The ''San Gabriel Valley Tribune'' is a paid daily newspaper located in

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, that serves the central and eastern

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. It operated at the West Covina location from 1955 to 2015. The ''Tribune'' is a member of Southern California News Group (formerly the Los Angeles Newspaper Group), a division of Digital First Media. It is also part of the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group, along with the '' Pasadena Star-News'' and the ''

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''. The newspaper chain Brush-Moore purchased the ''Tribune'' in 1960.Eastern Company Buys Paper in West Covina
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'', March 17, 1960 Thomson Newspapers purchased Brush-Moore in 1967. Thomson sold the ''Tribune'' to Singleton's

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in 1996.

History

The ''San Gabriel Valley Tribune'' was launched on March 21, 1955, in West Covina, California. Before the launching, readers had to read community weeklies. The newspaper was founded by Carl Miller, his brother A.Q. Miller and Corwin Hoffland. After 60 years at the West Covina location, the newspaper moved its operations to Monrovia, with daily local news coverage which includes city government, public education, public safety, transportation issues, entertainment, lifestyle, and editorials. The newspaper has received a number of awards, including best in front page category from the California Newspaper Publishers Association among suburban area dailies. It publishes the annual So Cal Prep Legends high school football magazine with coverage from the San Fernando Valley, the San Gabriel/Pomona Valleys, the Whittier area, the South Bay, Long Beach/Gateway Cities, Orange County, western and central Riverside County and San Bernardino Valley, published in late August. The annual San Gabriel Valley's Best magazine, which publishes in late May, honors the best people, places to shop, eateries, and services in the region.

Coverage area

Coverage area for the ''San Gabriel Valley Tribune'' includes the cities of * Alhambra * Azusa * Baldwin Park * Covina * Diamond Bar * Duarte * El Monte * Glendora * Industry * Irwindale * La Puente * Monrovia * Montebello * Monterey Park * Rosemead * San Gabriel * South El Monte * Temple City * Walnut * West Covina

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* Daily newspapers published in Greater Los Angeles San Gabriel Valley Mass media in Los Angeles County, California MediaNews Group publications Monrovia, California Digital First Media Newspapers established in 1955 1955 establishments in California {{California-newspaper-stub