Lake County Record-Bee
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | MediaNews Group |
| Founder(s) | J.B. Baccus, Jr., |
| Founded | 1873 (as Lake County Bee) |
| Language | English |
| City | Lakeport, California |
| ISSN | 0746-4304 |
| OCLC number | 10036834 |
| Website | record-bee |
The Lake County Record-Bee is a newspaper in the town of Lakeport, California.[1]
History
[edit]In 1872, J.B. Baccus, Jr., founded The Cloverdale Bee in Cloverdale, California.[2] A year later he moved his equipment to Lakeport and relaunched his paper as the Lake County Bee.[3] The business had several other proprietors in the following years and eventually came to be owned by A.C. Jackson.[4]
In 1875, A.A.R. Utting, who previously owned the Napa Reporter, established the Lake Democrat. His health failed and he sold it in 1879 to John R. Cook, who a year later merged the business with Jackson's to form the Lakeport Bee-Democrat, which the two operated together.[4] A fire destroyed the paper's office in 1883[5] and Jackson retired a few months later.[6] The name was then changed to the Lakeport Democrat.[4]
In 1921, Dr. W.R. Prather bought the paper, by then renamed back to the Bee, from G.E. Nichols. It was then managed by his son-in-law William "Bill" Bolce.[7] In 1925, Sidney Roche and E.J. Moore founded the Lakeport Record in Upper Lake.[8] The two soon acquired the Clear Lake Press at Lakeport, which ceased following a fire in the town. In 1926, they replaced it with a new paper called The Lakeport Press.[9] The Press and Record were later consolidated to form the Lakeport Press-Record.[10]
Bolce operated the Bee for almost 20 years until selling in 1940 it to Moore.[11] In 1956, Roland R. Johnsrud became the new owner and he consolidated the Bee and the Press-Record in 1961 to form the Lake County Record-Bee. At the time the Press and Record had a circulation of 1,300 and the Bee had 1,600. The editorial team consisted of three who wrote for both papers.[12] In 1981, the Times Publishing Company, owner of the Erie Times-News, bought the paper from Johnsrud.[13] In 2001, the Record-Bee came under the ownership of MediaNews Group. At that time the paper had 7,300 subscribers.[14]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cook, Jan (April 28, 2013). "Lake County History: A brief history of Lake County's newspapers". Lake County News. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ "Notices Of The Press". The Cloverdale Bee. Cloverdale, California. August 3, 1872. p. 4.
- ^ "Lake County Bee". Lake County Bee. Lakeport, California. April 12, 1873. p. 2.
- ^ a b c "In Picturesque Lake County". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. October 20, 1889. p. 34.
- ^ "The Lakeport Fire". Napa County Reporter. Napa, California. September 21, 1883. p. 1.
- ^ "From our Exchanges". Mendocino Coast Beacon. Mendocino, California. February 23, 1884. p. 3.
- ^ "Two Newspaper Have Been Sold". Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, California. September 9, 1921. p. 6.
- ^ "New Paper Planned". Visalia Times-Delta. Visalia, California. July 15, 1925. p. 8.
- ^ "Lake County Items Of Unusual Value". The Weekly Calistogian. Calistoga, California. July 9, 1926. p. 5.
- ^ "E.J. Moore, 64, Former Publisher, Dies". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. September 29, 1955. p. 32.
- ^ ""Bill" Bolce Stepping Out | Lakeport Publisher Is Selling Newspaper To Lakeport Press". Ukiah Republican Press. Ukiah, California. March 20, 1940. p. 8.
- ^ "Two Lake Weeklies Consolidate". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. April 30, 1961. p. 35.
- ^ "Times Publishing buys Record-Bee". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. November 4, 1981. p. 6.
- ^ "Rosenburg named regional vice president of MediaNews Group newspaper cluster". Enterprise-Record. Chico, California. February 1, 200. p. 11.