Gardena Valley News
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | H. C. Morrill |
| Publisher | Alan Moskal |
| Editor | Gary Kohatsu |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Headquarters | 15005 S. Vermont Ave., Gardena, CA 90247 |
| Website | gardenavalleynews |
The Gardena Valley News is a weekly newspaper published each Thursday. It serves the Gardena, California area, and has an estimated circulation of 10,000.[1]
History
Founded in 1904 by H. C. Morrill as the Gardena Reporter, the four-page paper billed itself as an independent,[2][3] with editor Morrill taking positions against the Republican party of which he was an officer.[4]
Starting in 1928,[5] the paper was edited by Lew Guild, who threw his support into the fight for incorporation of Gardena.[6] The town was incorporated in 1930.
In 1946, the paper was purchased from Lew Guild by Amos Dow, a former Nevada publisher.[5][7] Dow, a veteran, had been in poor health since being gassed in World War I.[8] Dow died shortly after the purchase, passing the paper on to his wife Agnes. Agnes Dow acted as not only publisher, but also reporter and editor for the paper.[9] When Agnes Dow retired in 1957, she passed the paper to her brother, Don Algie. Algie died in 2008.
The newspaper's headquarters was originally located on Western Ave, a few yards south of Gardena Blvd / 164th Street.
References
- ^ "Gardena Valley News". Mondo Times.
- ^ Rowell's American Newspaper Directory. Printers' Ink Publishing Company. 1907.
- ^ "Gardena Valley News Collection". Online Archive of California.
- ^ "Untitled Item". San Pedro Daily New. September 28, 1906.
- ^ a b "Veteran Buys Newspaper". The Los Angeles Times. January 12, 1946.
- ^ "First 36 years are the hardest, Gardena publisher hopes". The Los Angeles Times. August 10, 1940.
- ^ "Nevadan Purchases Paper at Gardena". Nevada State Journal. January 13, 1946.
- ^ "Death Learned of Amos Dow". Reno Gazette-Journal. March 16, 1946.
- ^ "Paper scooped on wedding of its own editor". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. April 12, 1955.