Mike Rotkin, a longtime UC Santa Cruz lecturer, co-founder of the Community Studies Program, coordinator of Merrill College’s Field Study Program, and former organizer with the local UC-AFT lecturers ...

When the news broke that Mike Rotkin died Wednesday at his home in Santa Cruz, the outpouring of tributes from grieving friends and colleagues was overwhelming and immediate. Several days later ...

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 ...

Michael Rotkin OBITUARY On June 18, 2025, Mike Rotkin succumbed to a lengthy illness and died peacefully at home surrounded by his family members and best friend.

By Mike Rotkin Several recent Sentinel letters have argued that preserving the rail line through the county is a mistake because rail is only for the nostalgic, and that far more local residents ...

I was deeply saddened to learn of Michael Rotkin’s passing. Mike was an important figure in the history of our campus and Santa Cruz itself. From his early days as a graduate student in our History of ...

Risha Nita Rotkin, 63, cherished daughter of Meyer “Mike” and Shirley Rotkin; dear sister of Eileen (Don) Blitz and Arnold Louis Rotkin; loving aunt of David and Sean Blitz and Seth Rotkin ...