The East Bay Times is a daily newspaper in Walnut Creek, California, USA covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events.
The newspaper is published seven days a week.
The East Bay Times covers local news, sports, community events and local opinion in the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay region. It was launched on April 5, 2016 and was created from the merger of four Bay Area News Group newspapers in Contra Costa and Alameda counties.
The papers that were shut down and replaced by the East Bay Times included the Contra Costa Times, East County Times, Oakland Tribune and Tri Valley Times.
The Contra Costa Times was originally launched in 1947 by Dean Lesher to cover news in Walnut Creek and Contra Costa County, California.
Circulation estimate: 67,464
The East Bay Times is one of the highest circulation newspapers in the USA.
This newspaper is owned by MediaNews Group, Inc.
| Book editor: | Randy McMullen |
| Business editor: | Leia Parker |
| Entertainment editor: | Randy McMullen |
| Sports editor: | Michael Geracie |
| Travel editor: | Jackie Burrell |
For East Bay Times contact information, see the California news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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-- In October 2023, Sarah Dussault replaced Bert Robinson as the senior editor of the East Bay Times.
Posted by Mondo Times Editors, Boulder Colorado, October 27, 2023
-- The consolidation is expected to take effect November 2, 2011. Mac Tully, president of MediaNews Group, Inc.'s Bay Area Newspapers Group (BANG), announced the changes August 23, 2011.
Come November, the Contra Costa Times, Valley Times, San Ramon Valley Times, Tri-Valley Herald, San Joaquin Herald, and East County Times will now be branded under The Times masthead, while the Oakland Tribune, Alameda...
-- The Contra Costa Times reported on November 21, 2010:
"The rats arrived from Los Angeles on an 18-wheel truck Saturday, a "climate controlled" ark provided by the Humane Society, and by Sunday more than 30 volunteers and staff from Paul's organization, North Star Rescue, and the nonprofit United Animal Nations were registering rats in a temporary shelter at Andy's Pet Shop on Notre...
-- The San Francisco Peninsula Press Club reported on July 3, 2009 that MediaNews Group will eliminate 18 newsroom jobs in its Bay Area News Group-East Bay, which includes the Contra Costa Times and Oakland Tribune. Executive editor and vp Kevin Keane released a memo which starts:
"Colleagues,
I had always held out hope that business would bounce back quickly enough that we would be able to avoid further...Also in California...
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