Interview covered main life events in Tom McHugh’s life including what he did before getting into the news business, early newpaper days, his time in jail and how that allowed him to get the Frontier Gazette started, and his growing political activism. This included beginning to attend government meetings with Alice Wilder, The interview has some historical facts about the early wharfs in Santa Cruz and how Front Street was a swamp with the Chinese settlement houses built on stilts.