The San Fernando Valley Sun is a newspaper published in San Fernando, California near

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, USA.

History

The newspaper was established in 1904 by Herbert W. Brooks. Over the years, the name and format of the newspaper changed several times. After Brooks, the newspaper was purchased by Robert K. Straus, an heir to the

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fortune. It was later acquired by Michael Flannery, who sold it to the

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. It was purchased by the Barrios family in 1985. In 2001, it was purchased by

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, a real estate developer, and his wife, Martha Diaz-Aszkenazy, a businesswoman. On October 8, 2004, Congressman

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gave a brief speech to highlight the one-hundred anniversary of the newspaper.

References

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