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 18, 2019

Shining Through Murals The community vision of José Ortiz

January 31, 2019

Good and Mad Rebecca Traister explains why her anger is appropriate

January 24, 2019

Sabor a mi Watsonville muralist adds flavor to his town

October 25, 2018

Días de muertos around the bay A Voices guide

October 4, 2018

It Takes a Village American traditions from both sides of US border come together in Alisal Concert

September 13, 2018

Arpaio wows Republicans in Carmel Valley Frank talk about the wall, undocumented immigrants and palling around with Trump

September 12, 2018

Playing and tinkering Science workshops also foster creativity

August 16, 2018

JUMP on, ride off Santa Cruz’s bike share program is a hit

June 6, 2018

The Last Straw Waging war against plastic

May 16, 2018

The Case of the Stolen Succulents The underground market for native plants reaches the Central Coast

April 24, 2018

Lowering the Lights Illuminating the effort to expose the heavens to urban dwellers

March 27, 2018

Wish-Cycling The tough business of cleaning up what’s in that blue bin

Monterey County supervisors return to proposed mental health facility

‘Where the social justice movement was headed’

Reversing the narrative: Lowrider car clubs come to Cal State Monterey Bay

Yet another Christmas poem

To protect underage farmworkers, California expands oversight of field conditions

La veneración a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe continúa, a pesar del temor de los migrantes

Salinas City Council moves forward with new rental assistance program

Veneration of Our Lady of Guadalupe to continue despite immigrants’ fears

Washington’s financial disruption means fewer teachers for Monterey County’s migrant students

Escasa vigilancia y pocas inspecciones dejan a agricultores menores de edad expuestos a pesticidas tóxicos

Lax oversight, few inspections leave child farmworkers exposed to toxic pesticides

California’s child farmworkers: exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields

Los niños jornaleros de California: agotados, mal pagados y trabajando en campos de cultivo tóxicos

Q+A: How Hawaiian princes brought surfing to Santa Cruz

Monterey County awards new $139 million jail health care contract

Los temores a ICE están perjudicando la salud pública

‘Te acaban de llevar’

With little apparent evidence, DA investigators question petition process

Programa de cocinas domésticas del condado de Monterey abre nuevas oportunidades

Se estima que 80,000 personas en los condados de Monterey y Santa Cruz dependen de los beneficios del SNAP