Words are hard to find to describe the loss of my friend and longtime Santa Cruz public servant Mike Rotkin. It’s difficult to remember a time in my life when I didn’t know him. For decades, Mike was ...

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

When the news broke that Mike Rotkin died Wednesday at his home in Santa Cruz, the outpouring of tributes from grieving ...

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

A cyclist arrives at the Garfield Park Library on Woodrow Avenue in Santa Cruz on Thursday, where local author and nationally ...

This past week came the news of two departures, Mike Rotkin from this life and Carlos Palacios at year’s end from his ...

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 ...