On June 27, a 15-year San Francisco Police Department veteran was arrested on multiple charges, including grand theft by false pretense and two counts of insurance fraud. According to SFPD Chief Bill Scott’s Office, the arrest stems from a two-year SFPD Internal Affairs investigation into “fraud related to a vehicle damaged in a vehicle collision.” […]
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Older adults still at high risk for COVID-19, beware complacency
[via Ethnic Media Services] “You might be done with Covid, but Covid is not done with you.” So said Denny Chan, directing attorney with Justice in Aging, at a press briefing co-hosted by the California Department of Aging on June 29 to address the high risks older adults still face from COVID-19 and what steps will protect them. Joining Chan were […]
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California’s Youngest Kids at Acute Risk from Covid-19, Vaccines offer best protection around
[via Ethnic Media Services] More than two years after COVID-19’s onset, there is finally a federally approved vaccine against it in the United States for children aged 6 months to 4 years old. COVID has become the fifth-leading cause of death among kids between the ages of 1 and 4, and the fourth-leading cause among […]
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Carlos Santana collapses during July 5 performance
[Pictured: Santana at a recent performance in Mountain View, CA, June 21st, 2022.] Latin Rock legend Carlos Santana collapsed on stage during his July 5 performance at Pine Knob in Clarkson, Mich. The medical emergencey took place one hour into his concert that was part of a national tour with Earth, Wind and Fire. Stage […]
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International literary festival rekindles Mission roots
After a two-year absence due to COVID, the Mission District welcomed back its annual San Francisco International Flor y Canto Literary Festival from June 9-11. The three-day event drew over 60 poets who gathered for 15 readings at various venues in the Mission. Most were in-person readings, but five were hosted via Zoom. The modest […]
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PODCAST: Wynn Bruce’s act of compassion (part 1)
On this episode of Radio Teco News we are joined by Candice Ford and Kritee Kano, two dear friends of Wynn Bruce. Wynn Bruce was a practitioner of Shambhala buddhism who had deep connection with the earth. On April 22, 2022, Earth Day, Wynn self immolated on the steps of the Supreme Court, and ultimately […]
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A supreme injustice: Supreme Court topples Roe versus Wade
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States revoked Roe v. Wade, which protected the constitutional right to abortion since 1973. While unsurprising, the ruling by a hyper-conservative court was devastating. While abortions are still legal in several states, including California, several conservative states either already banned abortions or are expected to. […]
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988: A step towards transforming mental healthcare in California
[Mara Cavallaro is El Tecolote’s Report for America Corps Member who reports on mental health & healthcare inequality in the Latinx community.] California has repeatedly failed people who struggle with mental health and whose families call for help. In 2020, when Angelo Quinto’s family dialed 911 from Antioch for emergency assistance, police arrived on the […]
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A farm-working mother’s triumph over COVID-19
The following story is by SF State journalism student Marlyn Sanchez Nol, who in Spring 2022 completed her capstone project in the JOUR 695 Senior Seminar class. The following project looks inside the lives of Latina women working in the service and farmworking industry during the pandemic, and has been split into parts. This is […]
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U.S. veterans are no strangers to deportation, documentary ‘American Exile’ reveals
In a quaint living room, a couple sits and house momentos tell the story of two lives, lovingly lived as one in reverence to exchanged vows of forever. Seated in a wheelchair beside his wife Ann, is the Pakistani veteran Zahid Chaudhry, who became paralyzed in an army training exercise gone awry. Though the room […]