Roz Spafford

As AI unsettles career expectations, Santa Cruz County students are reconsidering their paths. Roz Spafford explores local enrollment trends, students’ concerns and why educators emphasize subject knowledge, collaboration and learning to adapt.

Ten years of workshops, literary friendships and creative discovery come together in the Círculo de poetas & Writers Anthology. Roz Spafford explores the poets, ancestral voices and community behind the collection.

Santa Cruz writers and artists join a chorus of resistance in Winter in America (Still, a new anthology exploring political turmoil, grief and the possibilities of community.

Santa Cruz poet Adela Najarro explores Nicaragua, survival, anger and renewal in Variations in Blue, winner of a 2026 American Book Award.

UC Santa Cruz students, faculty and staff are pushing back against steep parking fee increases they say will worsen an already difficult mix of high housing costs, long commutes and scarce campus parking.

Santa Cruz voters will choose among Ryan Coonerty, Gillian Greensite, Chris Krohn, Ami Chen Mills and Joy Schendledecker in the June 2 mayoral primary, with a runoff possible if no candidate tops 50%.

Linda Rosewood imagines a feminist utopia rooted in Santa Cruz history in her new novel A Circle Outside, blending ritual, humor and community.

On the passing of Adrienne Rich—a memoriam With the passing of Adrienne Rich on March 27, the Central Coast lost an extraordinary...