Former Santa Cruz mayor and longtime city leader Mike Rotkin died at his home on Wednesday. He was 79.

Beloved community member, five-time Santa Cruz Mayor and longtime UC Santa Cruz lecturer Mike Rotkin, 79, died Wednesday at ...

A cyclist arrives at the Garfield Park Library on Woodrow Avenue in Santa Cruz on Thursday, where local author and nationally recognized feminist Susie Bright had earlier left a loving message in ...

Mike Rotkin arrived in Santa Cruz in 1969, not long after the University of California, and soon not only became a pillar of ...

With the passing of Mike Rotkin, a giant in the Santa Cruz community for decades, Lookout invites readers to submit tributes ...

As they have for more than 100 years, thousands of visitors will head out to Santa Cruz’s beaches and famous wharf over Memorial Day Weekend, heralding the beginning of summer. The sea lions ...

The development of an eight-story building in downtown Santa Cruz is one step closer to construction.Thursday night, the Santa Cruz Planning Commission unanimously voted to approve the eight-story ...

Cottonwood shoots along the Santa Cruz River near Mission San Xavier stand 2 or 3 feet tall. Some seep willows — members of the sunflower family — are just a little shorter. Cattails jut 3 ...

A water rescue happened this evening off West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz.According to Santa Cruz police, a man jumped into the ocean from the cliff near Its Beach. That's just west of the ...

Tucked away on the secluded coast of Todos Santos in Mexico, where desert sand meets seashore, Villa Santa Cruz embraces its environment. The intimate Baja California Sur hotel, home to just 23 ...