“Affecting change in our world starts right at home,” said Dustin Worth, the outreach manager for The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz and an attendee at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting. “We know we can affect the lives of those that we...

Tracy Mardon, a longtime resident of the Monterey area, was eating lunch at Woodward Marine Market, opposite the Moss Landing Power Plant, when alarms began to shriek. Restaurant staff approached Mardon, who appeared visibly uncomfortable, and reassured her that the plant often has emergency drills. ...

I woke up on the morning of Jan. 20 and went about my routine like any other day. I settled down on my couch with a cup of coffee in my hand and a computer on my lap. Nearly three thousand miles away, Donald Trump...

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...

Editor’s Note: While participating in the UC Washington Center (UCDC) program, one of City on a Hill Press’ reporters went to the Capitol One Arena and around Washington D.C. to report on the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump. At 8:45 a.m. on Jan. 20, hundreds...

Editor’s Note: an interviewee has chosen to be anonymous for safety and privacy reasons. “Es una comunidad grande inmigrante de Watsonville, esa es su historia,” dijo un participante anónima de la junta de Watsonville City Council. “Es una parte muy importante de la historia, y...

From Cathcart to Locust Street, marchers filled Pacific Avenue from curb to curb. The march drew over 1,000 community members into the streets, many with signs decrying the proposed actions of the incoming Trump administration or showing their support of the Black, Indigenous, People of...

Through rain, icy streets and below freezing temperatures, thousands braved the weather to face a second Trump administration.  On Jan. 18 at 10:15 a.m., only days before President Trump’s second inauguration, hundreds of people in support of women’s rights, gender rights and LGBTQIA+ rights gathered...

With the upcoming inauguration of Donald Trump, tensions are high across the nation. City on a Hill Press sat down for an interview with Tiffany Dena Loftin, a prominent UC Santa Cruz alumna and current organizer, to discuss balancing being proactive and exercising self-care in...