Media in the San Francisco Bay Area
James King of William began publishing the "Daily Evening Bulletin" in San Francisco in October, 1855 and built it into the highest circulation paper in the city. He criticized a city supervisor named James P. Casey, who, on the afternoon of the story about him, ran in the paper, shot and mortally wounded King. Casey was lynched by the early vigilante committee. The "Morning Call" was established and began publishing in December 1856, and later merged with the "Bulletin" to become the long-running "Call-Bulletin". The "San Francisco Chronicle" debuted in June, 1865 as the "Dramatic Chronicle", founded by Charles and M.H. de Young aged 19 and 17.
Media in the San Francisco Bay Area
The oldest African-American newspaper, still active in the 1930s, was the "California Eagle". It appeared first in Los Angeles in 1879. The first French journals, the "Californien" and the "Gazette Republicane" both began in 1850, and were followed by the "Courrier du Pacifique" in 1852. Both the first German and first Italian papers, the "California Demokrat" (1852) and the "Voce del Popolo" (1859) were founded in San Francisco and had long runs. Chinese in California have published many newspapers, the first being the "Gold Hills News" in 1854.