Historical California Newspapers Online

Last Updated on January 12, 2023 by Dennis

The following historical California newspapers were placed online in digital format by a variety of sources and are here collected for convenient usage. These papers are listed in alphabetical order and you will need to know the specific newspaper you are looking for.

A

• Adin Argus (Adin, 1882-1937)
• Alameda Encinal (Alameda, 1869-1906)
• Alameda Post (Alameda, 1869)
• Alturas Plaindealer (Alturas, 1906-1940)
• Amador Ledger-Dispatch (Jackson, 1855-1919)
• Antelope Valley Political Observer (Lancaster, 2010-2012)
• Aptos Post (Aptos, 1981-1983)
• Atwater Signal (Atwater, 1911-1994)
• Auburn Daily Journal (Auburn, 1914-1918)
• Auburn Journal (Auburn, 1885-1924)

B

• Bakersfield News Observer (Bakersfield, 2022)
• Bay Area Reporter (San Francisco, 1971-2005)
• Beach and Bay Press (San Diego, 2007-2010)
• Belvedere Citizen / Eastside Journal (Belvedere, 1968-1980)
• Big Pine Citizen (Big Pine, 1914-1933)
• Black Voice News (Riverside, 2006)
• Blade Tribune (Oceanside, 1892-1960)
• Blue Lake Advocate (Blue Lake, 1888-1969)
• Boulevard Sentinel (Eagle Rock, 2012-2015)
• Bridgeport Chronicle-Union 1880-1894
• Brisbane Sun, The 1933-1938

C

• Calaveras Chronicle (Mokelumne Hill, 1851-1868)
• Calexico Chronicle (Calexico, 1904-1998)
• California Aggie (Davis, 1915-2014)
• California Crusader News (Los Angeles, 2010)
• California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences (San Francisco, 1855-1880)
• California Star (San Francisco, 1847-1848)
• California Star & Californian (San Francisco, 1848)
• Californian (Monterey, 1846-1848)
• Campbell (Interurban) Press Newspaper 1895-1954
• Campus News (East Los Angeles College) (Monterey Park, 2008-2019)
• Central News Wave (Los Angeles, 1971-1972)
• Chester Progressive (Chester, 1955-1957)
• Chico News and Review (Chico, 1978-2004)
• Chico Record (Chico, 1856-1948)
• Chico Weekly Enterprise (Chico, 1869-1907)
• Chronicle (Livingston) (Livingston, 1911-1966)
• Chula Vista Star-News (Chula Vista, 1938-2008)
• Citrus College Clarion (Glendora, 1964-2020)
• Cloverdale Enterprise (Cloverdale, 1919)
• Cloverdale Reveille (Cloverdale, 1882-1996)
• Coast Side Comet (Montara, 1910-1923)
• Colma Record, The 1910-1911
• Columbia College Student Newspapers (Sonora, 1971-2016)
• Columbia Gazette (Columbia, 1853-1858)
• Columbia Weekly News (Columbia, 1858-1859)
• Colusa Daily Sun (Colusa, 1892-1922)
• Colusa Herald (Colusa, 1916-1932)
• Contra Costa Independent (Richmond, 1910-1939)
• Coronado Citizen (Coronado, 1937-1942)
• Coronado Compass (Coronado, 1946-1949)
• Coronado Eagle (Coronado, 1990-1998)
• Coronado Eagle and Journal (Coronado, 1912-2022)
• Coronado Mercury (Coronado, 1887-1896)
• Coronado Saturday Night (Coronado, 1922)
• Coronado Tent City Daily Program (Coronado, 1903)
• Corsair (Santa Monica, 1929-2011)
• Crenshaw-Mesa Southwest wave (Los Angeles, 1941)
• Crónica (Los Angeles, Calif.) (Los Angeles, 1872-1889)
• Cypress Enterprise (Buena Park, 1948-1952)
• Cypress Enterprise 1949-1952

D

• Daily Alta California (San Francisco, 1849-1891)
• Daily California Express (Marysville, 1857-1959)
• Daily Evening Sentinel (Red Bluff) (Red Bluff, 1895-1905)
• Daily morning times (San Jose, 1879-1884)
• Daily National Democrat (Marysville, 1858-1861)
• Daily National Gazette (Grass Valley, 1853-1860)
• Daily News Leader (San Mateo) (San Mateo, 1889-1924)
• Daily News (Los Angeles) (Los Angeles, 1923-1954)
• Daily News (Van Nuys) (Van Nuys, 1930-1960)
• Daily Placer Times and Transcript (Sacramento, 1849-1850)
• Daily Sentinel (Red Bluff, 1894)
• Daily Sentinel (Red Bluff 1883) (Red Bluff, 1892-1893)
• Desert Sun (Palm Springs, 1934-1989)
• Dunsmuir news (Dunsmuir, 1890-1978)

E

• Eagle Rock Advertiser (Eagle Rock, 1928-1935)
• Eagle Rock Sentinel (Eagle Rock, 1910-1985)
• Eastside Journal / Belvedere Citizen (Los Angeles, 1968-1980)
• El Clamor Público (Los Angeles, 1855-1859)
• El Dorado Republican (Placerville, 1901-1923)
• El excentrico, Magazine social, fotogratico latino-americano 1957-1977
• El Paisano (Whittier, 1964-2016)
• El Patio (Coronado, 1920-1921)
• El Sereno Star (Los Angeles, 1953-1975)
• Elevator (San Francisco, 1865-1898)
• Empire County Argus (Coloma, 1853-1856)
• Enterprise: South San Francisco, The 1895-1925
• Enterprise Journal (South San Francisco, 1972-1979)
• Enterprise (Riverside) (Riverside, 1891-1922)
• Enterprise-Record (Chico, 1940-1970)
• Evening Index and San Bernardino News (San Bernardino, 1912-1918)
• Evening Sentinel (Santa Cruz, 1896-1907)
• Evening Star News (Culver City, 1944-1952)
• Evening Telegram and the Evening Index (San Bernardino, 1969)
• Evening Transcript (San Bernardino, 1898-1902)
• Evening Vanguard (Los Angeles, 1939-1960)
• Experience (Pittsburg, 1974-2015)
• Express (Sacramento, 1923-2009)

F

• Facts (Redlands, 1890-1892)
• Feather River Bulletin (Quincy, 1866-2002)
• Fort Bragg Advocate (Fort Bragg, 1890-1929)
• Fresno Tribune (Fresno, 1907-1912)

G

• Garden Grove News (Garden Grove, 1959)
• Georgetown News (Georgetown, 1854-1856)
• Geyserville Gazette (Geyserville, 1899-1918)
• Geyserville Press (Geyserville, 1940-1964)
• Glendale Daily Press 1921-1923
• Glendale Evening News, The 1914-1925
• Glendale Herald 1917-1919
• Glendale News, The 1905-1913
• Golden Gate Guardian (San Francisco, 1941-1946)
• Greens Land Paper (San Francisco, 1872)
• Gridley Herald (Gridley, 1972-1985)

H

• Hanford Journal (Daily) (Hanford, 1898-1922)
• Hanford Journal (Weekly) (Hanford, 1891-1905)
• Hanford Sentinel (Hanford, 1901-2004)
• Healdsburg Enterprise (Healdsburg, 1878-1929)
• Healdsburg Tribune (Healdsburg, 1919-1937)
• Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar (Healdsburg, 1888-1990)
• Highland Park News-Herald & Journal (Highland Park, 1906-1988)
• Highland Park Post-Dispatch (Highland Park, 1941-1942)
• Hispano América (San Francisco) (San Francisco, 1914-1917)
• Hollywood Riviera Tribune (Palos Verdes Estates, 1948-1967)
• Humboldt Times (Eureka, 1874-1925)
• Huntington Beach News (Huntington Beach, 1917-1918)
• Huntington Beach News 1917-1918
• Hydraulic Press (North San Juan, 1858-1861)

I

• Imperial Valley Press (Imperial, 1901-1945)
• Independent (Los Angeles) (Los Angeles, 1936-1946)
• Indian Valley Record (Greenville, 1931-1962)
• Informador del Valle (Indio, 1988-2001)
• Inyo Independent (Independence, 1870-1942)
• Italia (San Francisco, 1897-1919)

J

• Jewel City Press, The 1910-1911
• The Jewish News of Northern California (San Francisco, 1895-2021)
• Jewish Radical (Berkeley, 1969-1978)

K

• King City Rustler (King City, 1901-1948)
• Kings City Settler (King City, 1889-1890)
• Knight’s Landing News 1859-1864

L

• LA Downtown News (Los Angeles, 2011-2017)
• LA Evening Citizen News (Hollywood, 1944-1949)
• La Habra Star (La Habra, 1916-1966)
• La Jolla Light (La Jolla, 1922-1963)
• La Jolla Light and La Jolla Journal (La Jolla, 1919-1964)
• La Jolla Village News (San Diego, 2007)
• La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Awards (San Diego, 2009)
• La Porte Union (La Porte, 1868-1869)
• Lariat (Mission Viejo, 1968-2016)
• Lassen County Times (Susanville, 1978-2000)
• Leader (Lucerne Valley) (Lucerne Valley, 1955-1998)
• Leisure World Weekly (Seal Beach, 2010-2022)
• Liberator (Los Angeles, 1901-1913)
• Liberator, The 1901-1913
• Lincoln Heights Bulletin-News (LA) (Los Angeles, 1964-1975)
• Lindsay Gazette (Lindsay, 1912-1980)
• Livermore Herald (Livermore, 1877-1899)
• Livermore Journal (Livermore, 1920-1933)
• Lodge Echoes 1900-1901
• Lompoc Journal (Santa Barbara, 1894-1918)
• Lompoc Review (Lompoc, 1919-1932)
• Los Angeles Citizen (Los Angeles, 1903-1907)
• Los Angeles Daily News (Los Angeles, 1860-1872)
• Los Angeles Daily Star (Los Angeles, 1870-1879)
• Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, 1873-1921)
• Los Angeles Mirror (Los Angeles, 1949-1951)
• Los Angeles Star (Los Angeles, 1851-1870)
• Los Gatos mail-news (Los Gatos, 1893-1915)
• Los Gatos news (Los Gatos, 1881-1915)
• Los Gatos star (Los Gatos, 1923-1929)
• Los Gatos times (Los Gatos, 1936-1990)

M

• Madera Mercury (Madera, 1901-1925)
• Madera Tribune (Madera, 1916-1968)
• Madera Weekly Tribune (Madera, 1918-1920)
• Marin County Tocsin (San Rafael, 1861-1918)
• Marin Journal (San Rafael, 1861-1922)
• Marin County Journal, 1861-1888
  The Marin County Journal, was founded March 23, 1861 by Ai Barney and his son, Jerome. The newspaper was a four-page weekly, printed from paper produced by Samuel P. Taylor’s mill. Jerome Barney served as editor and publisher until October 1872, when he sold the paper to Simon Fitch Barstow. The Marin County Journal continued in 1888 under the name Marin Journal. Click here to search this digital newspaper collection, or use the link above to browse.
• Marin Journal, 1888-1922
  The Marin Journal (previously the Marin County Journal) began publication in 1888 in San Rafael, California. Available here are issues through 1922. (Newspapers published before 1923 are in the public domain.) Click here to search this digital newspaper collection, or use the link above to browse.
• Mariposa Democrat (Mariposa, 1857-1858)
• Mariposa Gazette (Mariposa, 1861-1922)
• Mariposa Gazette and Chronicle 1854-1857
• Marysville Daily Appeal (Marysville, 1860-1922)
• Marysville Daily Herald (Marysville, 1850-1858)
• Merced County Sun (Merced, 1865-1922)
• Merced Express (Merced, 1875-1972)
• Merced Sun-Star (Merced, 1880-2001)
• Merced Tribune (Merced, 1872-1874)
• Mercury-register (Oroville, 1902-1964)
• Mill Valley Independent (Mill Valley, 1908-1910)
• Mill Valley Record (Mill Valley, 1907-1963)
• Modesto Bee (Modesto, 1929-1931)
• Modoc County record (Alturas, 1937-1989)
• Modoc CountyTimes (Alturas, 1928-1934)
• Monterey County Herald Obituary Index
  The index includes obituaries from January 1, 1995 to June 30, 2014 and local news articles and features from January 1, 1995 to June 30, 2003. The Herald Archives indexes news articles beginning January 1, 2002. The Monterey County Herald index was created by staff and volunteers of Monterey Public Library and Pacific Grove Public Library.
• Morning Press (Santa Barbara, 1872-1922)
• Morning times and Red Bluff sentinel (Red Bluff, 1928-1931)
• Morning Times (Red Bluff) (Red Bluff, 1927-1928)
• Morning Tribune (San Luis Obispo, 1883-1925)
• Morning Union (Grass Valley, 1865-1922)
• Mountain Democrat (Placerville, 1857-1865)
• Mountain Echo (Fall River Mills, 2011)
• My Kid Scoop (Sonoma, 2002-2015)

N

• Napa County Reporter (Napa, 1857-1889)
• Napa Daily Reporter (Napa, 1866-1867)
• Napa Register (Weekly) (Napa, 1872-1896)
• Napa Valley Register (Napa, 1878-1959)
• Napa Weekly Journal (Napa, 1885-1914)
• Napa Weekly Reporter (Napa, 1889-1890)
• National City Star-News (National City, 1923-1989)
• Needles Nugget (Needles, 1915-1920)
• Nevada Democrat (Nevada City, 1856-1862)
• Nevada Journal (Nevada City, 1851-1863)
• Newcastle News (Newcastle, 1887-1923)
• News-ledger (West Sacramento, 1964-2020)
• Nichibei [Japanese American News] (San Francisco, 1912-1932)
• Northeast Star Review (Los Angeles, 1964-1975)

O

• Oak Leaf (Santa Rosa, 1924-2000)
• Oakland daily times (Oakland, 1869-1877)
• Oakland Tribune (Oakland, 1874-1957)
• Occidental Weekly (Occidental, 1952-2015)
• Oceanside Herald (Oceanside, 1892)
• Oceanside Record (Oceanside, 1913-1914)
• Oceanside Register (Oceanside, 1915-1916)
• Oceanside Vidette (Oceanside, 1891)
• Olive Leaf (Oceanside, 1896-1897)
• Organized Labor (San Francisco, 1900-1988)
• Oroville Weekly Mercury (Oroville, 1887-1903)
• Oroville Weekly Register (Oroville, 1885-1886)

P

• Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, 1862-1880)
• Pacific News, The (1849-1851)
• Pacific Rural Press (San Francisco, 1871-1922)
• Pacifica Tribune (Pacifica, 2008-2013)
• Palos Verdes Peninsula News (Rolling Hills Estates, 1937-1980)
• Peninsula Beacon (San Diego, 1999-2010)
• Petaluma Argus (Petaluma, 1861-1864)
• Petaluma Argus Courier (Petaluma, 1899-1993)
• Petaluma Courier (Petaluma, 1876-1896)
• Petaluma Daily Morning Courier (Petaluma, 1891-1928)
• Petaluma Evening Argus (Petaluma, 1873)
• Petaluma Morning Argus (Petaluma, 1873)
• Petaluma Weekly Argus (Petaluma, 1855-1891)
• Piru News (Piru, 1927-1946)
• Placentia News-Times (1971-1994)
• Placer Argus (Auburn, 1872-1897)
• Placer County Leader (Auburn, 1898-1902)
• Placer Herald (Rocklin, 1852-1922)
• Placerville Nugget (Placerville, 1901-1908)
• Pleasanton Times (1897-1927)
• Plumas Argus (Quincy, 1857-1860)
• Plumas County Bulletin (Greenville, 1880-1892)
• Plumas Independent (Quincy, 1899-1945)
• Plumas Standard (Quincy, 1859-1863)
• Plumas Star (Greenville, 1910-1912)
• Pomona Clarion (Pomona, 1970)
• Porterville Recorder (Porterville, 1910-1960)
• Portola Repoter (Portola, 1943-1977)
• Portola Sentinel (Portola, 1916-1917)
• Prensa (Los Angeles) (Los Angeles, 1917-1922)
• Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, 1875-1987)

R

• Red Bluff Beacon (Red Bluff, 1857-1864)
• Red Bluff Daily News (Red Bluff, 1892-1970)
• Red Bluff Independent (Red Bluff, 1860-1874)
• Red Bluff News (Red Bluff, 1893-1915)
• Red Bluff News (1927) (Red Bluff, 1927)
• Red Bluff Sentinel (Red Bluff, 1909-1920)
• Red Bluff Sentinel and Weekly News (Red Bluff, 1921-1927)
• Redlands Daily Facts (Redlands, 1892-1982)
• Reedley Exponent (1892) (Reedley, 1892-2001)
• Regeneracion Newspaper 1913-1914
• Richmond Record Herald 1930
• Riverside Daily Press (Riverside, 1913-1922)
• Riverside Enterprise (Riverside, 1890-1892)
• Rolling Hills Herald (Palos Verdes Estates, 1948-1967)
• Russian River Flag (Healdsburg, 1865-1886)

S

• Sacramento Daily Union (Sacramento, 1851-1922)
• Sacramento Transcript (Sacramento, 1850-1851)
• San Anselmo Herald (San Anselmo, 1912-1946)
• San Bernardino Daily Courier (San Bernardino, 1886-1894)
• San Bernardino Sun (San Bernardino, 1894-1998)
• San Bruno Herald (South San Francisco, 1976-1979)
• San Diego Daily Bee (San Diego, 1887)
• San Diego Downtown News (San Diego, 2009)
• San Diego Herald (San Diego, 1851-1860)
• San Diego Union and Daily Bee (San Diego, 1871-1922)
• San Francisco Call (San Francisco, 1890-1922)
• San Joaquin Republican (Stockton, 1851-1862)
• San Jose daily Mercury (San Jose, 1861-1862)
• San Jose herald (San Jose, 1876-1900)
• San Jose Mercury-news (San Jose, 1869-1920)
• San Jose Times Star (San Jose, 1907-1908)
• San Jose weekly Mercury (San Jose, 1861-1892)
• San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram (San Luis Obispo, 1907-1923)
• San Luis Obispo Tribune (Weekly) (San Luis Obispo, 1869-1925)
• San Mateo County Times Gazette 1859-1899
  Contains two complete indices. Index 1 is a vital statistic index which begins with the first issue, April 9, 1859 through the December 30,1899 issue. Some probate items were included if there had been no death notice. Index 2 is an every name index from some of the early issues. This index was part of a CETA project which placed the names on 3×5 cards at the San Jose Public Library. There are no entries after Jamuary 1867 for Index 2.
• San Pedro Daily News (Los Angeles, 1906-1928)
• San Pedro News Pilot (Los Angeles, 1911-1950)
• Santa Ana Journal (1935-1938)
• Santa Barbara Weekly Press (Santa Barbara, 1869-1913)
• Santa Cruz Evening News (Santa Cruz, 1907-1941)
• Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, 1884-2010)
• Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel (Santa Cruz, 1862-1908)
• Saratoga star (Saratoga, 1917-1923)
• Sausalito Currents (Sausalito, 2022)
• Sausalito Marin Scope (Sausalito, 1971-2019)
• Sausalito News (Sausalito, 1885-1966)
• Sentinel (Red Bluff, 1870-1915)
• Shasta Courier (Redding, 1853-1873)
• Shin Nichibei (Los Angeles, 1947-1966)
• Shin sekai [New World] (San Francisco, 1912-1932)
• Shinsekai asahi shinbun [New World Sun] (San Francisco, 1932-1941)
• Sierra Citizen (Downieville, 1854-1860)
• Sierra Madre News 1906-1991
  R. T. Cowles started publishing the Sierra Madre News on 11 Oct 1906 putting out a weekly edition. The Sierra Madre News last edition was published in June 1999, however, the online digital archive collection ends on the edition of 5 Sep 1991.
• Siskiyou News (Yreka, 1878-1895)
• Sonoma Democrat (Santa Rosa, 1857-1897)
• Sonoma News 1898
• Sonoma Valley Expositor (1899-1912)
• Sotoyome Scimitar (Healdsburg, 1902-1944)
• South Los Angeles Wave (Los Angeles, 1941)
• South Oceanside Diamond (South Oceanside, 1888-1891)
• South Pasadena Journal (South Pasadena, 1965-1988)
• South San Francisco enterprise (San Francisco, 1907-1938)
• Southeast Wave Star (Los Angeles, 1968-1972)
• Southern Californian (Los Angeles, 1854-1855)
• Southside Journal (Los Angeles, 1968-1972)
• Southwest News Wave (Los Angeles, 1971-1972)
• Southwest Topics-Wave (Los Angeles, 1941-1972)
• Southwest Wave (Los Angeles, 1930-1972)
• Southwestern Sun Wave (Los Angeles, 1968-1972)
• Star Presidian (San Francisco, 1952-1972)
• Star-News National City and Chula Vista (Chula Vista, 1955-1961)
• State Line Leader (Fairport, Calif.) (Fairport, 1915)
• Stockton Independent (Stockton, 1856-1925)
• Stockton Record (Stockton, 1890-1904)
• Synapse – The UCSF student newspaper (San Francisco, 1957-2013)
• Süd California Deutsche Zeitung (San Diego, 1887-1923)

T

• Tamalpais News (Mill Valley, 1919-2020)
• Tehama County Daily Republican (Red Bluff, 1878-1919)
• Third World Forum (Davis, 1970-2013)
• Times Gazette (Redwood City, 1859-1903)
• Times-Sentinel (Red Bluff) (Red Bluff, 1935-1938)
• Tocsin (Red Bluff, 1875-1883)
• Township Register, The (1891-1917)
• Trinity Journal (Weaverville, 1854-2011)
• Triplicate (Crescent City, 1891-1924)
• Tropico Sentinel (1911-1917)
• Truckee Republican (Truckee, 1874-1923)
• Tulare County Record (Visalia, 1859)
• Tustin News (Tustin, 1922-2000)

U

• Union Democrat (Sonora, 1854) (Sonora, 1855-1871)

V

• Valley Union (Perris, 1889)
• Ventura Observer (Ventura, 1891-1892)
• Ventura Signal (Ventura, 1871-1885)
• Vestkusten (San Francisco, 1887-2007)
• Visalia Weekly Delta (Visalia, 1859-1861)

W

• Weekly Alta California (San Francisco, 1849)
• Weekly Butte Record (Oroville, 1853-1887)
• Weekly Calistogian (Calistoga, 1877-1922)
• Weekly Columbian (Columbia, 1856-1857)
• Weekly Colusa Sun (Colusa, 1862-1919)
• Weekly Courier (San Bernardino, 1891-1894)
• Weekly nugget (Placerville, 1909)
• Weekly People’s Cause (Red Bluff, 1881-1914)
• Weekly Sun (San Bernardino, 1895-1905)
• West Sacramento News-Ledger (1994-2013)
• Westwood Pine Press (Westwood, 1998-2021)
• Wide West (San Francisco, 1854-1858)
• Williams Farmer (Williams, 1899-1919)
• Wilmington Community News (Wilmington, 2000-2002)
• Wilmington Journal (Wilmington, 1865-1909)
• Wilmington Press Journal (Wilmington, 1963)
• Woodside World (Woodside, 1959-2009)