After moving from the Bay to Mexico, @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social settled into family life. In a recent visit to the new Casa Roja – yet another Frida Kahlo museum in Mexico City – he found an unexpected, personal parallel with the artist, and a deeper appreciation for the region he left behind.

From all of us at @coyotemedia.org, thank you NYC for making every centrist Californian politician reading the news last night shit their pants.

COYOTE's @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social was skeptical about the new Casa Roja, yet another Frida Kahlo museum in Mexico City. But when he discovered her intimate relationship to the Bay Area, he found a new, personal connection with the famous artist.

Zohran’s win offers the Bay Area a glimpse at a better future — one where we’re not locked in a room with Gavin Newsom for another four years.

Have you checked out @coyotemedia.org recently? We've done some good shit in the last two weeks! 〰️ An essay by @emmaruthless.bsky.social on why all our options seem to suck right now 〰️ A guide to places offering free food to SNAP recipients: www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

For Halloween we did a whole little package! 〰️ @soleilho.com on an artsy haunted house 〰️ @rahawahaile.bsky.social on MONSTER TRUCKS www.coyotemedia.org/the-best-20-... 〰️ Amani Hamed on why San Jose's Hacienda Cemetary is special www.coyotemedia.org/remembering-...

good time to respectfully tap the "please support worker-led, billionaire-free, independent news" sign

The Bay Area is quietly one of the biggest anime hubs in North America—and most people don't even realize it. @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social is here to set the record straight with his latest story.

"'This is a lot of Grave Digging for 10:30 a.m.,' I scribble...a Dolly Parton billboard instructs folks to 'find the good in everybody.' The 'PRIVACY IS FOR THE PEOPLE' Mullvad VPN billboard opposite Dolly suggests we think twice about that." SHE'S BACK. Subscribe to @coyotemedia.org u won't regret

Amani Hamed has always been fascinated by the dead — and what their stories reveal about our present day. Join her as she digs into the centuries-old history of a cemetery on the outskirts of Silicon Valley.

One reason it took me so long to write this @coyotemedia.org essay is I kept trying to find a positive, productive note to end on. All I really got is “fund the goddamn bus.” www.coyotemedia.org/in-which-we-...

What can a very loud stadium of monster trucks offer us right now? Maybe, oddly enough… catharsis. Check out @rahawahaile.bsky.social's first feature for COYOTE! 🛻💨

For my first feature in years, I wrote about Monster Jam as an echo of place and what that felt like in Oakland in 2025.

The West Coast’s first installment of the Bronx-based Bodega Rave Tour transformed a Mr. Liquor into a full-blown rager blasting Latin, Caribbean, and House beats. ✍️ and 📸: @estefancy.bsky.social

for @coyotemedia.org, I wrote about Uber, Waymo, sexual assault, surveillance, and Kit Kat, the feline mayor of 16th street — who deserved better, as do we all www.coyotemedia.org/in-which-we-...

It is too on the nose for the most beloved bodega cat in the Mission to get killed by a Waymo. It’s a heartbreaking and deeply cliché entry in the annals of San Francisco gentrification commentary. Delete it, please, and try again. ✍️ @emmaruthless.bsky.social

Just updated this list! So glad to see more restaurants answering the call for help.

For Halloween Week, we’re running a horror flash fiction today by @reveleth.com. It’s our first short story at COYOTE, but it won’t be our last (editor’s note: that is extremely correct - @rahawahaile.bsky.social)! www.coyotemedia.org/more-teeth-t...

What happens when you turn the creation of a haunted house over to local artists? Spinning wolf heads, hanging entrails, and one very good fluffy dog 🐶 ✍️ @soleilho.com

Until SNAP is funded, here’s an ongoing list of Bay Area restaurants where SNAP recipients can receive free food. Just bring your EBT card!

COYOTE is a new local news service for the greater SF Bay Area. Local peeps, maybe contact them with details of places in your neighborhood offering free meals during this tough time?

Here's a great list of places in the Bay Area to eat for free or very cheap with SNAP benefits, which is also an excellent list of places to support if you can afford to!

While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...

"On the track people are so intense, so competitive, but the second that we step off the track we're able to be like 'oh my gosh you totally knocked me the fuck out. That was amazing. Show me how to do that,'" says Queene of Hearts. Dive into the tough, radical world of local Roller Derby teams!

"Halloween is cool because you don't need a happy, functional family to celebrate," writes @janelleblarg.bsky.social. Check out her comic for some of the best places to catch spooky vibes in the Bay 👻

Here at COYOTE, we want to introduce you to teams in the region that you may not have heard of, but are a blast to watch. Might we suggest Bay Area Derby and California Derby Galaxy? 🛼 🛼 💪

We're leaning into 🕷️HALLOWEEN 🧛‍♀️ this week to bring you some spooky stories! ☠️🫀🦟🤡 First up: a killer comic from @janelleblarg.bsky.social 👀

You can also check out this @coyotemedia.org writeup of Adopt A Corner work if you want a quick overview of what's involved before you dive in:

If you have direct knowledge of DHS operations in the San Francisco Bay Area, and want to share what you know with the media, get at me on Signal or in a DM here. My email is [email protected]

"'The federal administration, of course, has escalated its rhetoric and its enforcement posture in the Bay Area,' Lee said. 'We know border patrol agents are being stationed on the Coast Guard Island, but let me be clear, we are fully prepared.'"

The threats are real, but so is our power. ICE relies on fear and isolation. We can counter with preparation and solidarity. COYOTE has put together an evolving list of resources and tips for immigrants and their allies — for our current era and for all the difficult times to come.

Good site with tips for everyone. If your city has its own version of this, feel free to reply with a link!

Forget North Beach: Berkeley is the Bay Area's pizza capital and State Flour Pizza might be its best-kept secret. Think New York-style crust with Berkeley farm-to-table chaos—artichoke bacon potato pies and a corn-pep-aji verde combo that'll ruin all other pizza.

While this federal administration has been busy empowering ICE to become, essentially, an extrajudicial militia allowed to disappear people from our streets, the Bay has been organizing. We will not be beaten down.

LOVE this @coyotemedia.org piece from Alan Chazaro. From the Great Mall to Great America, airbrushing is both nostalgia and a Bay Area art form that endures. @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social www.coyotemedia.org/spray-area-t...

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Remember getting your shirt airbrushed at the flea market? That sweeping script with your name across the chest? It was peak Bay Area culture in the 90s and 2000s, writes @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social, and a memento of a Bay Area where artists once thrived. www.coyotemedia.org/spray-area-t...

In West Oakland, Esther's Orbit Room's iconic stone facade is under threat. Why is it so hard to save this wall? Where have all the stone masons gone? And what does it mean to respect and preserve a place with a complicated history? ✍️ @reveleth.com 📸 @estefancy.bsky.social

So great to see a piece in @coyotemedia.org about Esther's Orbit Room and EB PREC. www.coyotemedia.org/saving-the-f...

For decades, the split rock facade at Esther’s Orbit Room has marked a venue full of jazz, joy, and community. Now, renovations threaten the wall and its history. What is a community preservationist to do? ✍️ @reveleth.com 📸 @estefancy.bsky.social

Another week of cool shit from @coyotemedia.org! 〰️ a story about an iconic musician in need 〰️ some GOOD NEWS about a studio for low income artists www.coyotemedia.org/a-creators-d... 〰️ a cheeky little food review from a warzone (Portland) www.coyotemedia.org/portland-a-w...

ICYMI: for @coyotemedia.org, I wrote about Oscar Myers, a legendary San Francisco musician who needs our support an 81-year-old veteran who’s spent 50+ years enriching the cultural fabric of this city should not need a gofundme to pay his medical bills www.coyotemedia.org/local-musici...

Don’t miss today’s extra special newsletter from Reo! Fuck AI!

HEY I wrote tomorrow’s @coyotemedia.org Yapper newsletter and it’s about AI and you can only read it if you‘re a member! Come Yap with us!! www.coyotemedia.org#/portal/

writing this story, I also found myself thinking: city leaders can talk a big game about valuing arts and culture, but if we’re letting people like Oscar slip through the cracks, that doesn’t mean much. www.coyotemedia.org/local-musici...

What's going on in the Bay Area this week? Check out this snapshot of COYOTE's weekly calendar of hand-picked events to get you off the couch! This week we've got SHEEP MEDITATION, spooky drag, a search for boobies, and more. www.coyotemedia.org/coyote-calendar-october-16-22/

You can donate towards his recovery here: www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-o...

Oscar Myers, 81, has performed with James Brown, Charles Mingus, and Ray Charles, and mentored countless local artists. Since the trumpet player suffered a stroke, the music community is rallying around a man who has given an invaluable gift to the Bay Area. www.coyotemedia.org/local-musici...

NEW: @soleilho.com went to Portland to investigate Antifa “hellfire.”🔥 All they found was an exceptional brunch 🍳 🥐 The real terror? Having to choose between Pine State Biscuits and Mémoire Cà Phê for breakfast. (They chose both.)

“But is Portland burning? And is it still possible to get a decent breakfast there while Antifa supersoldiers are rampaging through the streets?” *chef’s kiss* @coyotemedia.org