Willie Colón Gone

from Paste R.I.P. Willie Colón: Salsa legend dead at 75 “His music was not just heard; it was lived,” Fania Records shared in a statement.  By Matt Mitchell  Innovative composer, vibrant trombonist, bandleader, and salsa visionary Willie Colón has died. On social...

Gold Fever Pandemic Surging

from SF Gate The gold rush is back in California’s Inland Empire In San Bernardino County, gold and silver mining companies are pushing to expand By Erin Rode, Contributing LA Outdoors Editor Calico Ghost Town Regional Park certainly did not feel like a ghost...

Jesse Jackson Gone

from The Nation Jesse Jackson Still Provides Light in These Dark Times We would be wise to follow the path he forged. by ROBERT L. BOROSAGE “Jesse Jackson is one of the very most significant political leaders in this country in the last 100 years,” declared Senator...

Social Silent Reading

from WLRN NPR A different party scene: How Books & Books is building community through silent reading WLRN Public Media | By Sofia Zarran Participants in the Books & Books Reading Party read on a carpet and chairs as they indulge in the silence and communal...

Robert Duvall Gone

from Variety Robert Duvall, Star of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Great Santini,’ Dies at 95 By Carmel Dagan Robert Duvall, who won an Oscar for “Tender Mercies” and was nominated for his roles in films including “The Godfather,” “Apocalypse Now,” and “The Great Santini,”...

Bud Cort Gone

from Deadline Bud Cort Dies: ‘Harold And Maude’ Actor Was 77 By Greg Evans Bud Cort, whose indelible portrayal of the gawky, death-obsessed young man barely out of his teens who falls in love with a spirited 79-year-old Holocaust survivor played by Ruth Gordon in...