Lake Chabot, with Castro Valley beyond and San Leandro at the horizon Photo: Chris Saulit / Getty Images
Our newspapers
Two papers, two towns, one newsroom.
Local news, schools, sports, and the people who make these towns run, reported from one newsroom in San Leandro and delivered free to the homes we cover.
Serving Castro Valley since 1989
A community newspaper for Castro Valley, from the hills above Lake Chabot to the Boulevard. News, the sheriff's report, schools, sports, seniors, arts, and letters from readers.
Weekly Free delivery Castro Valley
Serving San Leandro since 1991
An independent hometown newspaper for San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Ashland, and Sheffield Village. Every Thursday, 30,000 copies are delivered free to homes, apartments, and businesses.
Thursdays 30,000 copies San Leandro
2
Weekly community newspapers
1989
Castro Valley Forum first published
1991
San Leandro Times first published
30,000
Times copies delivered free every Thursday
What we cover
The news that happens closest to home.
Regional outlets cover the East Bay from a distance. We cover the school board meeting, the new restaurant on the Boulevard, and the game on Friday night.
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Local government and public safety
City council, the county, school districts, and the weekly sheriff's report.
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Neighbors, seniors, and schools
The people, clubs, and classrooms that make up the town, week after week.
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Local teams and athletes
High school and youth sports, reported by people who were at the game.
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Arts, entertainment, and the calendar
Performances, festivals, restaurants, and things to do close by.
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Letters to the editor
A forum for readers, which is where one of our papers gets its name.
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Obituaries and notices
Obituaries, legal and public notices, and classified advertising.
The hills in summer gold, the flat water of the bay below them. That is the ground we cover, and it is the whole of it.
East Bay Publishing Corporation has published the Castro Valley Forum since 1989 and the San Leandro Times since 1991, from the same office in San Leandro.
Advertising
Reach readers where they live.
Display, classified, insert, and legal advertising in print and online, placed by people who know the towns you are trying to reach.