Twilight_NN1 of_IO the_AT American_JJ newspaper_NN1 A_ZZ1 scholar_NN1 I_PPIS1 know_VV0 ,_, a_AT1 woman_NN1 who_PNQS is_VBZ ninety-six_MC years_NNT2 old_JJ ,_, grew_VVD up_RP in_II a_AT1 tin_NN1 shack_NN1 on_II the_AT American_JJ prairie_NN1 ,_, near_II the_AT Canadian_JJ border_NN1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 learned_VVD to_TO read_VVI from_II the_AT pages_NN2 of_IO the_AT Chicago_NP1 Tribune_NN1 in_II a_AT1 one-room_JJ schoolhouse_NN1 ._. 
Her_APPGE teacher_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS had_VHD no_AT more_DAR than_CSN an_AT1 eighth-grade_JJ education_NN1 ,_, had_VHD once_RR been_VBN to_II Chicago_NP1 --_NN1 had_VHD been_VBN to_II the_AT opera_NN1 !_! 
Women_NN2 in_II Chicago_NP1 went_VVD to_II the_AT opera_NN1 with_IW bare_JJ shoulders_NN2 and_CC long_JJ gloves_NN2 ,_, the_AT teacher_NN1 imparted_VVD to_II her_APPGE pupils_NN2 ._. 
Because_CS the_AT teacher_NN1 had_VHD once_RR been_VBN to_II Chicago_NP1 ,_, she_PPHS1 subscribed_VVD to_II the_AT Sunday_NPD1 edition_NN1 of_IO the_AT Chicago_NP1 Tribune_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ came_VVD on_II the_AT train_NN1 by_II Tuesday_NPD1 ,_, Wednesday_NPD1 at_II the_AT latest_JJT ._. 
Several_DA2 generations_NN2 of_IO children_NN2 learned_VVD to_TO read_VVI from_II that_DD1 text_NN1 ._. 
The_AT schoolroom_NN1 had_VHD a_AT1 wind-up_NN1 phonograph_NN1 ,_, its_APPGE bell_NN1 shaped_VVN like_II a_AT1 morning_NNT1 glory_NN1 ,_, and_CC one_MC1 record_NN1 ,_, from_II which_DDQ a_AT1 distant_JJ female_JJ voice_NN1 sang_VVD "_" Ah_UH ,_, Sweet_JJ Mystery_NN1 of_IO Life_NN1 ._. "_" 
Is_VBZ it_PPH1 better_JJR to_TO have_VHI or_CC to_TO want_VVI ?_? 
My_APPGE friend_NN1 says_VVZ her_APPGE teacher_NN1 knew_VVD one_MC1 great_JJ thing_NN1 :_: There_EX was_VBDZ something_PN1 out_RP there_RL ._. 
She_PPHS1 told_VVD her_APPGE class_NN1 she_PPHS1 did_VDD not_XX expect_VVI to_TO see_VVI even_RR a_AT1 fraction_NN1 of_IO what_DDQ the_AT world_NN1 had_VHD to_TO offer_VVI ._. 
But_CCB she_PPHS1 hoped_VVD they_PPHS2 might_VM ._. 
Newspapers_NN2 have_VH0 become_VVN deadweight_NN1 commodities_NN2 linked_VVN to_II other_JJ media_NN commodities_NN2 in_II chains_NN2 that_CST are_VBR coupled_VVN or_CC uncoupled_JJ by_II accountants_NN2 and_CC lawyers_NN2 and_CC executive_NN1 vice_II presidents_NN2 and_CC boards_NN2 of_IO directors_NN2 in_II offices_NN2 thousands_NNO2 of_IO miles_NNU2 from_II where_RRQ the_AT man_NN1 bit_VVD the_AT dog_NN1 and_CC drew_VVD ink_NN1 ._. 
The_AT San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 Chronicle_NN1 is_VBZ owned_VVN by_II the_AT Hearst_NP1 Corporation_NN1 ,_, once_CS the_AT Chronicle_NN1 's_GE archrival_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Hearst_NP1 Corporation_NN1 has_VHZ its_APPGE headquarters_NN in_II New_NP1 York_NP1 City_NN1 ._. 
According_II21 to_II22 Hearst_NP1 ,_, the_AT Chronicle_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN losing_VVG a_AT1 million_NNO dollars_NNU2 a_AT1 week_NNT1 ._. 
In_II San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 there_EX have_VH0 been_VBN buyouts_NN2 and_CC firings_NN2 of_IO truck_NN1 drivers_NN2 ,_, printers_NN2 ,_, reporters_NN2 ,_, artists_NN2 ,_, editors_NN2 ,_, critics_NN2 ._. 
With_IW a_AT1 certain_JJ elan_NN1 ,_, the_AT San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 Chronicle_NN1 has_VHZ taken_VVN to_II publishing_VVG letters_NN2 from_II readers_NN2 who_PNQS remark_VV0 the_AT diminishing_JJ pleasure_NN1 or_CC usefulness_NN1 of_IO the_AT San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 Chronicle_NN1 ._. 
Most_DAT newspapers_NN2 that_CST are_VBR dying_VVG today_RT were_VBDR born_VVN in_II the_AT nineteenth_MD century_NNT1 ._. 
The_AT Seattle_NP1 Post-Intelligencer_JJ died_VVD 2009_MC ,_, born_VVN 1863_MC ._. 
The_AT Rocky_NP1 Mountain_NNL1 News_NN1 died_VVD 2009_MC ,_, born_VVN 1859_MC ._. 
The_AT Ann_NP1 Arbor_NP1 News_NN1 died_VVD 2009_MC ,_, born_VVN 1835_MC ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ the_AT pride_NN1 and_CC the_AT function_NN1 of_IO the_AT American_JJ newspaper_NN1 in_II the_AT nineteenth_MD century_NNT1 to_TO declare_VVI the_AT forming_VVG congregation_NN1 of_IO buildings_NN2 and_CC services_NN2 a_AT1 city_NN1 --_NN1 a_AT1 place_NN1 busy_VV0 enough_RR or_CC populated_VVN enough_RR to_TO have_VHI news_NN1 ._. 
Frontier_NN1 American_JJ journalism_NN1 preserved_VVN a_AT1 vestige_NN1 of_IO the_AT low-church_JJ impulse_NN1 toward_II universal_JJ literacy_NN1 whereby_RRQ the_AT new_JJ country_NN1 imagined_VVD it_PPH1 could_VM read_VVI and_CC write_VVI itself_PPX1 into_II existence_NN1 ._. 
We_PPIS2 were_VBDR the_AT Gutenberg_NP1 Nation_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Daily_JJ Dramatic_JJ Chronicle_NN1 ,_, precursor_NN1 to_II the_AT San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 Chronicle_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ founded_VVN in_II 1865_MC by_II two_MC teenage_JJ brothers_NN2 on_II a_AT1 borrowed_JJ twenty-dollar_JJ gold_NN1 piece_NN1 ._. 
Charles_NP1 and_CC Michael_NP1 de_NP1 Young_NP1 (_( a_AT1 third_MD brother_NN1 ,_, Gustavus_NP1 ,_, was_VBDZ initially_RR a_AT1 partner_NN1 in_II the_AT publishing_NN1 venture_NN1 )_) had_VHD come_VVN west_ND1 with_IW their_APPGE widowed_JJ mother_NN1 from_II St._NP1 Louis_NP1 ._. 
In_II California_NP1 ,_, the_AT brothers_NN2 invented_VVD themselves_PPX2 as_CSA descendants_NN2 of_IO French_JJ aristocracy_NN1 ._. 
They_PPHS2 were_VBDR adolescents_NN2 of_IO extraordinary_JJ gumption_NN1 at_II a_AT1 time_NNT1 when_RRQ San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 city_NN1 of_IO gumption_NN1 and_CC of_IO stranded_JJ young_JJ men_NN2 ._. 
Karl_NP1 Marx_NP1 wrote_VVD that_DD1 Gold_NN1 Rush_NP1 California_NP1 was_VBDZ "_" thickly_RR populated_VVN by_II men_NN2 of_IO all_DB races_NN2 ,_, from_II the_AT Yankee_NN1 to_II the_AT Chinese_JJ ,_, from_II the_AT Negro_NN1 to_II the_AT Indian_JJ and_CC Malay_NN1 ,_, from_II the_AT Creole_JJ and_CC Mestizo_NN1 to_II the_AT European_NN1 ._. "_" 
Oscar_NP1 Wilde_NP1 seconded_VVD Karl_NP1 Marx_NP1 :_: "_" It_PPH1 is_VBZ an_AT1 odd_JJ thing_NN1 ,_, but_CCB everyone_PN1 who_PNQS disappears_VVZ is_VBZ said_VVN to_TO be_VBI in_II San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 ._. "_" 
What_DDQ must_VM Gold_NN1 Rush_NP1 San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 have_VH0 been_VBN like_II ?_? 
Melville_NP1 's_GE Nantucket_NN1 ?_? 
Burning_JJ Man_NN1 ?_? 
An_AT1 arms_NN2 bazaar_NN1 in_II Yemen_NP1 ?_? 
There_EX were_VBDR Russians_NN2 ,_, Chileans_NN2 ,_, Frenchmen_NN2 ,_, Welshmen_NP1 ,_, and_CC Mexicans_NN2 ._. 
There_EX were_VBDR Australian_JJ toughs_NN2 ,_, the_AT worst_JJT of_IO the_AT lot_NN1 by_II most_DAT accounts_NN2 --_JJ "_" Sydney_NP1 Ducks_NN2 "_" --_NN1 prowling_VVG the_AT waterfront_NN1 ._. 
There_EX were_VBDR Chinese_JJ opium_NN1 dens_NN2 beneath_II the_AT streets_NN2 and_CC Chinese_JJ opera_NN1 houses_NN2 above_II them_PPHO2 ._. 
Historians_NN2 relish_VV0 the_AT old_JJ young_JJ city_NN1 's_GE foggy_JJ wharves_NN2 and_CC alleyways_NN2 ,_, its_APPGE frigates_NN2 ,_, fleas_NN2 ,_, mud_NN1 ,_, and_CC hazard_NN1 ._. 
Two_MC words_NN2 attached_VVN to_II the_AT lawless_JJ city_NN1 the_AT de_NP1 Young_NP1 brothers_NN2 moved_VVD about_RP in_II ._. 
One_PN1 was_VBDZ "_" vigilante_NN1 ,_, "_" from_II the_AT Spanish_JJ ._. 
The_AT other_NN1 was_VBDZ "_" hoodlum_NN1 "_" --_NN1 a_AT1 word_NN1 coined_VVD in_II San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 to_TO name_VVI the_AT young_JJ men_NN2 loitering_VVG about_II corners_NN2 ,_, threatening_VVG especially_RR to_II the_AT Chinese_JJ ._. 
The_AT de_NP1 Young_NP1 brothers_NN2 named_VVD their_APPGE newspaper_NN1 the_AT Daily_JJ Dramatic_JJ Chronicle_NN1 because_CS stranded_JJ young_JJ men_NN2 seek_VV0 entertainment_NN1 ._. 
The_AT city_NN1 very_RG early_RR developed_VVN a_AT1 taste_NN1 for_IF limelight_NN1 that_CST was_VBDZ as_RG urgent_JJ as_CSA its_APPGE taste_NN1 for_IF red_JJ light_NN1 ._. 
In_II 1865_MC ,_, there_EX were_VBDR competing_JJ opera_NN1 houses_NN2 in_II the_AT city_NN1 ;_; there_EX were_VBDR six_MC or_CC seven_MC or_CC twelve_MC theaters_NN2 ._. 
The_AT Daily_JJ Dramatic_JJ Chronicle_NN1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 theatrical_JJ sheet_NN1 delivered_VVD free_JJ of_IO charge_NN1 to_II the_AT city_NN1 's_GE saloons_NN2 and_CC cafes_NN2 and_CC reading_VVG rooms_NN2 ._. 
San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 desperately_RR appreciated_VVN minstrel_NN1 shows_NN2 and_CC circuses_NN2 and_CC melodeons_NN2 and_CC Shakespeare_NP1 ._. 
Stages_NN2 were_VBDR set_VVN up_RP in_II gambling_NN1 halls_NN2 and_CC saloons_NN2 where_RRQ Shakespearean_JJ actors_NN2 ,_, their_APPGE velvets_NN2 much_RR the_AT worse_JJR for_IF wear_NN1 ,_, pointed_VVD to_II a_AT1 ghost_NN1 rising_VVG at_II the_AT back_NN1 of_IO the_AT house_NN1 :_: Peace_NN1 ,_, break_VV0 thee_PPY off_RP ._. 
Look_VV0 where_RRQ it_PPH1 comes_VVZ again_RT ._. 
In_II 1860_MC ,_, San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 had_VHD a_AT1 population_NN1 of_IO 57,000_MC ._. 
By_II 1870_MC ,_, the_AT population_NN1 had_VHD almost_RR tripled_VVN ,_, to_II 149,000_MC ._. 
Within_II three_MC years_NNT2 of_IO its_APPGE founding_NN1 ,_, by_II 1868_MC ,_, the_AT Daily_JJ Dramatic_JJ Chronicle_NN1 would_VM evolve_VVI with_IW its_APPGE hormonal_JJ city_NN1 to_TO become_VVI the_AT Daily_JJ Morning_NNT1 Chronicle_NN1 ._. 
The_AT de_NP1 Young_NP1 brothers_NN2 were_VBDR in_II their_APPGE early_JJ twenties_MC2 ._. 
Along_II21 with_II22 theatrical_JJ and_CC operatic_JJ listings_NN2 ,_, the_AT Chronicle_NN1 then_RT published_VVD news_NN1 of_IO ships_NN2 sailing_VVG into_II and_CC out_II21 of_II22 the_AT bay_NN1 and_CC the_AT dollar_NNU1 equivalents_NN2 of_IO treasure_NN1 in_II their_APPGE holds_NN2 ,_, and_CC bank_NN1 robberies_NN2 ,_, and_CC saloon_NN1 shootings_NN2 ,_, and_CC gold_NN1 strikes_NN2 and_CC drownings_NN2 ,_, an_AT1 extraordinary_JJ number_NN1 of_IO suicides_NN2 ,_, likewise_RR fires_NN2 ,_, for_IF San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 wooden_JJ city_NN1 ,_, as_CSA it_PPH1 still_RR is_VBZ in_II many_DA2 of_IO its_APPGE districts_NN2 ._. 
It_PPH1 is_VBZ still_RR possible_JJ ,_, very_RG occasionally_RR ,_, to_TO visit_VVI the_AT Gold_NN1 Rush_NP1 city_NN1 when_CS one_PN1 attends_VVZ a_AT1 crowded_JJ theater_NN1 ._. 
Audiences_NN2 here_RL ,_, more_RRR than_CSN in_II any_DD city_NN1 I_PPIS1 know_VV0 ,_, possess_VV0 a_AT1 wit_NN1 in_RR21 common_RR22 and_CC can_VM react_VVI as_CSA one_MC1 --_NN1 in_II pleasure_NN1 ,_, but_CCB also_RR in_II derision_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 often_RR think_VV0 our_APPGE impulse_NN1 toward_II hoot_NN1 and_CC holler_NN1 might_VM be_VBI related_VVN to_II our_APPGE founding_JJ sense_NN1 of_IO isolation_NN1 ,_, to_II our_APPGE being_VBG "_" an_AT1 oasis_NN1 of_IO civilization_NN1 in_II the_AT California_NP1 desert_NN1 ,_, "_" in_II the_AT phrase_NN1 of_IO Addison_NP1 DeWitt_NP1 (_( in_II All_DB About_II Eve_NP1 )_) ,_, who_PNQS ,_, though_CS a_AT1 Hollywood_NP1 figment_NN1 ,_, is_VBZ about_II as_RG good_JJ a_AT1 rendition_NN1 as_CSA I_PPIS1 can_VM summon_VVI of_IO the_AT sensibility_NN1 (_( "_" New_NP1 York_NP1 critics_NN2 "_" )_) we_PPIS2 have_VH0 courted_VVN here_RL for_IF one_MC1 hundred_NNO and_CC fifty_MC years_NNT2 ._. 
And_CC deplored_VVD ._. 
Readers_NN2 in_II other_JJ parts_NN2 of_IO the_AT country_NN1 were_VBDR fascinated_VVN by_II any_DD scrap_NN1 of_IO detail_NN1 about_II the_AT Gold_NN1 Rush_NP1 city_NN1 ._. 
Here_RL is_VBZ a_AT1 fragment_NN1 (_( July_NPM1 9_MC ,_, 1866_MC )_) from_II Bret_NP1 Harte_NP1 's_GE dispatch_NN1 to_II readers_NN2 of_IO the_AT Springfield_NP1 Republican_NN1 (_( from_II a_AT1 collection_NN1 of_IO such_DA dispatches_NN2 edited_VVN by_II Gary_NP1 Scharnhorst_NP1 )_) ._. 
The_AT description_NN1 remains_VVZ accurate_JJ :_: From_II its_APPGE inception_NN1 ,_, the_AT San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 Chronicle_NN1 borrowed_VVD a_AT1 tone_NN1 of_IO merriment_NN1 and_CC swagger_NN1 from_II the_AT city_NN1 it_PPH1 daily_RR invented_VVN --_NN1 on_II one_MC1 occasion_NN1 with_IW fatal_JJ consequences_NN2 :_: in_II 1879_MC ,_, the_AT Chronicle_NN1 ran_VVD an_AT1 expose_VV0 of_IO the_AT Reverend_NNB Isaac_NP1 Smith_NP1 Kalloch_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 recent_JJ arrival_NN1 to_II the_AT city_NN1 (_( "_" driven_VVN forth_RR from_II Boston_NP1 like_II an_AT1 Unclean_JJ Leper_NN1 "_" )_) who_PNQS had_VHD put_VVN himself_PPX1 up_RP as_II a_AT1 candidate_NN1 for_IF mayor_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Chronicle_NN1 recounted_VVD Kalloch_NP1 's_GE trial_NN1 for_IF adultery_NN1 in_II Massachusetts_NP1 (_( "_" his_APPGE escapade_NN1 with_IW one_MC1 of_IO the_AT Tremont_NP1 Temple_NP1 choristers_NN2 "_" )_) ._. 
Kalloch_NP1 responded_VVD by_II denouncing_VVG the_AT "_" bawdy_JJ house_NN1 breeding_NN1 "_" of_IO the_AT de_NP1 Young_NP1 boys_NN2 ,_, implying_VVG that_CST Charles_NP1 and_CC Michael_NP1 's_GE mother_NN1 kept_VVD a_AT1 whorehouse_NN1 in_II St._NP1 Louis_NP1 ._. 
Charles_NP1 rose_VVD immediately_RR to_II his_APPGE mother_NN1 's_GE defense_NN1 ;_; he_PPHS1 shot_VVD Kalloch_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS recovered_VVD and_CC won_VVD City_NN1 Hall_NN1 ._. 
De_NP1 Young_NP1 never_RR served_VVN jail_NN1 time_NNT1 ._. 
A_AT1 year_NNT1 later_RRR ,_, in_II 1880_MC ,_, Kalloch_NP1 's_GE son_NN1 shot_NN1 and_CC killed_VVD Charles_NP1 de_NP1 Young_NP1 in_II the_AT offices_NN2 of_IO the_AT Chronicle_NN1 ._. 
In_II 1884_MC ,_, Michael_NP1 was_VBDZ shot_VVN by_II Adolph_NP1 Spreckels_NP2 ,_, the_AT brother_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 rival_JJ newspaper_NN1 publisher_NN1 and_CC the_AT son_NN1 of_IO the_AT sugar_NN1 magnate_NN1 Claus_NP1 Spreckels_NP2 ,_, after_CS the_AT Chronicle_NN1 accused_VVD the_AT Spreckels_NP2 Sugar_NN1 Company_NN1 of_IO labor_NN1 practices_NN2 in_II Hawaii_NP1 amounting_VVG to_II slavery_NN1 ._. 
De_NP1 Young_NP1 was_VBDZ not_XX mortally_RR wounded_VVN and_CC Spreckels_NP2 was_VBDZ acquitted_VVN on_II a_AT1 claim_NN1 of_IO reasonable_JJ cause_NN1 ._. 
When_CS he_PPHS1 died_VVD in_II 1925_MC ,_, Michael_NP1 de_NP1 Young_NP1 bequeathed_VVD the_AT ownership_NN1 of_IO the_AT Chronicle_NN1 to_II his_APPGE four_MC daughters_NN2 with_IW the_AT stipulation_NN1 that_CST it_PPH1 could_VM not_XX be_VBI sold_VVN out_II21 of_II22 the_AT family_NN1 until_CS the_AT death_NN1 of_IO the_AT last_MD surviving_JJ daughter_NN1 ._. 
In_II 1972_MC ,_, the_AT museum_NN1 donated_VVN by_II Michael_NP1 de_NP1 Young_NP1 merged_VVD with_IW the_AT museum_NN1 created_VVN by_II the_AT family_NN1 of_IO the_AT man_NN1 who_PNQS tried_VVD to_TO murder_VVI Michael_NP1 de_NP1 Young_NP1 to_TO become_VVI the_AT Fine_JJ Arts_NN2 Museums_NN2 of_IO San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 ._. 
Men_NN2 ,_, usually_RR men_NN2 ,_, who_PNQS assumed_VVD the_AT sole_JJ proprietorships_NN2 of_IO newspapers_NN2 in_II the_AT nineteenth_MD century_NNT1 were_VBDR the_AT sort_NN1 of_IO men_NN2 to_TO be_VBI attracted_VVN by_II the_AT way_NN1 a_AT1 newspaper_NN1 could_VM magnify_VVI an_AT1 already_RR fatted_JJ ego_NN1 ._. 
Newspaper_NN1 publishers_NN2 were_VBDR accustomed_VVN to_II lord_NN1 over_II cities_NN2 ._. 
We_PPIS2 remember_VV0 Joseph_NP1 Pulitzer_NP1 not_XX as_II a_AT1 sensationalist_NN1 journalist_NN1 but_CCB as_CSA the_AT philanthropist_NN1 who_PNQS endowed_VVD an_AT1 award_NN1 for_IF excellence_NN1 in_II journalism_NN1 and_CC the_AT arts_NN2 ._. 
We_PPIS2 remember_VV0 William_NP1 Randolph_NP1 Hearst_NP1 because_CS his_APPGE castle_NN1 overlooking_VVG the_AT Pacific_NP1 --_NN1 fifty_MC miles_NNU2 of_IO ocean_NN1 frontage_NN1 --_NN1 is_VBZ as_RG forthright_JJ a_AT1 temple_NN1 to_II grandiosity_NN1 as_CSA this_DD1 nation_NN1 can_VM boast_VVI ._. 
And_CC we_PPIS2 remember_VV0 Hearst_NP1 as_II the_AT original_JJ for_IF Orson_NP1 Welles_NP1 's_GE Citizen_NN1 Kane_NP1 ._. 
Welles_NP1 portrayed_VVD Charles_NP1 Foster_NP1 Kane_NP1 with_IW the_AT mix_NN1 of_IO populism_NN1 and_CC egomania_NN1 audiences_NN2 of_IO the_AT time_NNT1 easily_RR recognized_VVN as_CSA Hearst_NP1 ._. 
Kane_NN1 the_AT champion_NN1 of_IO the_AT common_JJ man_NN1 becomes_VVZ Kane_NP1 the_AT autocrat_NN1 ._. 
Kane_NN1 builds_VVZ an_AT1 opera_NN1 house_NN1 for_IF his_APPGE paramour_NN1 ._. 
Kane_NN1 invents_VVZ a_AT1 war_NN1 ._. 
In_II January_NPM1 1988_MC ,_, Phyllis_NP1 Tucker_NP1 ,_, the_AT last_MD surviving_JJ daughter_NN1 of_IO Michael_NP1 de_NP1 Young_NP1 ,_, died_VVD in_II San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 ._. 
Tucker_NP1 's_GE daughter_NN1 ,_, Nan_NN1 Tucker_NP1 McEvoy_NP1 ,_, managed_VVD to_TO forestall_VVI the_AT sale_NN1 of_IO the_AT paper_NN1 for_IF several_DA2 years_NNT2 ._. 
But_CCB in_II 1999_MC ,_, the_AT founding_JJ publisher_NN1 's_GE posthumous_JJ grip_NN1 was_VBDZ pried_VVN loose_JJ by_II a_AT1 majority_NN1 vote_NN1 of_IO family_NN1 members_NN2 to_TO sell_VVI ._. 
At_II that_DD1 time_NNT1 ,_, the_AT Hearst_NP1 Corporation_NN1 was_VBDZ desirous_JJ of_IO reclaiming_VVG the_AT San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 market_NN1 ._. 
In_II 1967_MC ,_, the_AT Chronicle_NN1 's_GE rock_NN1 and_CC jazz_NN1 critic_NN1 ,_, Ralph_NP1 J._NP1 Gleason_NP1 ,_, teamed_VVD up_RP with_IW a_AT1 renegade_NN1 cherub_NN1 named_VVD Jann_NP1 Wenner_NP1 to_TO publish_VVI Rolling_JJ Stone_NN1 magazine_NN1 ._. 
What_DDQ this_DD1 disparate_JJ twosome_NN1 intuited_VVD was_VBDZ that_CST by_II chronicling_VVG the_AT rising_JJ influence_NN1 of_IO rock_NN1 music_NN1 ,_, they_PPHS2 were_VBDR effectively_RR covering_VVG a_AT1 revolution_NN1 ._. 
In_II New_NP1 York_NP1 ,_, writers_NN2 were_VBDR cultivating_VVG ,_, in_II the_AT manner_NN1 of_IO Thackeray_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 self-referential_JJ point_NN1 of_IO view_NN1 and_CC calling_VVG it_PPH1 the_AT "_" New_JJ Journalism_NN1 ._. "_" 
In_II San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 ,_, Rolling_JJ Stone_NN1 was_VBDZ publishing_VVG a_AT1 gospel_NN1 "_" I_ZZ1 "_" that_CST found_VVD itself_PPX1 in_II a_AT1 world_NN1 without_IW precedent_NN1 :_: Greil_NP1 Marcus_NP1 ,_, Cameron_NP1 Crowe_NP1 ,_, Patti_NP1 Smith_NP1 ,_, Timothy_NP1 Ferris_NP1 ,_, Hunter_NP1 S._NP1 Thompson_NP1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 remember_VV0 sitting_VVG in_II an_AT1 Indian_JJ tea_NN1 shop_NN1 in_II South_ND1 London_NP1 in_II 1970_MC (_( in_II the_AT manner_NN1 of_IO the_AT New_JJ Journalism_NN1 )_) and_CC being_VBG gripped_VVN by_II envy_NN1 potent_JJ enough_RR to_TO be_VBI called_VVN homesickness_NN1 as_CSA I_PPIS1 read_VVD John_NP1 Burks_NP1 's_GE account_NN1 of_IO the_AT Stones_NN2 concert_NN1 at_II Altamont_NP1 ._. 
It_PPH1 was_VBDZ like_II reading_VVG a_AT1 dispatch_NN1 from_II the_AT Gold_NN1 Rush_NP1 city_NN1 ._. 
One_MC1 morning_NNT1 in_II the_AT 1970s_MC2 ,_, the_AT Chronicle_NN1 began_VVD to_TO publish_VVI Armistead_NP1 Maupin_NP1 's_GE Tales_NN2 of_IO the_AT City_NN1 --_NN1 adding_VVG sex_NN1 and_CC drugs_NN2 and_CC local_JJ branding_NN1 to_II the_AT nineteenth-century_JJ gimmick_NN1 of_IO serial_JJ fiction_NN1 ._. 
At_II a_AT1 time_NNT1 when_RRQ American_JJ families_NN2 were_VBDR trending_VVG to_II the_AT suburbs_NN2 ,_, Maupin_NP1 's_GE novel_NN1 insisted_VVD that_CST San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 was_VBDZ still_RR magnetic_JJ for_IF single_JJ lives_NN2 ._. 
In_II those_DD2 same_DA years_NNT2 ,_, Cyra_NP1 McFadden_NP1 was_VBDZ writing_VVG satirically_RR about_II the_AT sexual_JJ eccentricities_NN2 of_IO suburban_JJ Marin_NN1 County_NN1 in_II a_AT1 series_NN (_( "_" The_AT Serial_NN1 "_" )_) for_IF an_AT1 alternative_JJ newspaper_NN1 called_VVN the_AT Pacific_NP1 Sun_NN1 ._. 
In_II the_AT nineteenth-century_JJ newspaper_NN1 ,_, the_AT relationship_NN1 between_II observer_NN1 and_CC observed_VVD was_VBDZ reciprocal_JJ :_: the_AT newspaper_NN1 described_VVD the_AT city_NN1 ;_; the_AT newspaper_NN1 ,_, in_II turn_NN1 ,_, was_VBDZ sustained_VVN by_II readers_NN2 who_PNQS were_VBDR curious_JJ about_II the_AT strangers_NN2 that_CST circumstance_NN1 had_VHD placed_VVN proximate_JJ to_II them_PPHO2 ._. 
So_RR ,_, I_PPIS1 suppose_VV0 ,_, it_PPH1 is_VBZ incomplete_JJ to_TO notice_VVI that_CST the_AT San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 Chronicle_NN1 has_VHZ become_VVN remiss_JJ in_II its_APPGE obituary_NN1 department_NN1 ._. 
Of_IO four_MC friends_NN2 of_IO mine_PPGE who_PNQS died_VVD recently_RR in_II San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 ,_, not_XX one_PN1 wanted_VVD a_AT1 published_JJ obituary_NN1 or_CC any_DD other_JJ public_JJ notice_NN1 taken_VVN of_IO his_APPGE absence_NN1 ._. 
This_DD1 seems_VVZ to_II me_PPIO1 a_AT1 serious_JJ abrogation_NN1 of_IO the_AT responsibility_NN1 of_IO living_VVG in_II a_AT1 city_NN1 and_CC as_RG good_JJ an_AT1 explanation_NN1 as_CSA any_DD of_IO why_RRQ newspapers_NN2 are_VBR dying_VVG ._. 
All_DB four_MC of_IO my_APPGE friends_NN2 requested_VVN cremation_NN1 ;_; three_MC wanted_VVD their_APPGE ashes_NN2 consigned_VVN to_II the_AT obscurity_NN1 of_IO Nature_NN1 ._. 
National_JJ newspapers_NN2 may_VM try_VVI to_TO impersonate_VVI regional_JJ newspapers_NN2 that_CST are_VBR dying_VVG or_CC dead_JJ ._. 
(_( There_EX have_VH0 been_VBN reports_NN2 that_CST the_AT New_NP1 York_NP1 Times_NNT2 and_CC the_AT Wall_NP1 Street_NNL1 Journal_NN1 will_VM soon_RR publish_VVI San_NP1 Francisco_NP1 Bay_NN1 Area_NN1 editions_NN2 ._. )_) 
We_PPIS2 already_RR live_VV0 in_II the_AT America_NP1 of_IO USA_NP1 Today_RT ,_, which_DDQ appears_VVZ ,_, unsolicited_JJ ,_, in_II a_AT1 plastic_NN1 chrysalis_NN1 suspended_VVN from_II your_APPGE doorknob_NN1 at_II a_AT1 Nebraska_NP1 Holiday_NN1 Inn_NN1 or_CC a_AT1 Maine_NP1 Marriott_NP1 ._. 
We_PPIS2 check_VV0 the_AT airport_NN1 weather_NN1 ._. 
We_PPIS2 fly_VV0 from_II one_MC1 CNN_NP1 Headline_NN1 News_NN1 monitor_NN1 to_II another_DD1 ._. 
