Contra Costa County Online Newspapers
Contra Costa County is located in the East Bay region opposite of San Francisco and was one of the original counties created at the time of California’s statehood. Contra Costa is rich with history and culture, which can be learned about through the many online newspapers listed below.
Free Contra Costa County Online Newspapers
Experience (Pittsburg, 1974-2015)
The Contra Costa County Library holds dozens of newspapers to read and search through onsite. They also offer an online newspaper archives. To access the following papers, make sure to click on the Library’s “California Digital Newspaper Collection“:
- Antioch Ledger
- Byron Times
- Concord Transcript
- Contra Costa Courier
- Contra Costa Courier and Danville Journal
- Contra Costa Gazette
- Contra Costan
- Daily Gazette
- Daily Press
- Danville Journal
- Journal (El Cerrito)
- Martinez Daily Standard
- Pittsburgh Post
- Pittsburgh Post Dispatch
- Richmond Daily Independent
Paid Contra Costa County Newspapers
Genealogy Bank
- Antioch News 2019 to Current
- Berkeley Voice 2001 to Current
- Brentwood News 1997 to 2016
- Concord Transcript 1996 to Current
- Contra Costa Times 1995 to 2016
- Danville Times 2006 to 2007
- East Bay Times 2016 to Current
- East Bay Times: Web Edition Articles 2016 to Current
- East County Times 2005 to 2011
- El Cerrito Journal 2001 to 2011
- Lamorinda Sun 1996 to Current
- Ledger Dispatch 1997 to 2005
- Martinez News-Gazette 2009 to Current
- Pittsburg News 2017 to Current
- Record 2002 to Current
- San Ramon Valley Times 1995 to 2010
- Valley Journal 2017 to 2018
- Walnut Creek Journal 1999 to Current
- West County Times 1995 to 2011
- West County Weekly 2002 to 2003