Local comrades and reporters Kate Maxwell and Adrian Fernandez-Baumann from The Mendocino Voice sit down with Tiberius for part one of two episodes on local journalism and leftism. This week examines the news from an insider's perspective.

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(the death toll from the fires was 42 http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fires-20171018-story.html)