The Loomis News
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alta Newspaper Group |
| Founder | Paul Sagaser |
| Publisher | John Love |
| Editor | Bill Poindexter |
| Founded | 1940 |
| Language | English |
| City | Loomis, California |
| Website | theloomisnews |
The Loomis News is a weekly newspaper published in Loomis, California.
History
In December 1940, Thomas "Paul" Sagaser acquired a linotype machine and two presses from Fall River Mills and used them to publish the first edition of The Loomis News out of the office of the defunct Loomis Recorder.[1][2] Three decades later Sagaser sold the paper to Raymond "Bud" Pisarek, owner of the Colfax Record, in 1972.[3][4] At that time the News had a circulation of 500.[5]
Pisarek previously operated the Brookings Harbor-Pilot and at one time worked at The Placer Herald.[6] In 1974, newspaper's founder Sagaser died.[7][8] That same year Pisarek sold the News to Charles "Chuck" Slater,[9] who sold it in July 1975 to husband-and-wife Ben D. and Carmela Martin of Penryn, owners of the Lincoln News Messenger. Mrs. Martin was publisher of The Roseville Press Tribune, which the couple co-owned.[10]
In 1975, Pisarek sold the Record,[11] and in 1980 the Martins sold the News Messenger.[12][13] Pisarek was elected to the Auburn city council and became mayor in 1983.[14] He bought the News back from the Martins in May 1988. At that time the paper had a circulation around 1,100. Pisarek also published a newspaper for artists called WestArt.[9] In August 1989, Pisarek sold the News to Carlon Perry, of Manteca, who previously owned the Colusa County Sun-Herald and Williams Farmer.[15][16]
In 1994, Pisarek lost out to a fourth term on the Auburn city council by 180 votes. He then focused on drawing his daily newspaper cartoon strip and became a moderator on a weekly radio talk show.[17] Around that time Pisarek bought back the Loomis News for a third time.[18] In 2002, Pisarek got into a dispute with the Loomis Basin Chamber of Commerce. Pisarek demanded the chamber pull its advertising from The Placer Herald of Rocklin, a rival out-of-town paper. After the chamber refused, Pisarek published multiple columns in the News criticizing the chamber. In response, the chamber ended its decade-old office subleasing agreement with the News, forcing the paper to find a new home.[19]
In 2004, Pisarek sold the News again, this time to Gold County Media, a subsidiary of Brehm Communications.[18] In December 2022, the News was one of six newspapers Brehm sold to Gold Mountain Media, a subsidiary of Alta Newspaper Group.[20]
References
- ^ "Paul Sagaser To Print New Loomis Paper". Auburn Journal. December 12, 1940. p. 20.
- ^ "New Paper Out Tomorrow". Auburn Journal. December 19, 1940. p. 24.
- ^ Jones, Pat (October 3, 1972). "The Lint Bailer". The Union. Grass Valley, California.
- ^ "Auburn Auricle. | Things About People". Auburn Journal. October 5, 1972. p. 12.
- ^ "Editorials | Newsday cops out". Independent. Long Beach, California. September 15, 1972. p. 22.
- ^ "Colfax Record Purchased By Bud Pisarek". Auburn Journal. September 19, 1968. p. 4.
- ^ "Death claims Paul Sagaser". The Press-Tribune. Roseville, California. April 26, 1974. p. 1.
- ^ "Paul Sagaser, 69, claimed by death". Lincoln News Messenger. May 2, 1974. p. 3.
- ^ a b Janssen, Jim (May 4, 1988). "County supervisor candidate buys Loomis News - again". The Press-Tribune. Roseville, California. p. 1.
- ^ "Martins, new owners of the Loomis News". Lincoln News Messenger. July 3, 1975. p. 1.
- ^ "Pisarek Sells Colfax Record". Auburn Journal. October 1, 1975. p. 4.
- ^ "McClatchy buys paper". The Press-Tribune. Roseville, California. May 1, 1980. p. 1.
- ^ "Lincoln newspaper sold". The Sacramento Union. May 2, 1980. p. 71.
- ^ "Pisarek named mayor". Auburn Journal. April 12, 1983. p. 1.
- ^ "Loomis News to be sold on Sept. 1". The Press-Tribune. Roseville, California. August 11, 1989. p. 3.
- ^ O'Leary, Tim (August 17, 1989). "Auburn mayor sells Loomis newspaper again". The Sacramento Bee. p. 104.
- ^ Engellenner, Jon (December 27, 1994). "Former Auburn councilman Pisarek: Out buy not down". The Sacramento Bee. p. 15.
- ^ a b Young, Gloria (October 13, 2004). "Gold Country Media buys Loomis News". The Placer Herald. Rocklin, California. p. 8.
- ^ Hurrianko, Tim (September 14, 2002). "Loomis News owner seeks new office after chamber dispute". The Press-Tribune. Roseville, California. p. 3.
- ^ McGough, Michael (December 8, 2022). "6 newspapers serving Sacramento-area suburbs sold to new owners. Who bought them?". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved September 7, 2024.