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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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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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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 · 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 · 27/04/2025

Johana Ramírez has been on rent strike for two, demanding repairs from her landlord, Ballast Investments. “I fight for myself, yes. But we have to set a precedent to protect others like me,” Ramírez said. “This landlord has hundreds of apartments.” Read more: bit.ly/3GFbKWA

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Today, community members will gather at the Mission’s 24th and Bryant Streets at 11am for a “Day of Resistance” demonstration, marching with a large banner, posters and t-shirts created by González-Medina’s latest piece, “Somos La Resistencia.” Read more: bit.ly/4jpxIMr

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Tecolote newsroom is back in action! 🗞️🦉 This week, we’re working hard to connect S.F.'s Latinx communities with the resources, information and events they need to stay prepared and uplifted as the new administrations take office. In the meantime, the first print edition of the year is here:

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

In a major win for RV residents, the Board of Supervisors overturned San Francisco’s controversial RV towing ban in a 7-3 vote on Tuesday. The policy, backed by Mayor London Breed and the SFMTA, would have allowed officials to tow RVs if residents refused shelter offers.

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Help us continue to provide critical, culturally relevant journalism by donating to El Tecolote today on Giving Tuesday! Through Dec. 31, NewsMatch will keep doubling your one-time gift up to $1,000 or match new monthly donations 12 times: bit.ly/3O8ACGU

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

For Joaquin “Kalito” Cruz Chavez, 45, the gathering is both a continuation of tradition and a powerful act of solidarity. “It’s about supporting battles across the globe,” he said. “And it’s always the natives of the land who are being hurt.” See all portraits: bit.ly/4fM66i8

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Among the dancers were Leticia Bustos-Mosqueda, 44, and her daughter, Ysaiya Castaños, 17. “What brought us to Alcatraz was definitely our ancestors,” said Bustos-Mosqueda. The gathering, she says, is a way to honor her roots and stand in solidarity with Indigenous struggles worldwide.

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

At any moment, organizers say, these workers could walk out, turning the prolonged strike into one of the largest San Francisco has seen in decades. Read more: eltecolote.org/content/en/h...

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

On Wednesday afternoon, hundreds of striking hotel workers marched through downtown in the pouring rain, holding banners and signs reading “Bet on SF” and “One job should be enough.” The next day, nearly 500 workers voted to authorize strikes at the W and the St. Regis.

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The workers, employed by Marriott, Hyatt and Hilton across five hotels, say they’ve united to demand a contract that sets a fair standard for all hotel workers in San Francisco.

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Nearly 2,000 hotel workers in San Francisco are still striking — 60 days and counting. Stawy tuned for our upcoming story.

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Evelyn Luarca, 50, stood outside the Hilton Hotel, joining thousands of hotel workers who have been on strike for weeks. “Despite the majority of us not liking Donald Trump, we need to work collectively to help this country continue to move forward. We need to keep fighting.”

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

“Well [Donald Trump] won now let’s hope the economy improves. The economy has been a little difficult.” - Jose Orozco, 41, a worker at a butcher shop in San Francisco’s Mission District

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El Tecolote Newsroom @eltecolotesf.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Sofia sells cups of freshly cut fruit for $8 each in San Francisco. In a day, she can bring home about $75 in sales. A mother of one daughter, Sofia lost her job at a clothing store during the pandemic and has since turned to selling whatever she can while taking temporary gigs to make a living.

“The rich sit and forget, and the poor stay the same,” Sofia said, more than a week after American voters decidedly re-elected Donald Trump. “If Trump says that he is going to deport us, let’s see what this country will do without immigrants, who work jobs that no one wants to work.”

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