Editing Capitola, California (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Harry Hooper]] (1887{{ndash}}1974), major-league baseball player, was the postmaster in Capitola for 24 years after he retired from baseball
* [[Ralph Peduto]] (1942–2014), actor and playwright<ref name="scsentinel2">{{Cite news |date=May 31, 2014 |title=Ralph Peduto obituary |work=[[Legacy.com]] |publisher=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]] |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=171155469 |access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Derek Sherinian]] (born 1966), rock [[keyboardist]] ([[Alice Cooper]], [[Kiss (band)|KISS]], [[Dream Theater]], [[Billy Idol]]), went to Capitola Elementary and Capitola Junior High School. His mother and sister still reside and own a dress store in Capitola Village.
* [[Skip Spence]] (1946–1999), the founding member of [[Moby Grape]] and former member of [[The Jefferson Airplane]], resided in Capitola during the latter years of his life<ref>As described by bandmate [[Peter Lewis (musician)|Peter Lewis]], who regularly visited Spence during the latter years of his life, "The last five years I'd go up‚ he lived in a trailer up there‚ Capitola. I used to hang around with him; we'd spend the weekends together. But he just basically kind of hit the…he was helpless in a way, in terms of being able to define anything, or control his feelings."  See [http://www.stateofmindmusic.com/?entry=115&page=2 Interview with Peter Lewis] by Doug Collette, July 2007; www.stateofmindmusic.com.</ref>
* [[Robert Anton Wilson]] (1932–2007), author and philosopher<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2007 |title=RAW Data: Musings from Robert Anton Wilson |url=http://robertantonwilson.blogspot.com/2007/01/raw-essence.html |access-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref>