List of newspapers in California explained

This is a list of newspapers in California actively being published daily and non-daily. There were over 1,300 newspapers published in California at the beginning of 2020.^[1]

Daily Newspapers

Name	City	Owner	Daily Circulation	Niche
The Orange County Register	Anaheim	Digital First Media	250,724
Bakersfield Californian	Bakersfield	Virginia F. Moorhouse	22,000
Chico Enterprise-Record	Chico	Digital First Media	29,000
Times-Standard	Eureka	Digital First Media	23,000
Daily Republic	Fairfield	McNaughton Newspapers	14,500
The Fresno Bee	Fresno	McClatchy	157,546
The Union	Grass Valley	Gold Hill California Media
Lodi News-Sentinel	Lodi	Central Valley News-Sentinel Inc.	15,000
Long Beach Press-Telegram	Long Beach	Digital First Media	41,038
Asbarez	Los Angeles	Independent		Armenian-language
Investor's Business Daily	Los Angeles	Dow Jones & Company	157,161
La Opinión	Los Angeles	ImpreMedia	116,256	Spanish-language
Los Angeles Times	Los Angeles	Patrick Soon-Shiong	653,868
Manteca Bulletin	Manteca	209 Multimedia	5,350
Appeal-Democrat	Marysville	Horizon Publications	13,000
Merced Sun-Star	Merced	McClatchy	15,952
The Modesto Bee	Modesto	McClatchy	56,723
San Gabriel Valley Tribune	Monrovia	Digital First Media	57,558
The Monterey County Herald	Monterey	Digital First Media	23,862
Napa Valley Register	Napa	Lee Enterprises	11,947
The Desert Sun	Palm Springs	Gannett	30,555
Palo Alto Daily Post	Palo Alto	Dave Price and Jim Pavelich	22,000
Pasadena Star-News	Pasadena	Digital First Media
The Porterville Recorder	Porterville	RISN Operations
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin	Rancho Cucamonga	Digital First Media	38,286
Daily News	Red Bluff	Digital First Media	7,500
Redding Record Searchlight	Redding	Gannett	30,000
Redlands Daily Facts	Redlands	Digital First Media	7,470
The Daily Independent	Ridgecrest	Gannett
The Press-Enterprise	Riverside	Digital First Media	92,697
The Sacramento Bee	Sacramento	McClatchy	279,032
The Salinas Californian	Salinas	Gannett	6,207
The San Bernardino Sun	San Bernardino	Digital First Media	93,097
The San Diego Union-Tribune	San Diego	Digital First Media	121,321
San Francisco Chronicle	San Francisco	Hearst Corporation	164,820
San Francisco Examiner	San Francisco	San Francisco Media Company	75,009
The Mercury News	San Jose	Digital First Media	527,568
The Tribune	San Luis Obispo	McClatchy	35,000
San Mateo County Times	San Mateo	Digital First Media
San Mateo Daily Journal	San Mateo	Bigfoot Media
Voice of OC	Santa Ana
Santa Clarita Valley Signal	Santa Clarita	Paladin Multimedia Group
Santa Cruz Sentinel	Santa Cruz	Digital First Media
Santa Maria Times	Santa Maria	Santa Maria California News Media Inc.
Santa Monica Daily Press	Santa Monica	Newlon Rouge, Inc	28,000
The Press Democrat	Santa Rosa	Sonoma Media Investments	54,000
The Record	Stockton	Gannett	58,888
The Daily Breeze	Torrance	Digital First Media	57,185
Ventura County Star	Ventura	Gannett
DailyPress	Victorville	Gannett	23,000
Visalia Times-Delta	Visalia	Gannett	16,890
East Bay Times	Walnut Creek	Digital First Media	168,362
Whittier Daily News	Whittier	Digital First Media
The Mendocino Voice	Willits	Independent	65,000
The Daily Democrat	Woodland	Digital First Media
Los Angeles Daily News	Woodland Hills	Digital First Media	56,493

Non-Daily Newspapers

Name	City	Owner	Circulation	Frequency	Niche
Alameda Sun	Alameda		23,500	Thursdays	Hyperlocal (City of Alameda)
Modoc County Record	Alturas			Weekly
Atascadero News	Atascadero	News Media Corporation		Weekly
Catalina Islander	Avalon			Weekly	Catalina Island
Berkeley Daily Planet	Berkeley			Weekly
Brentwood Press	Brentwood, CA	Greg Robinson and Sandie McNulty	40,000	Weekly	Hyperlocal (East Contra Costa County)
Hellenic Journal	Brisbane			Monthly
The Calaveras Chronicle	Calaveras County		12,500	Monthly
Chino Valley Champion	Chino	Champion Newspapers	42,600	Weekly	Community
Del Norte Triplicate	Crescent City	Country Media, Inc.		Weekly
The Mountain Messenger	Downieville		2,500	Weekly	Sierra County news
East Bay Express	Emeryville		49,766	Weekly
The Coast News	Encinitas	Coast News Group	20,000	Weekly	Local News
Times-Advocate	Escondido		15,000	Weekly
Evergreen Times	Evergreen	Times Media, Inc.		Weekly	Community
The Sun-Gazette	Exeter	Mineral King Publishing, Inc.	3,000	Weekly	Tulare County news since 1901
Fontana Herald News	Fortuna	Times Media Group	14,381	Weekly
Fullerton Observer	Fullerton	Fullerton Observer, LLC	10,000	Bimonthly	Orange County, California news
North County News Tribune	Fullerton	Digital First Media		Weekly
Galt Herald	Galt	Herburger Publications		Weekly
Gardena Valley News	Gardena		10,000	Weekly
Salinas Valley Tribune	Gonzales	New SV Media Inc.	850	Weekly
Gustine Press-Standard	Gustine	209 Multimedia		Weekly
Half Moon Bay Review	Half Moon Bay	Coastside News Group	3,000	Weekly
Selma Enterprise	Hanford	Lee Central California Newspapers		Weekly
The Hemet San Jacinto Chronicle	Hemet and San Jacinto	PCM Publishing	8,000	Weekly	Hemet and San Jacinto local/community news
Hollister Free Lance	Hollister	Metro Newspapers		Weekly
Huntington Beach Independent	Huntington Beach	Tribune Media		Weekly
Idyllwild Town Crier	Idyllwild-Pine Cove	Idyllwild House Publishing Co. Ltd.	2,300	Weekly
Crescenta Valley Weekly	La Crescenta	Crescenta Valley Publishing, LLC	8,300	Weekly	Community
Lompoc Record	Lompoc	Santa Maria California News Media Inc.		Weekly
Los Altos Town Crier	Los Altos		16,500	Weekly
Xone Autosport News	Los Angeles		233,200	Weekly	Formula One and IndyCar news (International)
Los Angeles Sentinel	Los Angeles		125,000	Weekly	African-American
The Epoch Times	Los Angeles	Epoch Times Media Group	30,000	Weekly	News and lifestyle
Pacific Citizen	Los Angeles		30,000	Monthly	Asian-American
Armenian Observer	Los Angeles			Weekly	Armenian-American
Larchmont Chronicle	Los Angeles	John H. Welborne		Monthly
Los Banos Enterprise	Los Banos			Biweekly
Los Cerritos Community News	La Mirada	Hews Media Group		Weekly	Local
The Madera Tribune	Madera			Biweekly
Sun Post	Manteca		29,000	Weekly
Mendocino Beacon	Mendocino	Digital First Media		Weekly
Monterey County Weekly	Monterey	Milestone Communications		Weekly
West Side Index	Newman	209 Multimedia		Weekly
Oakdale Leader	Oakdale	209 Multimedia		Weekly
Ojai Valley News	Ojai		3,000	Weekly	Local news, since 1891
Cedar Street	Pacific Grove		20,000	Weekly
The Palisadian-Post	Pacific Palisades	Alan Smolinisky		Weekly
Pacifica Tribune	Pacifica	Coastside News Group		Weekly
Paso Robles Press	Paso Robles	News Media Corporation		Weekly
Placerville Mountain Democrat	Placerville	McNaughton Newspapers		Weekly
Mid Valley Times	Reedley	Mineral King Publishing, Inc.	13,200	Weekly
Sacramento Observer	Sacramento	Observer Media Group	50,000	Weekly	African-American
Humor Times	Sacramento			Monthly	Satire
El Sol de Salinas	Salinas			Biweekly
Indian Voices	San Diego	Black Rose Communications	6,000	Monthly	Native American
The Southern Cross	San Diego	Bishop of San Diego	37,000	Monthly	Religion (Catholicism)
Kstati	San Francisco		9,000	Weekly	Russian-American
Kstati	San Francisco	Kstati Publishing Company	9,000	Bimonthly
Alianza Metropolitan	San Jose	Rossana Drumond		Weekly
Willow Glen Resident	San Jose	Digital First Media		Weekly
India-West	San Leandro	India-West Publications	25,000	Weekly	Indo-American
The Paper	San Marcos		20,000	Weekly
Random Lengths News	San Pedro		22,500	Biweekly	Hyperlocal (harbor-area communities)
San Lorenzo Valley Post	Santa Cruz Mountains	San Lorenzo Valley Post, LLC	10,000	Monthly	News, Events
Santa Clara Weekly	Santa Clara	Santa Clara Eagle Publishing		Weekly
The Comic News	Santa Cruz			Monthly	Satire, Cartoons
Santa Cruz Mountain Bulletin	Santa Cruz Mountains	Wendy Sigmund / Mountain Publishing	6,500	Monthly	Community
Press Banner	Scotts Valley	Tank Town Media	20,000	Weekly
Sonoma Valley Sun	Sonoma			Weekly
Taft Independent	Taft		3,500	Weekly
The Ark	Tiburon	AMMI Publishing Co. Inc.	2,550	Weekly	Hyperlocal (Tiburon, Belvedere, and Strawberry)
Tracy Press	Tracy	Tank Town Media	10,000	Weekly
Turlock Journal	Turlock	209 Multimedia	4,000	Weekly
Ukiah Daily Journal	Ukiah			Weekly
Valley Roadrunner	Valley Center		4,000	Weekly
Trinity Journal	Weaverville		4,100	Weekly

Student Newspapers

• Azusa Pacific University – The Clause
• Bakersfield College – The Renegade Rip
• Biola University – The Chimes
• Cabrillo College – The Voice
• California Baptist University – The Banner
• California Institute of Technology – The California Tech
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo – Mustang News
• California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt – The Lumberjack
• California State Polytechnic University, Pomona – The Poly Post, The Pomona Point
• California State University, Chico – The Orion
• California State University, East Bay – The Pioneer
• California State University, Dominguez Hills – The Bulletin
• California State University, Fresno – The Daily Collegian
• California State University, Fullerton – The Daily Titan
• California State University, Long Beach – 22 West Magazine, Daily Forty-Niner and DIG magazine
• California State University, Los Angeles – University Times
• California State University, Monterey Bay – The Lutrinae
• California State University, Northridge – The Daily Sundial
• California State University, Sacramento – The State Hornet
• California State University, San Bernardino – Coyote Chronicle
• California State University, San Marcos – Cougar Chronicle
• Cerritos College – Talon Marks
• Chapman University – The Panther
• City College of San Francisco – Guardsman
• Claremont Colleges – The Student Life
• Claremont McKenna College – The Forum
• College of the Desert – The Chaparral
• College of Marin – Echo Times
• Concordia University, Irvine – Hilltop Herald
• Contra Costa College – The Advocate
• Cuesta College – The Cuestonian
• The Culinary Institute of America (Greystone campus) – Sage Thymes
• De Anza College – La Voz
• Diablo Valley College – The Inquirer
• Foothill College – The Sentinel
• Glendale College – El Vaquero
• Laney College – Laney Tower
• Life Chiropractic College West – Lifelines
• Long Beach City College – The Viking Online
• Los Angeles Valley College – The Valley Star
• Los Medanos College – Experience
• Loyola Marymount University – The Los Angeles Loyolan
• Occidental College – The Occidental
• Ohlone College — "The Ohlone Monitor″
• Pasadena City College – Courier
• San Diego State University – The Daily Aztec
• San Francisco State University – The Golden Gate [X]press
• San José State University – The Spartan Daily
• Santa Ana College – el Don
• Santa Clara University – The Santa Clara
• Santa Monica College – The Corsair
• Scripps College – The Scripps Voice
• Sonoma State University – The Sonoma State STAR
• Stanford University – The Stanford Daily, The Stanford Review
• University of California, Berkeley – The Daily Californian,The Free Peach
• University of California, Davis – The California Aggie
• University of California, Irvine – New University
• University of California, Los Angeles – Daily Bruin
• University of California, Merced – The Prodigy
• University of California, Riverside – The Highlander
• University of California, San Diego – The UCSD Guardian
• University of California, Santa Barbara – Daily Nexus, The Bottom Line
• University of California, Santa Cruz – City on a Hill Press
• University of San Diego – The USD Vista, California Review
• University of San Diego School of Law – Motions
• University of San Francisco – San Francisco Foghorn
• University of Southern California – Daily Trojan
• Whittier College – The Quaker Campus

Defunct Newspapers

See List of Defunct California Newspapers

• Alameda Times-Star
• Anaheim Bulletin^[2]
• The Argus (Fremont)
• Beverly Hills Post
• Burbank Daily Review^[3]
• Weekly Butte Democrat, Oroville, 1859–1862
• California Eagle (Los Angeles)
• The Californian (San Francisco)
• Chung Sai Yat Po (San Francisco, Chinese)
• Clovis Independent
• Hayward Daily Review
• Daily Star-Progress (La Habra)^[4]
• Delano Record
• Dinuba Sentinel
• Evening Outlook (Santa Monica)
• Fillmore Herald
• Fortuna Advance (Fortuna) (existed in 1905)
• Fullerton News-Tribune^[5]
• The Golden Era (San Francisco)
• Hayward Journal
• Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper (San Francisco, Japanese)
• Hollywood Citizen (1931–1970)^[6]
• Hollywood Star
• Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News
• Los Angeles Examiner (1903–1962)^[7]
• Los Angeles Herald-Examiner (1962–1989)^[8]
• Los Angeles Herald Express (1931–1962)^[9]
• Los Angeles Mirror
• Los Angeles Record^[10]
• Los Angeles Saturday Night (1920–1934, illustrated weekly by Samuel Travers Clover)
• Napa Sentinel
• The Nevada Journal (Nevada City)
• Nichi Bei Times (San Francisco, Japanese)
• North County Times (Escondido)
• Oakland Tribune
• OC Weekly
• Oxnard Press-Courier
• The Pacific Ensign
• Progress Bulletin (Pomona)
• Sacramento Union (1851–1994)^[11]
• Santa Barbara News-Press (1868–2023)
• San Bruno Herald
• San Diego Daily Journal (1944–1950)^[12]
• San Francisco Bay Guardian
• San Francisco Call (1856–1913)^[13]
• San Francisco Evening Bulletin (1929–1959)^[14]
• San Francisco Frontiers (1994–2002)^[15]
• The San Francisco News (1903–1959)^[16]
• San Mateo County Times
• San Mateo Daily News
• Sanger Herald
• Upland News
• Viet Mercury (San Jose, Vietnamese)
• The Western Outlook

See also

• List of African-American newspapers in California

References

Archival collections

• Web site: Guide to the California Newspaper Collection, Special Collections and Archives. The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. March 16, 2020.

Notes and References

1. Web site: California newspapers. Chronicling America, Library of Congress. March 16, 2020.
2. Web site: The bulletin. [volume] .
3. Web site: Burbank daily review .
4. Web site: Daily star-progress. [volume] .
5. Web site: Daily news tribune .
6. News: About Hollywood citizen news. [volume] (Hollywood, Calif.) 1968–1970 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
7. News: About Los Angeles examiner. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1903–1962 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
8. News: About Los Angeles evening and Sunday herald examiner. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif) 1962–1977 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
9. News: About Los Angeles evening herald express. [volume] (Los Angeles, Ca[lif.]) 1950–1962 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
10. Web site: Los Angeles record .
11. News: About The Sacramento union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1903–1991 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
12. News: About The San Diego daily journal. [volume] (San Diego, Calif.) 1944-19?? « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
13. News: About The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895–1913 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
14. News: About The San Francisco call bulletin. [microfilm reel] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1929–1959 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
15. Web site: Wallace . Bill . 2002-08-07 . Frontiers magazine exits S.F. . 2023-04-15 . . en-US.
16. News: About The San Francisco news. [volume] (San Francisco, Calif.) 1927–1959 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).