The ''Press Banner'' is a local newspaper serving

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and San Lorenzo Valley, California in Santa Cruz County. It is published once per week on Fridays. It is operated by the Weeklys newspaper group, which also publishes the countywide free weekly ''

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'', the monthly Aptos Life and Watsonville-based '' The Pajaronian''.

History

The ''Press Banner'' was first published on December 2, 1960, as the ''Valley Press''. In 1974, the owners of the ''Valley Press'' created and published the ''Scotts Valley Banner'', which made its debut on February 27, 1974. The publications were purchased in 2005 by Tank Town Media, which is owned by Will Fleet and Ralph Alldredge. The two papers merged to become the ''Press Banner''. The first issue of the ''Press Banner'' was published on April 26, 2006. The ''Press Banner'' was sold on October 1, 2020, to the publisher of ''

'' in neighboring Santa Cruz, winner of the California Journalism Awards’ 2020 General Excellence award.

References

{{Metro Newspapers 1960 establishments in California Weekly newspapers published in California Newspapers established in 1960 Mass media in Santa Cruz County, California