Fashion photographer Dina Scoppettone spends a bit of quality time with her dog La Pistola in her Sunset Beach studio.
Photograph by Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel
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| Pablo Orozco and his son Herardo, 2, were among thousands enjoying the Fiestas Patrias celebration in downtown Watsonville, California.. Photograph by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Clown Rock Lerum.
Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Singer-songwriter Larry Hosford draws his inspiration from a life of hard living. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| WAMM (Wo/men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana) founder Valerie Corral hears from the organization's attorney after the Supreme Court decision that medical marijuana users can be prosecuted. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| With his prosethic leg stood to the side, Orlando Maffei spends a lonely day watching television with his dogs in his Capitola, California mobile home. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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Dina Babbitt survived her two years in Auschwitz by becoming Dr. Josef Mengele's personal artist. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Artist Carol Bowie cradles her 21-year-old brain-damaged son Aaron. Her paintings, like the one at right, reflect her love and caring for her child. Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Rachel Miller compares her hands to a claw-like embedment on one of the rocks on the Santa Cruz, California
Jetty. Photograph by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Composer Phil Collins.
Photo by Shmuel Thaler / Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| Madolin player Mike McKinley and guitarist Jim Lewin are the backbone of the bluegrass band Harmony Grits.
Photograph by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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| 2-year-old Johnny Cogbill enjoys some time in the ball room at the Bayl School's early intervention program Autism program. Photo by Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel
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