List of newspapers in California

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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]

Contents

Daily Newspapers

NameCityOwnerDaily CirculationNiche
The Mercury News [2] San Jose Digital First Media 527,568
Los Angeles Times [3] Los Angeles Patrick Soon-Shiong 653,868
The Sacramento Bee Sacramento McClatchy 279,032
The Orange County Register Anaheim Digital First Media 250,724
East Bay Times Walnut Creek Digital First Media 168,362
San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Hearst Corporation 164,820
The Fresno Bee Fresno McClatchy 157,546
Investor's Business Daily Los Angeles157,161
The San Diego Union-Tribune San Diego Patrick Soon-Shiong 121,321
La Opinión Los Angeles ImpreMedia 116,256Spanish-language
The Press-Enterprise Riverside Digital First Media 92,697
San Francisco Examiner San FranciscoSan Francisco Media Company75,009
The Record Stockton Fortress Investment Group 58,888
San Gabriel Valley Tribune Monrovia Digital First Media 57,558
The Daily Breeze Torrance Digital First Media 57,185
The Modesto Bee Modesto McClatchy 56,723
Los Angeles Daily News Woodland Hills Digital First Media 56,493
The Press Democrat Santa RosaSonoma Media Investments54,000
Long Beach Press-Telegram Long Beach Digital First Media 41,038
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Rancho Cucamonga Digital First Media 38,286
The Tribune San Luis Obispo McClatchy 35,000
The Desert Sun Palm Springs Gannett 30,555 [4]
Redding Record Searchlight Redding Gannett 30,000
Chico Enterprise-Record Chico Digital First Media 29,000
Santa Monica Daily Press Santa MonicaNewlon Rouge, Inc28,000
Santa Barbara News-Press Santa BarbaraAmpersand Publishing25,973
The Monterey County Herald Monterey Digital First Media 23,862
DailyPress Victorville Gannett 23,000
Times-Standard Eureka Digital First Media 23,000
Bakersfield Californian BakersfieldVirginia F. Moorhouse22,000
Palo Alto Daily Post Palo AltoDaily Post22,000
Visalia Times-Delta Visalia Gannett 16,890 [4]
Merced Sun-Star Merced McClatchy 15,952
The Mendocino Voice WillitsIndependent65,000
Lodi News-Sentinel LodiCentral Valley News-Sentinel Inc.15,000
Daily Republic FairfieldMcNaughton Newspapers14,500
Appeal-Democrat MarysvilleHorizon Publications13,000
Napa Valley Register Napa Lee Enterprises 11,947
The Daily Californian BerkeleyIndependent Berkeley Students Publishing Company10,000Student (UC Berkeley)
Daily Trojan Los AngelesUniversity of Southern California (USC)10,000Student (USC)
Daily Bruin Los Angeles ASUCLA Communications Board9,000Student (UCLA)
The Stanford Daily StanfordThe Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation8,000Student (Stanford University)
Daily News Red Bluff Digital First Media 7,500
Redlands Daily Facts Redlands Digital First Media 7,470
The Salinas Californian Salinas Gannett 6,207 [4]
Manteca Bulletin Manteca209 Multimedia5,350
Asbarez [5] Los AngelesArmenian-language
Pasadena Star-News Pasadena
The Porterville Recorder Porterville RISN Operations / Glacier Media
The Daily Independent Ridgecrest Gannett
San Mateo County Times San Mateo Digital First Media
San Mateo Daily Journal San MateoBigfoot Media
Santa Clarita Valley Signal Santa ClaritaPaladin Multimedia Group
Santa Cruz Sentinel Santa Cruz Digital First Media
Ventura County Star Ventura Gannett
The Daily Democrat Woodland Digital First Media
Whittier Daily News Whittier Digital First Media
Voice of OC Santa Ana
The Union Grass ValleyGold Hill California Media

Non-Daily Newspapers

Name CityOwnerCirculationFrequencyNiche
Catalina Islander AvalonWeeklyCatalina Island [6]
Xone Autosport News Los Angeles233,200Weekly Formula One and IndyCar news (International)
Los Angeles Sentinel Los Angeles125,000WeeklyAfrican-American
The Epoch Times Los AngelesEpoch Times Media Group30,000WeeklyNews and lifestyle
The Hemet San Jacinto Chronicle Hemet and San Jacinto PCM Publishing 8,000Weekly Hemet and San Jacinto local/community news
Sacramento Observer Sacramento Observer Media Group 50,000WeeklyAfrican-American
East Bay Express Emeryville49,766Weekly
Brentwood Press Brentwood, CAGreg Robinson and Sandie McNulty40,000WeeklyHyperlocal (East Contra Costa County)
Chino Champion ChinoChampion Newspapers42,600WeeklyCommunity
Pacific Citizen Los Angeles30,000MonthlyAsian-American
Sun Post Manteca29,000Weekly
India-West San LeandroIndia-West Publications25,000WeeklyIndo-American
Alameda Sun Alameda23,500ThursdaysHyperlocal (City of Alameda)
Random Lengths News San Pedro22,500Every other ThursdayHyperlocal (harbor-area communities)
Cedar Street Pacific Grove20,000Weekly
Los Altos Town Crier Los Altos16,500Weekly
The Paper San Marcos20,000Weekly
Times-Advocate Escondido15,000Weekly
Mid Valley Times ReedleyMineral King Publishing, Inc.13,200Weekly
The Calaveras Chronicle Calaveras County12,500Monthly
Press Banner Scotts ValleyTank Town Media20,000Weekly
Tracy Press TracyTank Town Media10,000Weekly
Kstati San Francisco9,000WeeklyRussian-American
Half Moon Bay Review Half Moon Bay Coastside News Group3,000Weekly
Pacifica Tribune Pacifica Coastside News GroupWeekly
Indian Voices San DiegoBlack Rose Communications6,000MonthlyNative American
Trinity Journal Weaverville4,100Weekly
Turlock Journal Turlock209 Multimedia4,000Weekly
Valley Roadrunner Valley Center4,000Weekly
Taft Independent Taft3,500Weekly
Ojai Valley News Ojai3,000WeeklyLocal news, since 1891
The Sun-Gazette ExeterMineral King Publishing, Inc.3,000WeeklyTulare County news since 1901
The Ark TiburonAMMI Publishing Co. Inc.2,550WednesdaysHyperlocal (Tiburon, Belvedere, and Strawberry)
The Mountain Messenger Downieville2,500Thursdays Sierra County news
Humor Times SacramentoMonthlySatire
The Comic News Santa CruzMonthlySatire, Cartoons
The Madera Tribune MaderaBiweekly
Modoc County Record AlturasWeekly
Atascadero News Atascadero News Media Corporation Weekly
Berkeley Daily Planet BerkeleyWeekly
Fullerton Observer [7] FullertonFullerton Observer, LLC10,000 Bimonthly Orange County, California news
Hollister Free Lance Hollister Metro Newspapers Weekly
Huntington Beach Independent Huntington Beach Tribune Media Weekly
Armenian Observer Los AngelesWeeklyArmenian-American
Galt Herald GaltHerburger PublicationsWeekly
Larchmont Chronicle Los AngelesJohn H. WelborneMonthly
Mendocino Beacon Mendocino Digital First Media Weekly
Monterey County Weekly MontereyMilestone CommunicationsWeekly
The Palisadian-Post Pacific Palisades Alan Smolinisky Weekly
Paso Robles Press Paso Robles News Media Corporation Weekly
Santa Clara Weekly Santa ClaraSanta Clara Eagle PublishingWeekly
Sonoma Valley Sun SonomaWeekly
Crescenta Valley Weekly La CrescentaCrescenta Valley Publishing, LLC8,300WeeklyCommunity
Hellenic Journal BrisbaneMonthly
The Southern Cross San DiegoBishop of San Diego37,000MonthlyReligion (Catholicism)
Idyllwild Town Crier Idyllwild-Pine CoveIdyllwild House Publishing Co. Ltd.2,300Weekly
West Side Index Newman209 MultimediaWeekly
Gustine Press-Standard Gustine209 MultimediaWeekly
Oakdale Leader Oakdale209 MultimediaWeekly
Placerville Mountain Democrat PlacervilleMcNaughton NewspapersWeekly
Santa Cruz Mountain Bulletin Santa Cruz MountainsWendy Sigmund / Mountain Publishing6,500MonthlyCommunity
The Student Life ClaremontWeeklyStudent
The State Hornet SacramentoThe State Hornet22,000BiweeklyStudent, Sacramento news
The Coast News Encinitas Coast News Group20,000WeeklyLocal News
Evergreen Times Evergreen imes Media, Inc.,WeeklyCommunity
Kstati San FranciscoKstati Publishing Company9,000Bimonthly

Defunct Newspapers

See List of Defunct California Newspapers

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