Calif. Newspaper Stops Printing After 161 Years
One of the longest-running newspapers in California printed its final edition Sunday, ending 161 years of publishing news about Martinez, a city east of San Francisco.
Rick Jones, the Martinez News-Gazette’s editor, said he wasn’t certain whether the news outlet covering the city of nearly 40,000 will continue publishing online.
The News-Gazette began publishing in September 1858 and combined in 1906 with another local paper, Bill Sharkey III, the former owner’s grandson, told the San Francisco Chronicle. At its height, the paper had about 50 employees.
Meanwhile, the state’s oldest weekly newspaper, which is northeast of Sacramento, appears to be nearing its final days.
The Mountain Messenger’s editor-publisher told the Los Angeles Times he is planning to retire by mid-January, at which point publication will end. Don Russell said he spent the past year trying to sell the paper but he hasn’t received any offers.
The paper began in 1853 as a twice-per-month publication; its claim to fame is that Mark Twain once wrote there under his real name, Sam Clemens, while hiding from the law.
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