Santa Cruz City Councilman and UC Santa Cruz Community Studies teacher Mike Rotkin spoke at the noontime rally at the base of the UCSC campus on in 2010. (Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel file) ...

With some basic information anyone can generate a high-quality soil amendment for garden and orchard. Learn what it takes to make quality compost happen at “Compost for the Home Garden and Orchard.” ...

Former Santa Cruz mayor and longtime city leader Mike Rotkin died at his home on Wednesday. He was 79.The progressive polices and the work he accomplished during his decades in leadership have ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Barbara Intermill is off this week, so instead we reached into the fault for one of her best, this one from 2020. I’ve spent the past week in a recliner, staring at my toes ...

“Trees can enhance a residential garden in several ways, particularly by adding to the landscape’s beauty,” writes columnist Tom Karwin. “They provide one or more vertical counter… ...

Conservative media figure Tucker Carlson grilled Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Iran in a contentious exchange that is drawing attention to the divide between conservatives on military action in ...

Where: The Barker Hangar, 3021 Airport Ave., Santa Monica Tickets: $25 for general admission entry to the festival and includes panels and live music, but food and beverage cost extra.

Corinne Bailey Rae is working on a children's picture book that draws upon her early memories of music. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has a deal with Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin ...

This sweet corn salsa can be enjoyed as a side salad, salad topper, or as an accompaniment for all kinds of grilled meat, fish and vegetables.

President Donald Trump signed a resolution on Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. California is expected to challenge the ...

Rodriguez came in with a 0.61 earned run average and just three walks in 29 1/3 innings, but here’s how it went in the ninth: Jordan Beck hit a deep drive to left that Jung Hoo Lee ran down at ...