| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder | Oscar A. Mellin |
| Publisher | Corissa Davidson |
| Sports editor | Guy Dossi |
| Staff writers | Tori James Lance Armstrong Jason Currier |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 698 E Saint Charles Street, San Andreas, CA, |
| Website | calaverasenterprise |
The Calaveras Enterprise is a weekly newspaper in San Andreas, California.
On September 18, 1963, the first edition of the Calaveras Enterprise was published. Its first editor was Jack E. Kemp. [1] The owner and first publisher was patent attorney Oscar A. Mellin. [2] In 1967, the paper entered talks to merge with the Amador Dispatch but a deal never materialized. [3]
In 1973, a judge cited the Enterprise for contempt of court for an editorial Mellin wrote suggesting the local court was a "Kangaroo court" after the judge ordered a dog seized for trespassing on his property and brought charges against the owner. The case garnered national attention as it was seen as a battle over the First Amendment. [4] [5]
In 1980, lawyer Harold "Hal" J. Truett, who helped establish the Marin County Public Defender's office, retired and joined his father-in-law in running the Enterprise. [6] [7] Mellin died a year later. [2]
In 1998, the paper was acquired from Hal and Lois Truett by Calaveras First Corp., a group headed by San Francisco attorney Ralph Alldredge. Co-owner Darrell Philips, formerly of the Manteca Bulletin, was named publisher. At that time the Enterprise was twice-weekly and had a circulation of 5,000. [8]
Alldredge became co-owner of Tank Town Media, which purchased the Tracy Press in 2012. [9] Bruce Kyse was hired as publisher in 2015. [10] At some point Alldredge was elected president of the California News Publishers Association. He died in October 2022. [11] That December, Corissa Davidson, the Enterprise's general manager, bought the paper. [12]