1621 Grand Ave. Ste C, 2nd Floor
San Diego, CA 92109
Phone 858-270-3103
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About Us
The San Diego Community News Group, SDNEWS locally owned and operated and has been delivering high-quality news, community voice, and storytelling since 1988. Currently, we publish seven locally unique community newspapers delivered to the central, affluent neighborhoods of San Diego. Unlike many free community newspapers, SDNEWS provides free home delivery, insuring our advertisers get the best visibility. We continue to evolve and report what is important to the communities we serve, from print to multimedia platforms, while upholding journalistic integrity that has earned us a reputation as being the papers people love to read. SDNEWS will always strive to play an important part in informing and contributing to the lives of its readers.
Here’s to Great News
The San Diego Community Newspaper Group is dedicated to serving the local coastal communities of San Diego. Including La Jolla, University City, Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, Ocean Beach, Point Loma, and Downtown. Our central San Diego delivery includes the communities of Mission Hills, Hillcrest, North Park, South Park, Golden Hill, Kensington, Talmadge, and Old Town. Our east county coverage includes College Area, Mission Gorge, Grantville, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, San Carlos, Mission Trails, Fletcher Hills, La Mesa, and Mount Helix.
Delivered to more than 100,000 homes in our communities —we offer our readers the local news they need and advertisers with total market coverage.
- Papers are published by San Diego Community Newspaper Group, Inc. and distributed to residences and businesses on Fridays.
- Beach & Bay Press, Peninsula Beacon, and La Jolla Village News are published every other week. Uptown News, Downtown News, Mission Times Courier and La Mesa Courier are published monthly.
- Beach & Bay Press, Peninsula Beacon, and La Jolla Village News are adjudicated papers of general circulation by the Superior Court of California in and for the City/County of San Diego.
Contributors
Bart Mendoza, Diana Cavagnaro, Neal Putnam, Scott Hopkins, Judi Curry, Ed Piper, John Bolthouse, Tom Cesarini, B.J. Coleman, Angela Colon, Cynthia Couperu, Susan A. Davis, Mara W. Elliot, David Fidlin, Chirstopher Gomez, Dr. Helen Griffith, Dora McCann Gurreiro, William E. Kelly, Jean Lowerison, Vince Meehan, Summer Stephan, Sandee Wilhoit, Joan Wojicik, Margo Schwab, Hector Trujillo, Clark Fahrenthold, Terry Wilson, Cynthia G. Robertson
Photographers
Don Balch, Jim Grant, Sharon Hinckley, John Cocozza, and Mike McCarthy
Retail Display Advertising
Mike Fahey, Michael Long, Heather Long, Paul Welsh III, Michael Rosensteel and Rick Santos
Contact Us
Report News
The deadline for editorial submissions – news, news tips, briefs, calendar items, letters to the editor, photos, etc. – is noon on the Friday before the next issue is published. Email submissions to Thomas Melville using the Contact Us form.
For written submissions, include the text, in sentence form, and pasted into the email (avoid Word and PDF attachments, or links). For photos, attach a high resolution image file to the email, include text in the email explaining who is in the photo, and what the photo is about.
For letters to the editor, include a name and phone number for verification. Letters should not exceed 350 words. We reserve the right to exclude any letter to the editor, or to edit its contents for length and prevention of libel, or for other reasons as seen fit by the editor. The views expressed in letters to the editor and editorials are not necessarily the views of this newspaper group, nor those of the staff.
We do not guarantee any submission will be published in the print or digital platforms of the San Diego Community Newspaper Group.
For publication of a fictitious business name or other legal statements, please contact Heather Long using the Contact Us form.
Advertising Deadlines
- Display Advertising Space Reservations must be made by the Friday prior to publication date
- Ad copy must be received by the Friday prior to publication date
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. It is San Diego Community Newspaper Group’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, http://www.sdnews.com, and other sites we own and operate. We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used. We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. We don’t share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law. Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies. You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services. Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us. This policy is effective as of 2 October 2018.