About Kathryn McKenzie

Kathryn McKenzie grew up in Santa Cruz, worked for the Monterey Herald for 10 years, and now freelances for a variety of publications and websites. She and husband Glenn Church are the co-authors of "Humbled: How California's Monterey Bay Escaped Industrial Ruin" (Vista Verde Publishing, 2020).

February 5, 2021

Pictures from a Pandemic Santa Cruz exhibit gets in-depth treatment in gallery talk series

October 2, 2020

The Refinery That Never Was New book details 1965 project to make Monterey Bay an industrial center

August 6, 2020

Dread McCall, 1954-2020 Photographer, Warrior, Comrade

June 2, 2020

Caught in a Spiritual Crossfire Former St. Dunstan's rector now at church used as Trump prop

April 9, 2020

Hangin’ on the telephone The COVID-19 Chronicles: The gifts of time, the phone, and joyful noise

April 2, 2020

All The World’s A Stage Local arts groups move performances online

March 26, 2020

The long road home from Antarctica The COVID-19 Chronicles

March 12, 2020

Suffrage and suffering Celebrating women’s hard-fought right to vote

February 20, 2020

Solidarity, not charity Caroline’s Pantry feeds the hungry, no questions asked

October 31, 2019

Días de Los Muertos: Party with the dead Celebrations set all around the Central Coast

October 17, 2019

Remembering Loma Prieta Readers share quake stories from Oct. 17, 1989

August 29, 2019

Hot times in the fields Watsonville group works to protect farmworkers from climate change

Inspiration and renewed activism inspired by Dolores Huerta — and her recent revelations

Prop. 40 is heading for defeat. Now a healthcare crisis awaits California.

The art of bearing witness

Salinas at a crossroads 2026

Salinas at a crossroads 2026

Changing immigration tactics and surge in detentions across California felt in Monterey County

What is Measure H?

Arbitrariedades en el control de pesticidas ponen en riesgo a trabajadores agrícolas de California

Haphazard pesticide enforcement puts farmworkers in California at risk

Baby Angelita’s death casts shadows over Mixteco communities

Flock cameras remain in Monterey County, despite supervisors’ vote to end contract

Regreso al hogar, a la tierra

Los campesinos en California y en todo el país lamentan la muerte de Mo Jourdane

Farm workers in California and the country mourn Mo Jourdane

Coming home to the land

Alebrijes y Nahuales traen color e historias a Salinas

Finally, a statue for Ritchie Valens — in Iowa

Monterey County residents come out against surveillance cameras

Mother of newborn Baby Angelita not being sought on criminal charges

Alebrijes and Nahuales bring color and stories to Salinas