Joe Ortiz is a man of many disciplines. He is a painter, songwriter, theater director, published author, columnist and, on top of all of that, has co-owned Gayle's Bakery & Rosticceria in Capitola with his wife, Gayle, since 1978.
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The Skylight Room at Bookshop Santa Cruz is filled to capacity as longtime Santa Cruz Sentinel reporter Peggy Townsend speaks Tuesday night about her novel "The Beautiful and the Wild."
UC Santa Cruz, in conjunction with Bookshop Santa Cruz, will host Pajaro Rising, an event featuring five writers sharing literary insights on the disaster and raising funds for Community Bridges on Nov. 30.