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The voice of San Francisco’s pueblo. La voz del pueblo de San Francisco.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 15/05/2026
"The city's RV permit promised stability." "For Miguel Mercado, it delivered the opposite." "Last week, after the RV was turned over to the city, Mercado started sleeping on the streets." #California #USA #Transportation #Housing
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SF is towing more RVs than providing housing, leaving many on streets
Months into enforcement, some S.F. residents say the new RV permit program is pushing them into deeper instability.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
INVESTIGATION: San Francisco is towing more RVs than providing housing, leaving many on the streets. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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SF is towing more RVs than providing housing, leaving many on streets
Months into enforcement, some S.F. residents say the new RV permit program is pushing them into deeper instability.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
ICE at airports. A new DHS secretary. Major court battles. Here’s what you need to know about this month’s immigration news: eltecolote.org/content/en/i...
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Immigration news: ICE at airports and more policy updates
Trump deployed ICE agents to airports to support the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in their duties — plus more updates.
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48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
We teamed up with @eltecolotesf.bsky.social and URL Media to capture the scene around the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, where fierce protest spirit melded with a love of music.
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Protests, puppets, and a big Bad Bunny at Super Bowl LX - 48 hills
Marchers decried ICE outside the stadium, while the Puerto Rican superstar represented the power of culture within.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
‘We’re not criminals’: Hot dog vendors say San Francisco is pushing them out ahead of the Super Bowl. Read more: eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 04/01/2026
"We know too well this playbook of lies to cover for an imperialist war." "They lied to us in Iraq." "They lied to us about the entirety of Palestinian society, naming [them] terrorists." "We know this playbook, and we know the threat to Venezuela." #California #USA #Venezuela #Protest #Military
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Hundreds Gather in downtown S.F. to protest U.S. military action in Venezuela
Hundreds gathered in downtown San Francisco to protest U.S. military action in Venezuela after the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
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USC Center for Health Journalism @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Artri King is a 'natural remedy' for joint pain that the FDA has warned against. Why do San Francisco immigrants still trust it? Read the full story by Mariana Duran: bit.ly/NaturalRemed...
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Despite FDA warnings, this ‘natural remedy’ remains popular among S.F. immigrants
In San Francisco, a growing number of Latinos who work physically demanding jobs are turning to supplements like Artri Ajo King and related supplements to relieve chronic pain. The supplements are mar...
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
A new permit is meant to give longtime RV residents in San Francisco a 6-month reprieve from displacement. But some say it’s nearly impossible to get. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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SF’s RV permits were designed for them. Yet some are still being left behind
San Francisco’s new permit for large vehicles is meant to give longtime RV residents a 6-month reprieve from displacement. Some say it’s nearly impossible to get.
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Excellent accountability journalism from @eltecolotesf.bsky.social via @califsun.bsky.social. Honestly, if you’re a FT reporter at a well-funded local / state / national news org covering my hometown right now and you’re NOT chronicling the escalating Econ challenges of working-class people, WYD? 🤷🏽‍♀️😑
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AmyAlexCA @amyalexca.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
For all the wealthy arriviste #TechCrowd in #SF who whine about street crime, unhoused people, etc., I am compelled to again point out their utter lack of concern for the plight of working-class residents who power The City—including in low-wage roles they depend on. eltecolote.org/content/en/a...
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Despite FDA warnings, Artri King remains popular among SF immigrants
Despite FDA warnings, a “natural” pain supplement with hidden steroids remains widely sold in San Francisco, endangering Latino consumers.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
A targeted ICE operation near Hoover Elementary in Oakland caused a school lockdown, a car crash and widespread fear: eltecolote.org/content/en/o...
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Oakland ICE operation causes school lockdown, car crash
A targeted ICE operation near Hoover Elementary in Oakland caused a school lockdown, a car crash and widespread fear.
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Yesica Prado @pradoreports.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
NEW: San Francisco’s “compassionate” RV permit program is failing the people it promised to help. A months-long investigation by @eltecolotesf.bsky.social reveals a rushed, chaotic rollout, leaving hundreds at risk of losing their homes.🧵 Here’s what we found: bit.ly/47LB1sc
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SF’s RV towing blitz has begun. These are its biggest failures
San Francisco’s RV towing has begun. Internal records show shifting rules, scant infrastructure and hundreds of families at risk.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
As San Francisco begins towing RVs citywide, internal records and on-the-ground reporting reveal a rushed rollout, shifting rules and limited infrastructure — leaving hundreds of families at risk of losing their only homes. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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SF’s RV towing blitz has begun. These are its biggest failures
San Francisco’s RV towing has begun. Internal records show shifting rules, scant infrastructure and hundreds of families at risk.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
A week after a threatened federal immigration “surge” left immigrant communities in the Bay Area on edge, Latinx vendors and residents are turning to eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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SF immigrants balance resilience with caution ahead of Día de Muertos
A week after a threatened federal immigration “surge” left immigrant communities in the Bay Area on edge, Latinx vendors and residents are turning to Día de los Muertos as a source of resilience and u...
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Starting Nov. 1, S.F. will enforce a two-hour parking limit for large vehicles. Residents must obtain a Large Vehicle Refuge Permit or face tickets and towing. These two neighborhoods reveal the fallout of the city’s rising RV crisis and the lives caught in between: bit.ly/4oMd4bb
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 28/10/2025
"Starting November 1, 2025, San Francisco will enforce a two-hour parking limit for large vehicles." "This is our home. If they take our homes we will end up in the street." Sweeps "break down communities and break down political power." #California #USA #Policing #Housing
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Two SF neighborhoods reveal aftermath of RV crackdown
Two distinct neighborhoods reveal the fallout of the city’s rising RV crisis and the lives caught in between.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
In Alameda, protesters gathered outside Coast Guard Island, where dozens of federal agents were reportedly set to arrive for a major immigration operation. By early afternoon, protesters are still circling the intersection. Authorities have called for dispersal, warning that arrests could follow.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Community leaders emphasize the need to separate fact from rumor and to respond with preparation, not panic. To receive verified updates and resources, join our WhatsApp group, where our team will be posting live updates in Spanish and answering questions. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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Federal agents are headed to the Bay Area. Here’s how to prepare
El Tecolote explains what’s verified, what’s not, and how immigrant communities can stay prepared.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Barato Barato is a new outlet that opened in S.F.’s Mission District in July, attracting hundreds of low-income and Latino shoppers each day with its deep discounts on overstock and returned items from major retailers such as Amazon, Walmart, Target and Kohl’s. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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Half-priced iPhone? Mission’s hidden shop is full of major bargains
Barato Barato turns an empty San Francisco storefront into a bustling outlet catering to Latinos where most items are priced under $12.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Immigration Tracker: Latest October updates 📰 • Trump’s latest National Guard deployments targeted Portland and Chicago, but both cities pushed back • TPS was terminated for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans after a Supreme Court ruling Oct. 3 Read more: eltecolote.org/content/en/t...
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Immigration news: Updates on DACA, ICE and other changes
Trump has rolled back key immigration protections. This tracker breaks down the most urgent policy changes in October.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
At 72, Carlos Brito lost his mother, his home, and now lives in an RV. His story shows how older San Franciscans are falling into homelessness: eltecolote.org/content/en/a...
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His mother’s death pushed him into homelessness. Now, he’s aging in an RV
After his mother’s death, Carlos Brito slipped into homelessness and bought a rundown RV. His story highlights the growing crisis of older adults aging without housing in San Francisco.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
San Francisco’s new Large Vehicle Refuge Permit (LVRP) will reshape where — and whether — people can continue living in RVs:
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New RV permit: How SF's new rules will limit large vehicles
San Francisco has launched the Large Vehicle Refuge Permit, requiring RV residents to apply by October 24.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 18/09/2025
"When Carlos Brito's RV was towed in early September 2024, tears streamed down his face." "For many older immigrants and families, vehicles are a last resort, a fragile safety net." "I just want to live out my remaining years with dignity." #California #USA #ElSalvador #Housing
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His mother’s death pushed him into homelessness. Now, he’s aging in an RV
After his mother’s death, Carlos Brito slipped into homelessness and bought a rundown RV. His story highlights the growing crisis of older adults aging without housing in San Francisco.
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Institute for Nonprofit News @inn.org · 11/09/2025
The Small Division winner of the Insight Award for Visual Journalism is “San Francisco’s RV Communities Fight Displacement” from @eltecolotesf.bsky.social.
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URL Media @url-media.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
If you're attending the Online News Association conference this week, please come to our panel, moderated by our cofounder Sara Lomax and featuring panelists from our partners @documentedny.bsky.social, @eltecolotesf.bsky.social, @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social & @trentonjournal.bsky.social.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 to lift limits on ICE stops in Los Angeles, clearing the way for agents to resume immigration arrests and raids in the region. Follow our Immigration Tracker for ongoing updates. eltecolote.org/content/en/i...
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Immigration Tracker: Updates on TPS, ICE arrests and more - El Tecolote
Immigrants in San Francisco face mounting uncertainty as the Trump administration continues to roll back protections. Here's the latest news.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
S.F. quietly launched a workgroup to create a new permit for food vendors. Informal food vendors say the proposed plan is out of reach. Paired with an uptick in enforcement, they say the city’s ultimate goal is to dismantle a fragile economic lifeline altogether.
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For food vendors, San Francisco’s new permit is a crackdown
Records reviewed show San Francisco launched a workgroup to create a new permit for street vendors. Yet it is out of reach for many.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Federal officers escalated their use of force this morning as about 30 protesters clashed with ICE officers outside San Francisco’s immigration courthouse. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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ICE tactics escalate in SF as protesters clash with officers
Federal officers escalated their use of force outside San Francisco’s immigration courthouse as protesters clashed with ICE following multiple detentions, marking the latest escalation in enforcement ...
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Day laborers are the unseen backbone of San Francisco’s economy, taking on its most dangerous and least protected work. This is the story of one man whose fragile stability shattered when a job cost him his leg: bit.ly/45AS1Aq
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Two immigrants fell in love. After building a life together, a routine ICE check-in tore them apart. eltecolote.org/content/en/i...
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An SF couple’s life unraveled after one ICE check-in
A routine ICE check-in tore a San Francisco couple apart. Now, Sandra awaits asylum in detention while Roberto is left behind.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 30/07/2025
"This is a huge win." "Latino homeless families are celebrating a major $30 million win for emergency rent vouchers and extended shelter stays." "There are 3,000 homeless children in San Francisco." #California #USA #Housing
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Homeless families in SF win $30M for housing, longer shelter stays
Homeless families in San Francisco secured $30 million in rent vouchers and longer shelter stays — a major policy shift led by Supervisor Jackie Fielder.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Despite California’s strong tenant protections, vulnerable immigrant renters are terrified to invoke them out of fear they’ll be deported. eltecolote.org/content/en/t...
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Trump’s immigration crackdowns now threaten immigrant housing
Despite California’s strong tenant protections, vulnerable immigrant renters are terrified to invoke them out of fear they’ll be deported.
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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
"Real solutions start by treating vehicle residents as neighbors, not nuisances. And by working with us, not just around us." --Armando Bravo Martinez @eltecolotesf.bsky.social
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San Francisco’s RV crackdown is bureaucratic cruelty by design
What looks like bureaucratic dysfunction is actually a system meant to disappear the poor, writes RV resident Armando Bravo Martinez.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
San Francisco calls itself a sanctuary city, but recent ICE raids, police comments, and silence from the mayor’s office tell a different story. Read the Op-Ed: eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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ICE raids. Mayoral silence. Is San Francisco still a sanctuary city? - El Tecolote
San Francisco calls itself a sanctuary city, but ICE raids, police comments and silence from the mayor’s office tell a different story.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The SFMTA just voted 6-1 to approve a new “refuge permit” — a major step toward enforcing San Francisco’s citywide two-hour parking limit for RVs. Can it actually get enforced? Read about the controversial policy: eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Mayor Lurie’s proposed RV parking limit is framed as a compassionate fix for vehicular homelessness. But public records show it mirrors the same harmful enforcement tactics that have already destabilized and scattered families across the city: eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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Can SF's two-hour parking limit for RVs be enforced?
Mayor Lurie’s proposed RV parking limit is framed as a compassionate fix for vehicular homelessness. But records show it mirrors the same harmful enforcement tactics that have already destabilized and...
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48 Hills @48hills.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
An @eltecolotesf.bsky.social investigation reveals how officials quietly coordinated a crackdown, using parking laws and construction projects to push out RV residents even when safe alternatives didn’t exist.
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SF weaponizes parking rules to displace RV families: 6 takeaways from El Tecolote's blockbuster report - 48 hills
Winston Drive community of working class families was torn apart in 2024—and now Mayor Lurie intensifies the crackdown.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
San Francisco is using parking laws and construction projects to displace RV communities of working-class families. This investigation reveals how the crackdown began — and why it backfired. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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SF is weaponizing parking to dismantle RV communities. Here’s how it started
San Francisco is using parking laws and construction projects to displace RV communities of working-class families. This investigation reveals how the crackdown began — and why it backfired.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
“Nothing would run in this city and this economy without the labor of immigrants and all workers. These are our streets, our building — and if they can’t open it because of us, we’ll consider that a victory.” — Sanika Mahajan, Director of Community Engagement & Organizing with Mission Action
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Last night, federal immigration officials sent text messages instructing immigrants to appear at an unmarked ICE office at 478 Tehama Street this weekend — an unusual move outside standard weekday operations. In response, hundreds of community members gathered at 7 a.m. to protest.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 13/06/2025
San Francisco "used parking laws and construction projects to displace RV residents, even as internal emails flagged legal, logistical and ethical concerns." "These vehicle homes sheltered dozens of working-class Latinx families, who could no longer afford the city." #California #USA #Housing
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SF is weaponizing parking to dismantle RV communities. Here’s how it started
San Francisco is using parking laws and construction projects to displace RV communities of working-class families. This investigation reveals how the crackdown began — and why it backfired.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
San Francisco is moving towards a citywide ban on RVs. Our year-long investigation reveals how the mass eviction of a Latinx RV community became the city’s blueprint for displacement — and made the crisis worse. Read here: bit.ly/4loeWFt
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Three immigrants were arrested by plainclothes ICE agents at San Francisco’s immigration court Tuesday. Protesters rushed to the scene and attempted to block the arrests. By 1:30 p.m., demonstrators were told the courthouse had been shut down. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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ICE arrests at SF courthouse spark protests and court closures
ICE agents arrested three immigrants at San Francisco’s immigration court, triggering protests and a shutdown of court proceedings.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Tonight’s anti-ICE protest in San Francisco’s Mission District ✨
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
What began as a peaceful protest outside SF’s ICE office Sunday night ended in chaos with more than 60 people arrested. Over 500 demonstrators took to the streets in solidarity with Los Angeles, where Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to suppress protests against federal immigration raids.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Four people were arrested by ICE agents outside San Francisco’s immigration court on Tuesday — a rare tactic Bay Area immigrant rights groups say marks an alarming escalation in local enforcement. eltecolote.org/content/en/i...
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ICE arrests four at SF courthouse, sparking outcry from advocates
Four people were arrested by ICE at San Francisco’s immigration court — a rare tactic immigrant rights groups call a disturbing escalation.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
ICYMI #Carnaval
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
In a surprising, last-minute reversal, SFUSD announced Friday that it will rescind 151 of 160 planned layoffs of school counselors and paraeducators — a decision that comes after months of outcry from educators, students, and families. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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SFUSD reverses 151 layoffs of counselors and paraeducators
After months of advocacy, SFUSD has canceled 151 layoffs of school counselors and paraeducators.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
After a 10-year battle to bring affordable housing to 2588 Mission Street, community activists lost when the SF Planning Commission approved a 10-story development — with 93% of its 181 units priced beyond reach for the neighborhood’s working-class Latinx residents. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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SF approves market-rate housing at site locals call 'La Muerte de la Misión'
After a decade-long fight for affordable housing at the beloved Mission Market site, San Francisco approved a mostly market-rate development — sparking outrage over displacement and gentrification.
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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
San Francisco officials deny there’s a crackdown on food vendors. But for those pushed out of their longtime vending spots, the impact feels the same — and now, they’re organizing in response. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...
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San Francisco says it’s not a crackdown. Mission food vendors say otherwise
San Francisco officials deny there’s a crackdown on food vendors. But for those pushed out of their longtime vending spots, the impact feels the same.
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