A new design lesson every week, applied to my 100-year-old house, room by room. Click to read Oaktown Home, by Heather Tirado Gilligan, a Substack publication.

Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.

Amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, soccer provides a refuge for young newcomers.

Report and edit in-depth coverage of inequities, systems, and solutions of issues facing the Bay Area’s Latino & Mayan immigrants.

In Half Moon Bay, an innovative music class led by the son of music royalty helps farmworkers cope with trauma.

How El Tímpano’s newsroom will protect our immigrant sources in 2025.

With immigrant communities and the free press under attack, El Tímpano’s work is more important than ever. This is how we plan to meet the moment.

Immigrants confront uncertainty ahead of another Trump administration. / Los inmigrantes enfrentan incertidumbre ante otra administración de Trump.

Trump has said he would like to deport everyone living illegally in the United States, though he has not set a specific numerical target. Who is most at risk?

Despite high rates of dilapidated housing and an ongoing lead crisis, a proactive approach to rental inspections still doesn't have a launch date.

By El Tímpano

Despite winning millions in settlement money from paint companies, the City of Oakland has stalled on using the funds to address its lead issues.

County officials urge Oakland to use lead settlement funds to remedy lead contamination in Oakland schools’ water.

Millions in settlement funds have remained unspent for years, despite the dire crisis affecting Latino immigrant neighborhoods