‘Worth fighting for’: Pescadero School Finally Wins Access to Clean Water
Splitting the distance almost evenly between the crowded stucco hills of San Francisco and the coastal bluffs of Santa Cruz, the town of Pescadero sits quiet and well-farmed. The only grocers are local. Every shop, every restaurant, every small business in town lines one, straight-shot...
Cutbacks and Consequences: Who Really Pays for UCSC’s Budget Crisis?
Editor’s Note: Some sources in this article have chosen to remain anonymous. City on a Hill Press has verified the identities of all such sources. Longer response times, larger classes and fewer appointments. Changes are already happening to the UC Santa Cruz campus and they...
En Donde Era La ONU, A Collection of Survival and Resistance
The origins of “En Donde Era La ONU” (EDELO) or “Where the United Nations Used to Be” began in 2009 when over 100 Indigenous community members occupied a United Nations (U.N.) office building in San Cristóbal de las Casa, Chiapas, Mexico. Artists Mia Eve Rollow...
Nuestro Pueblo Unido, Nos Rehusamos a Obedecer: Our Village United, We Refuse to Obey
When you’re a kid surrounded by family, friends and community who have been there for your first steps, your graduations and around the house — you don’t question whether that loved one is “supposed” to be in this country. As a Mexican from the Calexico...
Students Must Unite, Be the Change You Want to See
City on a Hill Press has been on campus since 1966. This paper has seen students come and go, administrations and presidents pass. Throughout its history, one theme has rang true: Student resistance has never wavered. Since Donald Trump’s election in November, each news headline...
UCSC and Zionism: Campus and Community Gather Together in Back-to-Back Events
Director of the Jewish studies department and professor Nathaniel Deutsch began the academic panel, “Zionism: Past, Present, Future?” by reading aloud emails the Humanities Institute received in response to the announcement of the event. “If students and staff cannot use the word genocide to describe...
“Not My President”: Community-Building and Resistance on Inauguration Day
“This morning I saw my family watching the inauguration and I know some of them voted for Trump,” said Erika Cardema, a fourth-year film and digital media major. “I’m glad that I came to this space just to listen to what other people are saying,...
Students Gather to Celebrate Lunar New Year 2025
“[At home], we had huge celebrations and huge potlucks every Chinese New Year,” said Michelle Li, a fourth-year politics and economics double major. “Coming to college, I felt kind of disconnected from all of that, especially coming from a different state and Santa Cruz literally...
Building Sanctuary: How Unity Can Combat Uncertainty
An anonymous UC Santa Cruz student who has multiple undocumented family members is part of a mixed-status family. All their life, the thought of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids have always been terrifying to them. But after one of their family members’ neighbors...
It’s Time for Olives to Regrow: The Ceasefire & Palestinian Endurance
Editor’s Note: The City on a Hill Press editorial board has chosen to refer to the “Israel Defense Forces” as the “Israel Offensive Forces” in our coverage out of recognition for the role they play in the oppression of the Palestinian people. Olive trees have...