The ''Soledad Bee'' is a weekly newspaper serving the town of

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and southern

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. It has a circulation of 1,050 weekly paid readers. The paper is a member of the Soledad Chamber of Commerce The owner of the ''Soledad Bee'' is California publisher New SV Media. The current editor is Ryan Cronk.

History

The ''Soledad Bee'' was established 1909 by Chester G. Kinnear. It was first mentioned in the Santa Cruz Evening News on October 20, 1909. In 1911, Kinnear was sued for libel for placing an advertisement against Maxwell Browne, who was a candidate for District Attorney at the time. Kinnear had already sold the paper to C. J. Giacomazzi by this point, but he was staying with the paper to help prepare Giacomazzi to run the paper. In 1919, C. J. Giacomazzi returned from serving in the American Expeditionary Forces in France. In 1967, Harry Casey, who also owned the '' Greenfield News'' and '' Gonzales Tribune'', acquired the ''Soledad Bee''. All of Casey's newspapers were printed in The ''

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'' plant. In 1981 Publisher Harry Casey, supported by the

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, insists that newspapers have the right to view police investigation reports. As a result, the California Newspaper Publishers Association talked to state legislators about changing the law to require the basic reporting of crimes. Casey continued to cover issues with the Soledad police department, especially as a grand jury investigated the department. The mayor, in response to the Bee's coverage, angrily complained that the Bee was "going out and digging up stuff" about the police department. The ''Soledad Bee'' and associated weekly papers were sold to News Media Corporation in 1995. On July 1, 2019, New SV Media purchased the Bee along with three newspapers in the Salinas Valley area and the

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Awards

The paper was recognized with a Merit Award by the California Newspaper Publishers' Association in 1971 and 1973.{{Cite news, url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24731129/the_independent/, title=Former Editor Receives California News Award, date=22 Feb 1973, work=The Independent

References

External links

''Soledad Bee'' website

Chronicling America entry
Weekly newspapers published in California Newspapers established in 1909 1909 establishments in California