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In 1993, the paper, which had been daily since 1928, cut down to a two day a week schedule, citing financial pressures. The move left Santa Rosa's Press Democrat as the county's only daily. [8] Pulitzer Publishing Company bought Scripps League for about $230 million in 1996. [9] The New York Times Company bought the Argus-Courier in 2001. [10]
The Press Democrat headquarters in Santa Rosa. The newspaper was founded in 1897 by Ernest L. Finley, who merged his Evening Press and Thomas Thompson's Sonoma Democrat (originally created as a voice for the Democratic Party). Finley bought the Santa Rosa Republican in 1927 and merged it with The Press Democrat in 1948.
An article published on April 1, 1971, in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported that the "Lisa Smith" treated at Novato General Hospital was the same person as the missing 17-year-old Lisa Smith. The individual believed to have been Smith left the hospital before authorities could interview her and purportedly hitchhiked back to San Francisco .
The Sonoma Index was founded in 1879 by Benjamin Frank. [1] [2] The newspaper changed ownership about a dozen times in its first five years. [3] It was purchased in 1884 by Harry Granice, who gave the paper its current name and brought stability. [4] Granice published and edited the newspaper until his death in 1915.
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 ...
This list of cemeteries in Sonoma County, California includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea in Sonoma County, California. It does not include pet cemeteries. Selected interments are given for notable people.
Ramón Bojórquez Salcido (born March 6, 1961) is a Mexican convicted spree killer who is currently on death row in California's San Quentin State Prison. [1] He was convicted for the 1989 murders of six female family members and one male supervisor at his workplace.
The station was founded by Ernest L. Finley, owner of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. The ownership of the station passed to Finley's wife Ruth, when he died in 1942. [ 10 ] The station achieved some fame in 1943, when an actual broadcast was included in Alfred Hitchcock 's film Shadow of a Doubt , filmed on location in Santa Rosa.