All signs point to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) preparing to take over a shuttered Bay Area women’s prison to house immigrant detainees — despite toxic living conditions and a documented history of abuse. eltecolote.org/content/en/i...

2024 was a transformative year for El Tecolote. Here’s a look at our top wins so far, and a vision for what’s next for our newsroom and the communities that we serve.

Before dawn on Thursday, dancers adorned in feathers, sequins, and beads stepped onto ferries bound for Alcatraz Island to celebrante Indigenous resistance and solidarity. Here are portraits of the dancers who brought the Sunrise Gathering to life:

I mostly get my local news from independent media and urge you to as well. Here are some independent media outlets I follow and support for San Francisco news. Please add others.

The ongoing hotel worker strike in San Francisco is escalating — and there’s no end in sight. eltecolote.org/content/en/h...

While this year’s election was framed as a battle over the nation’s moral identity, interviews with more than a dozen of San Francisco’s low-wage, informal, and essential workers reveal a more complicated reality. eltecolote.org/content/en/s...