Let’s Talk About Sex is a column by Lollie Brande, an aspiring sex educator and the founder of Climax Magazine, a sex-positive online publication. While a romantic rendezvous of leather and latex makes for sensational fun, the $300 nine-tailed leather dungeon whip can really burn...

SUA Spotlight is a weekly that reports on the meetings of the Student Union Assembly, the governing body of UC Santa Cruz. The SUA meetings are held every Tuesday from 6-8 pm Bay Tree Bookstore Conference Room D and are open to the public. For...

Talk about a buzz kill. Many UC Santa Cruz students have been eagerly anticipating the upcoming 4/20 festivities, which take place annually at Porter Meadow. This day in late April represents a proclamation of freedom and a blatant disregard for authority — an unabashed display...

On March 9th the White House announced that Van Jones, the headlining speaker at the 25th Martin Luther King Convocation held on Feb. 12 at the Santa Cruz Community Center, has been appointed the Special Adviser on Green Jobs for the White House Council on...

April 4, 2009 Meet our staff in this behind-the-scenes video from photo day at City on a Hill Press. Produced by Phil Carter Behind the Scenes – City on a Hill Press Photo Day from City on a Hill Press on Vimeo.

For SoCal-based Slugs, California’s high-speed rail is a faint glimmer of hope amid the dreary reality of holiday travel. Following last week’s announcement that Caltrain and the California High Speed Rail Authority had come to an agreement concerning the logistics of sharing the Bay Area’s...

Although spring is here and the weather is perfect down at West Cliff, wildlife naturalists and volunteers are urging people in both Santa Cruz and Monterey to be aware of their beach activity. Birthing season for harbor seals starts in the beginning of April and...

Hello, everyone! I’m Tim, web developer for City on a Hill Press. I’m posting today to let everyone know of some exciting changes coming soon to Cityonahillpress.com and SlugLife.org. Our goal is to roll out these changes next week, overnight on April 9. Details on...

After two months of rigorous investigating, more than 34 people have been arrested and accused of involvement in graffiti vandalism throughout the city of Watsonville. These graffiti tags have appeared on picnic tables, play equipment, fences, bridges, benches, and nature trails. While some images may...

A carcass of a beached baby grey whale has found its final resting place in a Santa Cruz landfill. After it was originally spotted Wednesday, the Coast Guard attempted to prevent the whale from beaching by towing the carcass a mile off the coast. However,...