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🗣Periodismo participatorio. El Tímpano informs, engages, and amplifies the voices of the Bay Area's Latino & Mayan immigrants.👂🏽 www.eltimpano.org Textea OÍR al 510-800-8305

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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In today’s Weekly Dispatch, TPS is set to expire Sept. 9 for 170,000+ Salvadoran immigrants. What could happen between now and then, and what would the end of TPS mean for the Bay Area and the estimated 10,000-15,000 Salvadoran TPS holders who call the region home? www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/t...
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TPS is disappearing. Salvadorans could be next.
Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In today’s Weekly Dispatch, we look at the debate playing out in Contra Costa County—home now to the region’s only immigration court—about cooperation between the county sheriff and ICE. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/r...
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Residents push back on East Bay sheriff’s ICE cooperation
Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In the latest Weekly Dispatch, El Tímpano’s Vanessa G. Sánchez shares how civic science provides both hands-on learning about health and the environment for Latino and Maya Mam immigrants and an opportunity to connect with sources in a novel way. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/h...
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How civic science informs our reporting
Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Doris Mendoza is paying thousands out of pocket after an uninsured driver crashed into her parked SUV. She's one of many Spanish-speaking Oakland residents who want traffic safety to be a top priority for Oakland’s new police chief. www.eltimpano.org/english/publ...
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A hit-and-run took her car. She wants Oakland's new police chief to listen
Doris Mendoza is paying thousands out of pocket after an uninsured driver crashed into her parked SUV. She's one of many Spanish-speaking Oakland residents who want traffic safety to be a top priority...
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
While Community Reporter Vanessa Flores reported on traffic safety in East Oakland, she unexpectedly became a subject in her own story when her car was struck in a hit-and-run. She reflects on what happened & speaks w/ residents about their hopes for public safety. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/m...
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My car was hit while I was reporting on Oakland’s traffic safety issues
Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This summer, El Tímpano documented more than a dozen #WorldCup watch parties across the Bay Area, spanning grocery stores to parks to local bars. Our photo series captures the memories and community that the global event brought to life for Bay Area immigrants. www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...
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Goles y nostalgia: Bay Area immigrants bring the World Cup home
El Tímpano’s final photo series installment captures the moments, memories, and community that fútbol brings to life for Bay Area immigrants and their families.
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Erica Hellerstein @ehellerstein.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I'm back from a month of touching grass - nice to see my last feature from @eltimpano.bsky.social republished by @19thnews.org ! Read it below:
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
On June 25, 10-year-old Sofia Palacios walked hand-in-hand with Paraguay’s Julio Enciso onto the pitch at Levi’s Stadium—joining dozens of Bay Area kids selected as World Cup “mascot children.” www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...
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For one immigrant girl in Oakland, a World Cup dream come true
Sofia Palacios walked hand-in-hand with a professional player onto the pitch at Levi's Stadium—joining dozens of Bay Area kids selected as World Cup "mascot children."
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This past Father’s Day, Maria Garcia and her family gathered at her daughter Carmen’s home in Hayward to watch the World Cup together—continuing a long-time family tradition of watching fútbol on Sundays. "It's all really beautiful." www.eltimpano.org/english/from...
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From Michoacán to Hayward, Sunday fútbol never left the family
For Bay Area immigrants and their families, the World Cup is more than a tournament. El Tímpano’s photo series captures the moments, memories, and community the game brings to life.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
California’s expansion of Medi-Cal significantly reduced the uninsured rate among immigrants, but state and federal policies are unraveling that progress. We talked to immigrants, health navigators and mobile health clinics preparing for a new era of uncertainty. www.eltimpano.org/english/heal...
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Health care shakeup hits immigrants
For immigrants in California, access to care is narrowing once more. El Tímpano reports from three corners of the Bay Area on what's changing — and who's affected.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 26/06/2026
Mass deportations, workplace raids, and the erosion of protections for various categories of humanitarian immigrants have reshaped everyday life for communities across the Bay Area, injecting fear into routines as ordinary as the walk to school. From @eltimpano.bsky.social:
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Preparing for the unthinkable
As immigration enforcement intensifies, parents in the Bay Area are making detailed plans for who will care for their children if they are detained or deported.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
In this week’s Weekly Dispatch, we explore what's at stake for immigrant communities as new state and federal policies could leave millions of immigrants with fewer options for health coverage. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/a...
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As coverage recedes, the number of uninsured immigrants could double
The Weekly Dispatch Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Vanessa G. Sánchez, senior health equity reporter. In my conversations with healt...
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This summer, 36-year-old Oscar Guevara has transformed his family’s corner store in Richmond into a gathering space for neighbors to connect over the World Cup. “You can have a business, but at the same time be [there] for the community.” www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...
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He grew up playing soccer. Now he’s using it to build community in Richmond
For Bay Area immigrants and their families, the World Cup is more than a tournament. El Tímpano’s photo series captures the moments, memories, and community the game brings to life.
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Erica Hellerstein @ehellerstein.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My last article for @eltimpano.bsky.social: I met the main source of this story at a workshop a few months ago. Despite winning her asylum case and becoming a US citizen, she was preparing for an unthinkable eventuality: That she could get detained, deported, and separated from her children:
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Despite becoming a U.S. citizen two years ago, an Oakland mother recently began planning for her children in case she is detained or deported. @ehellerstein.bsky.social examines the growing use of family preparedness plans in the Bay Area. www.eltimpano.org/english/immi...
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Preparing for the unthinkable
As immigration enforcement intensifies, parents across the Bay Area are making detailed plans for who will care for their children if they are detained, deported, or otherwise separated from their fam...
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Erica Hellerstein @ehellerstein.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My final article for @eltimpano.bsky.social explores how immigrant parents are preparing for the possibility of detention and deportation, and grappling with the fear those preparations bring into family life. I hope you'll give it a read: www.eltimpano.org/english/immi...
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Preparing for the unthinkable
As immigration enforcement intensifies, parents across the Bay Area are making detailed plans for who will care for their children if they are detained, deported, or otherwise separated from their fam...
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Erica Hellerstein @ehellerstein.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
One of my last articles for ET!
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Erica Hellerstein @ehellerstein.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
My final article for @eltimpano.bsky.social explores how immigrant parents are preparing for the possibility of detention and deportation, and grappling with the fear those preparations bring into family life. I hope you'll give it a read: www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/p...
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Parents prepare for the unthinkable
The Weekly Dispatch Plus, an El Tímpano farewell. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor, and economics reporter. One of the first lessons you learn ...
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
For six months, a decentralized network of volunteers has stood watch outside Oakland schools with large immigrant populations, keeping an eye out for federal immigration agents. @ehellerstein.bsky.social joined them on shifts outside East Oakland schools. www.eltimpano.org/english/immi...
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Neighborhood watch
After Trump threatened an ICE surge in the Bay Area, hundreds of volunteers began standing guard outside Oakland schools. Six months later, they say the work has only just begun.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Last week, a procedural deadline quietly passed for people seeking asylum in the U.S. @ehellerstein.bsky.social unpacks the local impact of the new change and why it represents a fundamental shift from how the asylum system has historically functioned. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/d...
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Death by 1000 cuts to asylum leaves Bay Area immigrants in limbo
Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In today's Weekly Dispatch, @ehellerstein.bsky.social explores how the Trump administration’s deportation campaign has affected immigrant families in the Bay Area—and the community groups working to preserve a sense of safety for newcomers and their parents. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/s...
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School’s out, marking the end of a stressful year for immigrant families
The Weekly Dispatch Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor, and economics reporter. Well, it’s ...
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
In just a few years, Union Maya, a cultural organization dedicated to preserving Maya Mam history and language has become an essential third space for local Maya Mam youth and families in Oakland. www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...
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A Maya Mam third space in Oakland gives youth a chance to reconnect with their roots
Union Maya, a cultural organization dedicated to preserving Maya Mam history and language has become a beating heart for local Maya Mam youth and families in Oakland.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Oakland’s first-ever Mam Honor Roll celebration honored middle and high schoolers with certificates, Guatemalan tamales, and cake. www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...
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A first of its kind honor roll ceremony for Oakland’s Maya Mam students
Hosted by Union Maya, the celebration honored middle and high schoolers with certificates, Guatemalan tamales, and cake.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
In today’s Weekly Dispatch, we dive into proposed cuts and changes to Medi-Cal and what they would mean for immigrant communities in California. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/t...
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The future of Medi-Cal for immigrants: more expensive and harder to access
Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.
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Acacia Center for Justice @acaciajustice.org · 19/05/2026
"What we’ve seen is a whole system attack on protections for unaccompanied children,” said Hortencia Rodriguez, director of community partnerships at the Acacia Center for Justice, which facilitates legal representation to unaccompanied [children]. bit.ly/42GFM4j @eltimpano.bsky.social
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With funding imperiled, thousands of unaccompanied minors in California could be left without legal aid
Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Since 2015, more than 6,300 youth who immigrated to the U.S. alone have resettled in Alameda County. But many of those children now face an uncertain future amid potential cuts on both the state and federal level, @ehellerstein.bsky.social reports. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/w...
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With funding imperiled, thousands of unaccompanied minors in California could be left without legal aid
Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Next week, Gov. Newsom will release a revision of CA’s proposed 2026-27 state budget. @ehellerstein.bsky.social explains the clash over the future of health care access for 200,000 lawfully present immigrants set to lose Medi-Cal due to changes enacted in H.R. 1. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/s...
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State lawmakers and Newsom clash over immigrant health care
A week before the release of Governor Gavin Newsom's revised 2026-27 California budget, the state finds itself at a crossroads.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
In today's Weekly Dispatch, we look at the most pressing questions and concerns that surfaced during the first three months of 2026. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/t...
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The top concern for El Tímpano's SMS subscribers? Rent.
A look at the most pressing questions and concerns that surfaced during the first three months of the year.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
In honor of Children’s Day, we invited Bay Area immigrant families to exchange advice—kids reminded their parents the importance of play, and adults told their younger selves to believe in their worth. 🪁🤸‍♂️⚽ www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...
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This Children’s Day, Bay Area immigrant families reflect on what it means to be young
We invited kids and adults to exchange advice—kids reminded their parents of the importance of play, and adults told their younger selves to believe in their worth.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
In today’s Weekly Dispatch, we spotlight a recent El Tímpano story about 67-year-old Rosa María Carranza, one of roughly 100,000 lawfully present immigrants who stand to lose access to Medicare due to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/h...
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How is Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill impacting immigrant seniors?
The story of Rosa María Carranza has helped resurface a national conversation about health care access for immigrant seniors.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Developed in collaboration with Oakland-based poet Arnoldo Garcia, our mobile poetry initiative invited community members to send us “micro-poems” in Spanish and Mam through text message. www.eltimpano.org/inside-el-ti...
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Inside “Poemas Móviles,” El Tímpano’s mobile poetry project
Our “Poemas Móviles” project explores love, grief, hope, humor and memory, shared in both Spanish and Mam.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Why hasn’t the Bay Area seen the kinds of large-scale immigration raids that have paralyzed life in Minneapolis, Chicago, & Los Angeles? A new study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute offers a compelling explanation. @ehellerstein.bsky.social breaks it down. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/w...
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Why has the Bay Area avoided large-scale immigration raids?
A new study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute offers a compelling explanation.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
In our latest Weekly Dispatch, @ehellerstein.bsky.social unpacks how policy changes like the federal government’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act may be exacerbating the health care affordability crisis for California Latinos. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/l...
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Latino Californians awash in medical debt amid sweeping cuts to health care
Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Led by two local promotoras, a Spanish-language book club has grown into a source of community and self expansion at the Newark Library in South Alameda County. 📚 We attended a recent meeting and spoke with participants about why they keep showing up every week. www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...
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At a Spanish language book club in Newark, residents read to remember themselves
Started by two local promotoras, the club has become a source of community and self expansion.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🧵 El Tímpano is proud to be a part of #LocalNewsDay, a national day of action celebrating trusted local news and YOU—the readers, storytellers, changemakers, and supporters who make our work possible.
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Bertha Coombs @berthacoombs.cnbc.com · 09/04/2026
When you pay your taxes and your dues as an immigrant with legal status and, with the stroke of a pen, you're denied the health benefits you've earned. Great piece by @eltimpano.bsky.social's Vanessa G. Sanchez
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Immigrant Seniors Lose Medicare Coverage Despite Paying for It
'This is like a horror movie, a complete nightmare,' says one person affected
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
As California commemorated its first Farmworkers Day last week, @ehellerstein.bsky.social spoke to Bay Area women-led organizations that support immigrant workers about how they are processing the recent revelations about César Chavez—and where to go from here. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/a...
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As California marks its first Farmworkers Day, labor advocates reflect on Chavez allegations and what comes next
The Weekly Dispatch Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor, and economics reporter. In previous...
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NPR @npr.org · 06/04/2026
A provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make Rosa María Carranza and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible. Her once secure retirement is in question.
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She paid into Medicare for years. Trump's immigration policy will end her coverage
A provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make Rosa María Carranza and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant seniors ineligible. Her once secure retirement is in question.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 06/04/2026
“This is not how I imagined getting old,” said Rosa María Carranza, who will be disenrolled from Medicare as part of the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, after paying taxes for 24 years. Nearly 100,000 lawfully present immigrants are slated to lose Medicare, reports @eltimpano.bsky.social ⤵️
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Immigrant Seniors Lose Medicare Coverage Despite Paying for It - KFF Health News
Rosa María Carranza has worked and paid taxes for more than two decades, but a provision in the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make her and an estimated 100,000 other lawfully present immigrant...
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California Pan-Ethnic Health Network @cpehn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Governor Newsom's #CABudget proposal would see 200,000 of some of our state's most vulnerable immigrants "ripped away from their counselors and their doctors", says CPEHN Policy Director Cary Sanders. More in @eltimpano.bsky.social:
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Latino, Bay Area lawmakers want to restore health care for immigrants. Can they do it?
New legislation introduced by Latino and Bay Area lawmakers would restore Medi-Cal access for immigrants and reject stricter work requirements for those who want to remain in the program.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
After months of deliberation, the city of San Pablo passed a tenant protections ordinance that builds on some of the protections outlined in state law, but critics and residents say it’s not enough. www.eltimpano.org/english/hous...
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San Pablo passes tenant protection ordinance that some say lacks teeth
Of the city’s five council members, three voted in favor and a fourth was absent. Council member Abel Pineda was the only member who voted against the ordinance’s final adoption. In the past, Pineda h...
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Our latest Weekly Dispatch looks into new legislation introduced by Latino and Bay Area lawmakers to restore Medi-Cal access for immigrants and reject stricter work requirements for those who want to remain in the program. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/l...
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Latino, Bay Area lawmakers want to restore health care for immigrants. Can they do it?
The Weekly Dispatch Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Vanessa G. Sánchez, senior health equity reporter. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly...
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National Housing Law Project @nhlp.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Trump admin is trying to separate families in HUD housing - just like they tried to do in 2019. We shut this proposal down once, and now #KeepFamiliesTogether is doing it again. NHLP’s Marie Claire Tran-Leung spoke with @eltimpano.bsky.social about how our communities are fighting back.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
In today's Weekly Dispatch by @ehellerstein.bsky.social, how new federal rules will limit who qualifies for SNAP, known in California as CalFresh. “Unfortunately, the numbers are higher than we originally anticipated." www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/t...
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Thousands of East Bay immigrants will lose food stamps beginning April 1
Starting April 1, new federal rules will limit who qualifies for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known in California as CalFresh.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
In our latest Weekly Dispatch by @ehellerstein.bsky.social unpacks what the crackdown on DACA recipients means for California, which is home to the nation’s largest Dreamer population, and includes thousands of estimated DACA holders in the East Bay. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/a...
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A NorCal DACA recipient was deported to Mexico. She’s not the only one
The Weekly Dispatch Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor, and economics reporter. Like many o...
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
📣 El Tímpano is seeking a Director of Development! 📣 If you have a strong track record in grant writing and fundraising, are a project manager with an abundance mindset & believe strongly in our mission of equitable civic media, we want to hear from you. Details: www.eltimpano.org/inside-el-ti...
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
In our latest Weekly Dispatch, @ehellerstein.bsky.social unpacks a newly proposed federal housing policy that takes direct aim at mixed status families, threatening housing stability for thousands of Californians. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/t...
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Thousands of mixed-status California families could lose housing under proposed federal rule
We unpack a newly proposed federal housing policy that takes direct aim at mixed status families, threatening housing stability for thousands of Californians.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
In Hayward, one resident is channeling memories of biking in Mexico into community action through @bikehayward.bsky.social—offering free repairs and group rides that bring neighbors together. www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...
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A South County resident brings memories of biking in Mexico to life in Hayward
Bike Hayward brings community together through free bike repairs and monthly biking socials.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
An exceptionally wet winter in the Bay Area has led to a superbloom of the lethal death cap mushroom. @ehellerstein.bsky.social reports on the wave of mushroom poisonings that appears to be falling disproportionately on Spanish-speaking immigrant communities. www.eltimpano.org/english/heal...
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Deadly lookalikes
A surge in toxic mushroom growth after heavy rain has disproportionately sickened Spanish-speaking and immigrant communities across California.
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El Tímpano @eltimpano.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
🎊Welcome Daffodil Altan to El Tímpano! 🎊 Our new Managing Editor is an Emmy-winning investigative journalist with a career spanning documentary film, print, and radio.
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