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1 week ago | eltimpano.org | Ximena Loeza |Erica Hellerstein |Jasmine Aguilera

Posted inImmigrant Rights In the winter of 2019, Adelaida, an immigrant from Todos Santos, a rural region in the northern highlands of Guatemala, arrived in the Bay Area. The timing was not ideal.
As safe spaces shrink, immigrant youth find solace in “the beautiful game”

1 week ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

In the winter of 2019, Adelaida, an immigrant from Todos Santos, a rural region in the northern highlands of Guatemala, arrived in the Bay Area. The timing was not ideal. The then twelve-year-old resettled in California just a few months before the pandemic shut down the kinds of communal spaces that could help a teenager adjust to a new life on the other side of the world. Cooped up at home, Adelaida stumbled through her online classes. She struggled to make new friends.
Un nuevo programa residencial de recuperación ofrecerá una atención muy necesaria a las mujeres hispanohablantes del condado de Contra Costa

2 weeks ago | eltimpano.org | Jasmine Aguilera

Este artículo se produjo como proyecto para la beca 2025 California Health Equity Fellowship del Centro Annenberg de Periodismo de Salud de USC. Sentadas en una pequeña oficina de Concord a principios de abril, Mercedes Pineda y Lissette Torres, amigas desde hace mucho tiempo, escuchan atentamente durante la primera lección de su formación para convertirse en consejeras certificadas en abuso de sustancias.
A new residential recovery program will offer much-needed care for Spanish-speaking women in Contra Costa County

2 weeks ago | eltimpano.org | Jasmine Aguilera

This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2025 California Health Equity Fellowship. Sitting in a small office in Concord in early April, long-time friends Mercedes Pineda and Lissette Torres listen closely during lesson one of their training to become certified substance abuse counselors.
As the world mourns Pope Francis, Bay Area immigrants grapple with safety in the pews

2 weeks ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

Were you forwarded this email? Click here to subscribe. 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. On Monday morning, Californians awoke to the news that Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pope, had died after a weeks-long battle with pneumonia.
What the IRS/ICE agreement means for immigrants-and California’s economy

3 weeks ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

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. This week, millions of people across the country filed taxes with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), participating in the storied American ritual known as Tax Day. Of course, filing taxes is rarely anyone’s idea of a good time, but this year’s deadline carried an even heavier weight for some.
What the data really tells us about Trump’s deportation agenda

1 month ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

Were you forwarded this email? Click here to subscribe. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Thank you to everyone who has shared this newsletter with friends and colleagues. If you’d rather receive a monthly email from El Tímpano, you can change your email settings by clicking this link. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor and economics reporter.
Bay Area immigrants are worried about going to court hearings. We asked a lawyer to weigh in.

1 month ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

Were you forwarded this email? Click here to subscribe. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Thank you to everyone who has shared this newsletter with friends and colleagues. If you’d rather receive a monthly email from El Tímpano, you can change your email settings by clicking this link. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor and economics reporter.
Trump cuts legal aid for unaccompanied minors, leaving thousands in California at risk

1 month ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

Were you forwarded this email? Click here to subscribe. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Thank you to everyone who has shared this newsletter with friends and colleagues. If you’d rather receive a monthly email from El Tímpano, you can change your email settings by clicking this link. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor and economics reporter.
“Puede ser demasiado tarde”: La forma en que Oakland aborda la contaminación por plomo pone en riesgo a los niños, dicen expertos médicos

1 month ago | eltimpano.org | Jasmine Aguilera

Este reportaje se realizó como parte de la beca StoryReach U.S. del Centro PulitzerEl plomo ha formado parte de la vida de Silvia Guzmán, de 41 años, desde que era niña. Emigró con sus padres y dos hermanos a San Francisco en 1991. Aunque los detalles son borrosos para ella, dijo que recuerda a su madre inscribiéndola a ella y a sus hermanos en la escuela y diciendo a los administradores que su hermano menor dio positivo en las pruebas de plomo cuando vivían en México. Su respuesta la asustó.