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Me and Frank Zappa: 1981
The year was 1981, the city, Santa Cruz. I was working as a baker at Staff of Life Bakery, the hippie health food store in Santa Cruz. I had graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in art. Sculpture was my thing. Full Story page 6
Capitola Branch to Close Sundays Full Story page 7
Coming in September: The Great Escape
White Coats to the Rescue Story and Photos By Jondi Gumz Every day, complaints are heard: It takes weeks to get an appointment with a doctor, if one is accepting new patients. Other communities have medical schools, creating a pipeline of new doctors, but there is no medical school in Santa Cruz County. Now creative people thinking out of the box have a solution:
Eight brand new medical school graduates, doctors in training here in Santa Cruz County for a three-year residency program in family medicine, thanks to Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine, and Dr. Nanette Mickiewicz, president of Dignity Health’s Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. ... continues on page 4
We hope you enjoyed reading excerpts from Joe Ortiz’ memoir, Pastina—My Father’s Misfortune, My Mother’s Good Soup, serialized in 18 episodes in Capitola-Soquel Times. Full Story page 7
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