Auburn, Calif.
Owners: Janice Forbes and Bob Evans
Effective: Jan. 22, 2010

The 18-year-old weekly paper has closed. “After looking at our end-of-the-year financials and the probability of the economy hopping back soon, we have reluctantly decided to cease publishing the Placer Sentinel for the time being,” CEO Bob Evans, publisher Janice Forbes and editor Donna Lach said in a statement published by the Auburn Journal. “Publishing a small newspaper has been enjoyable in the past and we’re sure it will eventually be so again.”

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Source: Auburn Journal via Fading to Black