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. Floyd L. Sparks was the longtime owner of ''The Argus'', along with the ''

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, who purchased the papers from Sparks in 1985. The newspaper was scheduled to be closed down, with the last issue of the paper published on November 1, 2011. ''The Oakland Tribune, Alameda Times-Star, Hayward Daily Review, Fremont Argus'' and ''West County Times'' all published their last editions the same day. On November 2, subscribers will get copies of the new ''

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'', a localized edition of ''The Mercury News''. The plans were later reversed. In 2016, the paper was one of four that was merged into the ''

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