about us

San Diego Community Newspaper Group

1621 Grand Ave. Ste C, 2nd Floor
San Diego, CA 92109
Phone 858-270-3103

Publishers of:
Beach & Bay Press
Peninsula Beacon
La Jolla Village News
San Diego Downtown News

Here's to Great News

The San Diego Community Newspaper Group is dedicated to serving local communities of San Diego.

Delivered to 56,000 homes in our communities every week, we offer our readers the local news they need. We offer our advertisers a total market coverage.

  • Papers are published by San Diego Community Newspaper Group, Inc. and distributed to residences and businesses on Thursdays.
  • Downtown News is published the first Friday of each month. Beach & Bay press and Peninsula Beacon are published every other Thursday. La Jolla Village News is published every Thursday.
  • 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.

All papers are audited by CVC.

Publisher
Julie Hoisington

Beach & Bay Press Editor
Kevin McKay

Peninsula Beacon Editor
Kevin McKay

La Jolla Village News / University City/Golden Triangle News Editor
Kendra Hartmann

Downtown News Editor
Kendra Hartmann

Reporters and Contributors
Charlene Baldridge, Diana Cavagnaro, John Fry, Dave Kensler, Nicole Sours-Larson, Sandy Lippe, Linda Marrone, Johnny McDonald, Bart Mendoza, Loralee Olejnik, Neal Putnam, Dave Thomas, Kai Oliver-Kurtin, Sebastian Ruiz, Holly Lauren Beedle, Mariko Lamb, Scott Hopkins, Manny Lopez, Connie Cook, Adam Stemmler, Jeff Josenhans, Alexandra Rosa, Mike Ryan, Patricia M. Walsh, Bianca Koch and Lee Cornell.

Photographers
Don Balch, Paul Hansen, Jim Grant, Sharon Hinckley and Mike McCarthy

Retail Display Advertising
Mike Fahey, Michael Long, Heather Adams, Sonya Godette, Kim Donaldson, Deborah Vazquez and Maurice Samuels

Classified Manager
Heather Snyder

Art Department
Chris Baker, Anna Magulac, Nicola Rushford

Accounting
Heather Tabler, Patty Angley

Subscriptions

  • 26 issues - $32.00
  • 52 issues - $62.00

All subscriptions are mailed on day of publication.

Opinion Page

The opinion pages are meant as an open forum for expression. The views expressed in the Letter to the Editor and editorials within this paper are not necessarily the views of this paper, nor those of the staff. Letters to the Editor are encouraged. Please include a signature and phone number for verification only. We will verify authenticity of each Letter to the Editor. We are not responsible for the contents of each letter. 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. Letters should not exceed 350 words.

Please send letters to:
1621 Grand Ave., Ste C
San Diego, CA 92169

Advertising Deadlines

  • Display Advertising Space Reservations must be made by the Thursday prior to publication date
  • Ad copy must be received by the Friday prior to publication date

Delivery Complaints

Call Sun Distributing by phone at (858) 277-1702 or by FAX at (858) 277-7544.