Bolinas News

Peter Martinelli sits on the front of his tractor on Thursday, May 24, 2012, in Bolinas, Calif.

On May 10, 1863, Gregorio Briones died in Bolinas . In 1846 the Mexican government had rewarded Briones for his military service with Rancho Las Baulines, a land grant that extended around Bolinas Lagoon and encompassed present-day Stinson Beach and Bolinas.

"This was an escalation by the state in a statewide war on nudity," said the defendant, Donald Garrison Holmes, 63, of Bolinas.

Donald Holmes, 63, of Bolinas leaves court Friday at the Marin County Civic Center.

Next to Ken Kesey, the late poet Richard Brautigan - who was the same age as Kesey and grew-up near Ken outside Eugene - is viewed as one of the most celebrated "Hippie poets" in this region now as National Poetry Month nears its end.