By Cynthia ArmourCity on a Hill Press Reporter When wrangler Tommy Williams honks the horn of his hay-filled flatbed truck, the cows come running down the field. “Give them a little hay, honk the horn a bit and they just come right in,” wrangler José Ramirez said. The cattle are not an unusual sight on [...]

By Toan P. DoCity on a Hill Press Reporter Students and workers rallied and picketed together outside Kerr Hall last week, marking the second day of a weeklong affair known as Raising Awareness Week (RAW). RAW was created to foster solidarity among students and workers in the ongoing contract negotiations between the UC and its [...]

By Rosie SpinksCity on a Hill Press Reporter Curtis Reliford is a man of action. With blue denim overalls, a wide-brimmed hat, and an even wider smile, this local activist and Louisiana native has been working to improve the lives of Hurricane Katrina victims and others since 2005. In the minds of many, the urgency [...]

By Rosie SpinksCity on a Hill Press Reporter Don’t keep Santa Cruz weird. That was the sentiment of the City Council last week as it passed new downtown ordinances restricting certain behaviors and increasing enforcement measures for the downtown and main beach areas. The unanimous decision came after a tense meeting, where business owners and [...]

By Lauren FoliartCity on a Hill Press Reporter How well do you know your fish? FishWise started with hopes of providing consumers and retailers with an answer to this question. Creating an extensive seafood grading system, the organization informs fish lovers about how sustainable each item is, where it came from, and how it was [...]

By Rod BastanmehrCity on a Hill Press Editor There is a world beyond the golden-gated community that composes the suburban drawl of Southern California that has become known as a different sort of capital for the United States. It produces one of the country’s largest and most economically lucrative commodities, giving way to a different [...]

By Alyssa JarrettCity on a Hill Press Reporter Global warming. Everyone has heard of it, most understand it, many fight against it, but few know about its microscopic effects on the ocean. The concern about climate change focuses mostly on visible threats, like glaciers melting, rivers drying, and natural disasters intensifying. But many scientists at [...]

By Samantha WilsonCity on a Hill Press Reporter Shakespeare didn’t see this one coming. Imagine if William Shakespeare were to take one of his tried-and-tested works and give it a modern makeover — and no, not by allowing Baz Lurhmann to direct a remake of it or by giving Julia Stiles the lead role. For [...]

By Christina LeeCity on a Hill Press Reporter Voices echo, court lights gleam, and racquets slam, filling the sticky air as the UC Santa Cruz racquetball club practices together until dark. Upon walking into the racquetball courts, a person can watch from the balcony, an aerial view of sweat-soaked men and women in friendly competition. [...]

By Samantha ThompsonCity on a Hill Press Columnist It was one for the record books. On Sunday, the two powerhouses of their sport battled back and forth for hours, giving SportsCenter more than enough Top 10 highlights to last the rest of the week. But unless you skipped out on the Super Bowl or decided [...]