Can a California bill end digital discrimination?
Low-income residents and people of color are disproportionately disconnected to broadband.
As millions are dropped from Medicaid nationwide, should California consider a pause in disenrollments?
Some health advocates are calling for the Department of Health Care Services to pause Medi-Cal disenrollments.
Advocates rally to increase food assistance for undocumented people
Two bills would make all income-eligible residents eligible for SNAP benefits (once known as food stamps) regardless of their age and immigration status.
Advocates push bill to expand Covered California to undocumented immigrants
After Medi-Cal expanded to include all adults regardless of immigration status, advocates say the next step is expanding Covered California.
‘I am looking for a way to retire’: Without Social Security benefits, aging immigrant father braces himself for more years of work
Jesús Bizarro, age 60, contemplates his retirement without Social Security benefits, after years of paying into the system.
When a lower cost of living comes with an hours-long commute
The high cost of living in San Francisco and San Jose pushes low-wage workers to cities on the fringes of the Bay Area’s public transit systems. These Contra Costa County residents face “extreme commutes” of more than 60 minutes each way to get to work and school.
California’s expanded health coverage for undocumented immigrants collides with Medicaid checks
A policy to extend Medi-Cal to qualified Californians without legal residency is running up against a federal requirement to resume eligibility checks. The redetermination process is causing many Latinos, who make up a majority of beneficiaries, to be disenrolled.
Tales from La Pulga, a beloved East Bay Swap Meet
Memories of the market
In photos and audio, patrons and vendors at Oakland’s Coliseum Swap Meet, also known as “La Pulga,” share their stories of joy, hardship, and success.
Portraits from La Pulga
We photographed and interviewed nearly 75 patrons and vendors at Oakland’s Coliseum Swap Meet – from multigenerational families to sellers of Mexican handicrafts.
‘There are migrants who flee from their evils, others come for their dreams’
Luis Ángel Urbina emigrated to the U.S. due to a heartbreak that led him to alcoholism. Now sober, he sells Micheladas and other drinks at “La Pulga” in Oakland.
Framing Oakland’s Pulga
A behind-the-scenes look into how our participatory project captured community stories at the Oakland’s Coliseum Swap Meet.
El Tímpano—Spanish for “eardrum”—informs, engages, and amplifies the voices of the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants.
Through innovative approaches to local journalism and civic engagement, El Tímpano surfaces community members’ stories and questions on local and national issues, provides news and information relevant to their needs, and investigates the concerns they bring to our attention.
Inside El Tímpano
El Tímpano’s newsroom expands with three new staff journalists
With a managing editor and two new senior reporters, El Tímpano is poised to produce more community-powered coverage of issues impacting the Bay Area’s 1.5 million Spanish- and Mam-speaking residents.
Hundreds of families gathered in East Oakland for El Tímpano’s inaugural ‘Feria de Recursos’
The community resource fair celebrated the 5th anniversary of El Tímpano’s Spanish-language texting platform and the launch of our Alameda County resource guide.
El Tímpano’s East Contra Costa County Information Ecosystem Assessment
Our team spent a year listening to learn the information needs, assets, and opportunities of Latino immigrants of East Contra Costa County
How community questions shaped El Tímpano’s Guía de Recursos
We applied insights from more than 3,300 community questions to create a resource guide for the East Bay’s Latino and Mayan immigrants.
Color outside the lines with El Tímpano coloring sheets designed by artist Breena Nuñez
We commissioned the Bay Area cartoonist and comics educator to create designs that explore themes of our mission and celebrate the nuances of our communities.
Toward equitable models of journalism sustainability
In a dire year for media, lessons learned on how an outlet serving low-income immigrants defied the odds.
Guía de recursos
¿Dónde buscar ayuda para encontrar trabajo?
Talleres profesionales, asistencia para redactar currículos y más en los condados de Alameda y Contra Costa.
¿Quién es elegible y cómo aplicar a CalFresh?
Sepa más sobre cómo registrarse en el programa de ayuda nutricional del estado de California.
¿Cómo conseguir apoyo para víctimas de abuso y violencia doméstica?
Estos centros ofrecen terapia, gestión de casos, asistencia del refugio, y atención inmediata en situaciones de crisis para residentes del condado de Alameda.
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre un delito y un incidente de odio y cómo denunciarlos?
Estos recursos estatales pueden ayudar a las víctimas o testigos de incidentes de odio.
¿Dónde encontrar ayuda para pagar la renta en el Área de la Bahía?
Estos son los servicios disponibles para asistencia financiera con el alquiler.
¿Dónde encontrar ayuda para pagar deudas de servicios públicos en el Área de la Bahía?
Estos son los servicios disponibles para asistencia financiera con facturas de servicios públicos.
Más historias en español
California propone ampliar subsidios de seguros de salud a todos los inmigrantes adultos
Tras la expansión de Medi-Cal a todos los adultos sin importar su estatus migratorio, activistas piden expandir Covered California.
Cientos de familias acudieron a la primera ‘Feria de Recursos’ de El Tímpano en East Oakland
El evento celebró el 5to aniversario de la plataforma de mensajes de texto en español de El Tímpano y el reciente lanzamiento de nuestra guía de recursos digital para el condado de Alameda.
‘Busco retirarme de alguna forma’: sin seguro social y mayor de 60, un padre inmigrante avizora más años de trabajo
A pesar de haber contribuido al Seguro Social durante años, Jesús Bizarro enfrenta un futuro incierto mientras se acerca la jubilación.
En California, la expansión de la cobertura de salud para indocumentados choca con las revisiones de Medicaid
La política para extender Medi-Cal a californianos sin residencia legal colide con un requisito federal que exige reanudar las revisiones de elegibilidad. Este proceso de redeterminación está causando que muchos latinos, que constituyen la mayoría de los beneficiarios, pierdan su cobertura.
Retratos de La Pulga
Fotografiamos y entrevistamos a casi 75 clientes y vendedores del Coliseum Swap Meet de Oakland, desde familias multigeneracionales hasta vendedores de artesanías mexicanas.
Recuerdos del mercado
En fotos y audio, clientes y vendedores del Coliseum Swap Meet en Oakland, conocido como “La Pulga”, comparten sus historias de alegrías, dificultades y éxitos.