why doesn’t our government provide the same level of aid to our Puerto Rican brothers and sisters? Curious about this, I began to research the history of the U.S. involvement in Puerto Rico and it became clear that Puerto Ricans are America’s second-class citizens. According to studies, if I were […]
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‘It’s cultural genocide’: Native Americans shine a light on the epidemic of disenrollment
For unenrolled or disenrolled Native Americans, the most basic of needs can be an endless, pointless journey through tribal bureaucracy For Kadin Mills, a first descendant of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, resources offered through his family’s tribe will always be just out of arm’s reach. He will never be able to call himself a […]