The Fabrica: Crafting in Community
Unfunded and on the fly, with the hope of creating a center dedicated to making and mending through fiber and textile arts, a group of Santa Cruz organizers banded together. Given the opportunity to rent half an office with PedX, the since-moved bicycle courier co-op,...
It’s Been a Year Since Planned Parenthood Shut Down in Santa Cruz. Now What?
Within the span of one year, effects from the Trump administration’s H.R. 1, or “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) have forced nearly 30 Planned Parenthood clinics across the country to close their doors. “More and more clinics will begin to close, and will most likely...
ICE Facility Sparks Cross-County Outcry: ICE Out of Gilroy
Editor’s Note: Some sources in this article are left anonymous and images are digitally altered for safety and privacy reasons. The digital version of this piece has been edited and lengthened as developments occur. The original version can be found in City on a Hill...
UCSC Chancellor Thwarts Demands for Student Press Conferences, Turns to Edited Videos
Before 2020, UC Santa Cruz chancellors held quarterly in-person press conferences with students and addressed their concerns face-to-face. “It was a really important and useful connection,” said third-year UCSC student and Student Media Council (SMC) co-chair Darwin Melchiorre, in reference to the chancellor’s press conferences....
58 Out of 166 Language Classes Cut in 2 Years
UC Santa Cruz has cut 58 of its language classes over the course of two academic years. In the 2024-25 academic year, UCSC offered 166 language classes. Starting this September, it will only offer 108. That means about 35 percent of language options that were...
Dance and Defiance: The 54th Annual Los Mejicas Spring Show
Editors’ Note: Sources in this piece are left anonymous or mentioned with a pseudonym for safety and privacy reasons. City on a Hill Press is committed to protecting the identities of these individuals. The warm light of center stage illuminated a hopeful newly-wed woman, writing...
The UCSC Mauna Kea Protectors Today, Advocacy in Solidarity
The Mauna Kea Protectors (MKP) was originally a global movement with branches spread across the University of California system. Now, one of the only active student-based MKP branches in the UC system is rooted at UC Santa Cruz’s campus. Founded in 2019, UCSC MKP is...
The “Celebration of Life!” Fundraiser: Where Culture Meets Cultivation
Editors’ Note: Some sources in this piece are left anonymous for safety and privacy reasons. City on a Hill Press is committed to protecting the identity of these individuals. Cultivating joy and resilience in the midst of Israel’s occupation of 60 percent of Gaza and...
Brilliant Minds, Empty Wallets: The Reality of a UCSC PhD
To become a teaching professor at a university or a research director in industry, a Bachelor’s degree is not enough – you need a Master’s or a PhD. Yet at UCSC, PhD students are still being asked to conduct full-time work for half-time pay –...
AFSCME 3299 Union Reaches Tentative Agreement With UC. Is it Over?
The anticipation that comes the night before a strike is more than familiar to Christopher Contreras, a senior custodian at UC Santa Cruz and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) local 3299 Member. Contreras and his colleagues are no strangers to picketing...