Joseph Mambretti:  

A Life so real it’s hard to believe I lived it: Rancho Cotate High Graduated 6/8/1968. I was just an ordinary kid with hopes of working on a horse ranch in Montana and enjoying playing jazz with my friends, living every-day to its fullest, while working afterschool. Started college the following Monday after graduation 6/11/1968 in San Francisco and also had a position working as a night audit clerk at a residence club. Joined the air force 6 months later, and so it begins. After the service I stated a business and became an award winning Landscaper in Sunset Magazine for my work on low maintenance watering using drip irrigation and redwood deck designs, joined the Santa Cruz City Council and continued working two jobs “started and ran a restaurant catering to movie stars, was even ask to play in a c movie with bikers because I knew so many and had them work for me. Became head of Housekeeping overnights at Dominican Hospital for two years, all while having a thriving Landscaping business, also spent many hours working undercover fo...Expand for more