East County News
American weekly newspaper in Brentwood, California
The East County News was a weekly newspaper based in Brentwood, California, United States. It was published by the Bay Area News Group (BANG), a subsidiary of MediaNews Group. Founded in 1914 as the Brentwood News, the newspaper currently publishes an edition every Friday as weekly community supplements of the East Bay Times.
History
On June 26, 1914, J.B. Dickson, formerly of the Manteca Enterprise, published the first edition of the Brentwood News in Brentwood, California. That November, Dickson sold the paper to Richard S. Holden, who installed Charles W. Downs as editor. In March 1915, Holden expanded the News to an 8-page, 5-column weekly. At that time J.J. McCulloch was editor.
The News was acquired by E.L. Kynoch, principal of the Fairfield grammar school, in December 1918, followed by Sam Hill in June 1920. Hill remained at the newspaper for 11 years. In January 1931, Edgar M. Allen and Ross Draper purchased the newspaper from Hill, and Allen bought out Draper later that year.
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