Santa Ynez Valley News

Santa Ynez Valley News
TypeWeekly newspaper
OwnerSanta Maria California News Media Inc.
FounderOscar L. Powell
Founded1925
LanguageEnglish
CitySolvang, California
Sister newspapersLompoc Record
Santa Maria Times
Websitesyvnews.com

The Santa Ynez Valley News is a weekly newspaper published in Solvang, California.

History

On December 11, 1925, Oscar L. Powell published the first edition of the Santa Ynez Valley News.[1][2] The paper originally rolled off the presses of the Lompoc Record. Several months later Marcus Nielsen helped Powell construct a new printing plant in Solvang, California.[3]

In November 1927, Walter L. Hanson purchased the paper for $7,000 from Powell.[4] Powell went on to found the Elsinore Tribune which ceased in July 1930.[5] Hanson sold the Valley News to Karl R. Jorgensen and Richard L. Kintzel in November 1945.[6] Jorgensen bought out Kintzel in 1958.[3]

Jorgensen transferred ownership of the Valley News to a corporation owned by a group of shareholders in April 1974. Gaylen R. Jackson was then named general manager.[7] In April 1975, the Valley News was acquired by Sentinel Publishing Company, which was owned by Kenneth E. Johnson and his wife Peggy of Grand Junction, Colorado. The company owned several publications including The Daily Sentinel. Mrs. Johnson was an Arabian horse breeder and founded the International Arabian Horse Journal.[8] James E. Shouse was named published.[9] In June 1979, the Sentinel was sold to Cox Enterprises.[10] The paper's former manager Jackson died in April 1986.[11]

Peg Johnson operated the Valley News for decades and won an Arabian Horse World Championship title in Paris. In April 1997, she named her daughter La Cinda Johnson as Valley News publisher. She resumed the role of publisher after her daughter died unexpectedly in December 1998[12] after suffering an Asthma attack.[13] In July 2004, Peg Johnson sold the Valley News to Pulitzer, Inc., which owned the Santa Maria Times and Lompoc Record.[14]

In February 2005, Lee Enterprises acquired Pulitzer.[15] In February 2020, Lee sold the Santa Maria Times, Hanford Sentinel, Lompoc Record, Santa Ynez Valley News and others to Santa Maria California News Media Inc., a newly formed company led by a group of Canadian newspaper executives.[16] In January 2021, former Valley News owner Peg Johnson died.[12]

References

  1. ^ Powell, Oscar L. (December 11, 1925). "News Sends Greetings To The People Of Santa Ynez Valley". Santa Ynez Valley News. Solvang, California. p. 1. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Valley Paper Is Established; Husky Infant". Lompoc Record. Lompoc, California. December 11, 1925. p. 1. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Santa Ynez Valley News Reportedly Being Sold". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. March 21, 1974. p. B-4. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Solvang Paper Changes Hands: Montana Man Buys Santa Ynez Valley News From O.L. Powell". The Morning Press. Santa Barbara, California. November 20, 1927. p. 7. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Powell Discontinues His Elsinore Paper". Santa Ynez Valley News. Solvang, California. July 11, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Santa Ynez Valley News Changes Ownership". Santa Ynez Valley News. Solvang, California. November 2, 1945. p. 1. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "S.Y. Valley News Now Operating as Corporation". Santa Ynez Valley News. Solvang, California. April 4, 1974. p. 1A. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Local operation to continue: Valley News purchased by Sentinel Publishing". Santa Ynez Valley News. Solvang, California. April 10, 1975. p. 1A. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Veteran newsman James Shouse named publisher of Valley News". Santa Ynez Valley News. Solvang, California. April 17, 1975. p. 1A. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "One Californian is recipient: Valley News owner sells Colorado newspaper; gives $3 million to employees". Santa Ynez Valley News. Solvang, California. July 5, 1979. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Obituaries: Gaylen Jackson, 58; former newspaperman". Santa Barbara News-Press. Santa Barbara, California. April 11, 1986. p. C-2. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ a b André, Lisa (January 26, 2021). "Peg Johnson, former Santa Ynez Valley News publisher, dies at 84". Santa Maria Times. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  13. ^ "Obituaries: La Cinda Johnson". Santa Ynez Valley News. Solvang, California. December 31, 1998. p. A6, A7. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Santa Ynez Valley News is sold | Pulitzer Central Coast acquires paper". Santa Barbara News-Press. July 4, 2004. p. 7.
  15. ^ Steinberg, Jacques (February 1, 2005). "Pulitzer to Be Acquired by Lee Enterprises". New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  16. ^ "Lee Enterprises sells papers in Santa Maria, Hanford". Santa Maria Times. March 13, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
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