The San Bernardino Sun

History

At various times, the newspaper was known as The Sun, The Sun-Telegram, The San Bernardino County Sun, and The San Bernardino Daily Sun. On September 1, 1894, the first issue of The Daily Sun was published in San Bernardino, California. W.A. Selkirk was the editor and N.J. Levinson was business manager. Soon Robert C. Harbison was hired as a reporter. In March 1896, Selkirk retired from the paper. A group of business men bought the Sun and installed Edward N. Buck as editor and manager.

Under Buck, the Sun was affiliated with the Silver Republican Party. The other owners quickly grew dissatisfied with Buck and foreclosed on the mortgage. The paper was then sold to Harbison, who became editor, and R.E. Norton, who became business manager. In response, Buck had two men armed with Winchester rifles barricade themselves inside the paper's office while he sought to legally stop the sale. During the night, a group of men rushed the office, broke down the door and threw the guards out into the street. Harbison and Norton then took charge of the Sun.

In 1937, Harbison died. He was succeeded as editor and company president by James A. Guthrie. In 1949, the paper dedicated a new $500,000 headquarters. In 1964, Guthrie and the Harbison family sold the paper to Times Mirror, owner of the Los Angeles Times, but the company was court ordered to sell it in 1968 to Gannett due to antitrust concerns. In 1999, the Sun came under the management of MediaNews Group. At that time the paper had a daily circulation of 80,000.

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