"California newspapers" redirects here. For a history of newspapers in California, see History of newspapers in California. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
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.
Daily newspapers
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 | ||
| Auburn Journal | Auburn | Alta Newspaper Group | Twice weekly | ||
| Catalina Islander | Avalon | Weekly | Catalina Island | ||
| Berkeley Daily Planet | Berkeley | Weekly | |||
| Inyo Register | Bishop | Alta Newspaper Group | Weekly | ||
| Brentwood Press | Brentwood | 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 | ||
| Carmel Pine Cone | Carmel-by-the-Sea | Paul Miller | Weekly | ||
| Chino Valley Champion | Chino | Champion Newspapers | 42,600 | Weekly | Community |
| Claremont Courier | Claremont | 35,600 | Weekly | Claremont local news | |
| 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 Healdsburg Tribune | Healdsburg | Weeklys | 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 | Weeklys | 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 | Alta Newspaper Group | 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 | Michael Braa | Biweekly | ||
| Los Cerritos Community News | La Mirada | Hews Media Group | Weekly | Local | |
| The Madera Tribune | Madera | Biweekly | |||
| Mammoth Times | Mammoth Lakes | Alta Newspaper Group | Weekly | ||
| 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 | Digital First Media | 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 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
- The Argus (Fremont)
- Beverly Hills Post
- Burbank Daily Review
- Weekly Butte Democrat, Oroville, 1859–1862
- California Eagle (Los Angeles)
- The Californian (San Francisco)
- Chung Sai Yat Po (San Francisco, Chinese)
- Clovis Independent
- Contra Costa Times (Contra Costa County)
- La Crónica (Los Angeles, Spanish, 1872-1892)
- Hayward Daily Review
- Daily Star-Progress (La Habra)
- Delano Record
- Dinuba Sentinel
- Evening Outlook (Santa Monica)
- Fillmore Herald
- Fortuna Advance (Fortuna) (existed in 1905)
- Fullerton News-Tribune
- The Golden Era (San Francisco)
- Hayward Journal
- Hispano América (San Francisco, Spanish, 1917-1934)
- Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper (San Francisco, Japanese)
- Hollywood Citizen (1931–1970)
- Hollywood Star
- Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News
- Los Angeles Examiner (1903–1962)
- Los Angeles Herald-Examiner (1962–1989)
- Los Angeles Herald Express (1931–1962)
- Los Angeles Mirror
- Los Angeles Record
- Los Angeles Saturday Night (1920–1934, illustrated weekly by Samuel Travers Clover)
- Los Angeles Star / La Estrella de Los Ángeles (Bilingual English/Spanish, 1851-1879)
- 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)
- Santa Barbara News-Press (1868–2023)
- San Bruno Herald
- San Diego Daily Journal (1944–1950)
- San Francisco Bay Guardian
- San Francisco Call (1856–1913)
- San Francisco Evening Bulletin (1929–1959)
- San Francisco Frontiers (1994–2002)
- The San Francisco News (1903–1959)
- San Mateo County Times
- San Mateo Daily News
- Sanger Herald
- La Sociedad (San Francisco, Spanish, 1869-1895)
- Upland News
- Viet Mercury (San Jose, Vietnamese)
- La Voz de Méjico (San Francisco, Spanish, 1862-1866)
- The Western Outlook
See also
References
- "California newspapers". Chronicling America, Library of Congress. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- Weinberger, Peter (19 November 2022). "Courier continues to evolve in transformative year". Claremont Courier. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- "The bulletin. [volume]".
- "Burbank daily review".
- "La Crónica (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1872-1892". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- "Daily star-progress. [volume]".
- "Daily news tribune".
- "Hispano América (San Francisco, Calif.) 1917-1934". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- "About Hollywood citizen news. (Hollywood, Calif.) 1968–1970 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- "About Los Angeles examiner. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1903–1962 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- "About Los Angeles evening and Sunday herald examiner. (Los Angeles, Calif) 1962–1977 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- "About Los Angeles evening herald express. (Los Angeles, Ca) 1950–1962 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- "Los Angeles record".
- "About The Sacramento union. (Sacramento ) 1903–1991 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- "About The San Diego daily journal. (San Diego, Calif.) 1944-19?? « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- "About The San Francisco call. (San Francisco ) 1895–1913 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- "About The San Francisco call bulletin. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1929–1959 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- Wallace, Bill (2002-08-07). "Frontiers magazine exits S.F." SFGATE. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- "About The San Francisco news. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1927–1959 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov)".
- "La Sociedad (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1869-1895". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- "La Voz De Méjico : Periódico De Política, Noticias, Comercio, Literatura, Etc (San Francisco, Calif.) 1862-1866". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
Archival collections
- "Guide to the California Newspaper Collection, Special Collections and Archives". The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
