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San Fernando Valley Resources
Newspapers

Newspapers of the Past

dotThe California State Library
California History Room
Room 200
Library and Courts Building II
900 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 654-0176
e-mail
Located in Sacramento California, this library has some old newspapers from the San Fernando Valley on microfilm. The number of holdings vary.
Visit their catalog for details

  • San Fernando Valley Times
  • Valley Herald
  • SFV Times
  • North Hollywood Sun Record
  • Roscoe Herald
  • North Hollywood Valley Times
  • Valley Times
  • Valley Times Today
  • San Fernando Valley Times
  • North Hollywood Valley times and Herald of Roscoe
  • San Fernando Valley Sun and Breeze
  • The Valley Herald
  • Burbank Valley Times
  • Van Nuys Valley Times
The San Fernando Valley Genealogical Society has been extracting vital records for years from the newspapers held by the San Fernando Valley Historical Society in the Pico Adobe. All four volumes have now been published and can be purchased. You can also view an index of the names of births, marriages and deaths from the following newspapers at their web site.
  • Lankershim Laconic and Lankershim Press 1911-1925
  • Lankershim Press and North Hollywood Press 1926-1934
  • North Hollywood Press and San Fernando Valley Times 1935-1940
  • The San Fernando Valley Times 1941-1945

If you wish, you may send in queries for all four volumes to be checked. However, they do not have any information for records after 1945. The address is
The San Fernando Valley Genealogical Society
PO Box 3486
Winnetka, CA 91396-3486
Web Site address: http://www.rootsweb.com/~casfvgs

Current Newspapers

Burbank Leader
220 N. Glenoaks Blvd. #-B
Burbank, CA 91502-1213
(818) 843-8700
The newspaper started publication around the turn of the century. The Burbank Public Library has the years 1931-1985 on microfilm when it was called the Burbank Daily Review. It became the Burbank Leader in 1985

 Korea Times
7100 Van Nuys Blvd.
Van Nuys, CA 91405-3063
Burbank Times
3917 W. Riverside Dr.
Burbank, CA 91505-4327
(818) 841-6397 		Heritage-Southwest Jewish Press
7334 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Canoga Park, CA
(818) 999-9921

Daily News
21221 Oxnard St.
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
(818) 713-3656
This paper started publication in 1911. The California State University Northridge has it on microfilm.

 Hispanic Today
23961 Craftsman Road
Calabasas CA
(818) 591-6360
Foothill Leader
3527 North Verdugo Road
Glendale, CA 91208 (818) 241-4141
Bagan publication around 1983. It now is a twice weekly supplement to the L.A. Times covering the Sunland-Tujunga and Glendale areas.

Los Angeles Times
Main Office
Times Mirror Square
Los Angeles CA
There is an on-line search capability for some of the more recent information in the Archives of the Los Angeles Times. You can also call "Times on Demand" during business hours. (800) 788-8804. They charge for in depth research and reprinting. The Newspaper started publication in 1881. California State University Northridge has all of the issues on Microfilm in the Oviatt Library.
Obituary Section

Glendale News Press
(818) 241-4141
This paper started publication in 1905 and the Glendale Public Library has it on microfilm. Now it is a supplement to the L.A. Times covering the communities of Glendale and Montrose

Record Ledger
P. O. Box 270
San Fernando, CA 91340
Microfilm copies of back issues can be found at Bolton Hall Museum (Home of the Sunland-Tujunga Little Landers Historical Society)
Japanese American Newspaper
1108 Vincent Way
Glendale, CA 91205-3621
(818) 956-0551 		Veterans Outlook
23961 Craftsman Road
Calabasas CA
(818) 591-6361