San Leandro, California Publisher of the Castro Valley Forum and the San Leandro Times Est. 1989
East Bay Publishing Corporation
Aerial view of Lake Chabot in its wooded canyon, with the gold hills of Castro Valley beyond and San Leandro spread out to the horizon

Two weekly community newspapers

Hometown news for the East Bay, every week.

East Bay Publishing Corporation publishes the Castro Valley Forum and the San Leandro Times.

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

Castro Valley Forum

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

San Leandro Times

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.

  1. 01

    Local government and public safety

    City council, the county, school districts, and the weekly sheriff's report.

  2. 02

    Neighbors, seniors, and schools

    The people, clubs, and classrooms that make up the town, week after week.

  3. 03

    Local teams and athletes

    High school and youth sports, reported by people who were at the game.

  4. 04

    Arts, entertainment, and the calendar

    Performances, festivals, restaurants, and things to do close by.

  5. 05

    Letters to the editor

    A forum for readers, which is where one of our papers gets its name.

  6. 06

    Obituaries and notices

    Obituaries, legal and public notices, and classified advertising.

The East Bay Publishing Corporation seal: golden hills above the bay, the sun upper right, inside a double ring

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

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