Friends, colleagues, students and fellow activists pay tribute to Mike Rotkin, former Santa Cruz mayor and UCSC lecturer, who died June 18 at 79.

Community Voices editor Jody K. Biehl reflects on her three years editing columns by Mike Rotkin and the education he offered her about Santa Cruz County, UCSC and being human.

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

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

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

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

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