San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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San Gabriel Valley Tribune
San Gabriel Valley Tribune logo.svg
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Digital First Media
PublisherRon Hasse
EditorFrank Pine
Staff writersTom Bray (City editor), Georgia Valdes (San Gabriel Valley reporter), Christina Merino (Whittier/Montebello reporter), Kevin Smith (business reporter), Hunter Lee, Ruby Gonzales (public safety reporters), Fred Robledo (high school sports editor), Anissa Vicente Rivera (columnist).
Founded1955 (1955)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters181 W Huntington Dr Ste 209 Monrovia, California 91016
Circulation 57,558 Daily
76,478 Sunday(as of March 2013) [1]
Sister newspapers Pasadena Star-News and the Whittier Daily News
ISSN 8755-9595
OCLC number 1010663846
Website sgvtribune.com

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune is a paid daily newspaper located in Monrovia, California, that serves the central and eastern San Gabriel Valley. It operated at the West Covina location from 1955 to 2015. The Tribune is a member of Southern California News Group [2] (formerly the Los Angeles Newspaper Group), a division of Digital First Media. It is also part of the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group, along with the Pasadena Star-News and the Whittier Daily News .

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The newspaper chain Brush-Moore purchased the Tribune in 1960. [3] Thomson Newspapers purchased Brush-Moore in 1967. Thomson sold the Tribune to Singleton's MediaNews Group in 1996. [4]

History

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune was launched on March 21, 1955, in West Covina, California. Before the launching, readers had to read community weeklies. The newspaper was founded by Carl Miller, his brother A.Q. Miller and Corwin Hoffland. After 60 years at the West Covina location, the newspaper moved its operations to Monrovia, with daily local news coverage which includes city government, public education, public safety, transportation issues, entertainment, lifestyle, and editorials. The newspaper has received a number of awards, including best in front page category from the California Newspaper Publishers Association among suburban area dailies. It publishes the annual So Cal Prep Legends high school football magazine with coverage from the San Fernando Valley, the San Gabriel/Pomona Valleys, the Whittier area, the South Bay, Long Beach/Gateway Cities, Orange County, western and central Riverside County and San Bernardino Valley, published in late August. The annual San Gabriel Valley's Best magazine, which publishes in late May, honors the best people, places to shop, eateries, and services in the region.

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