About the Linden Herald

Local journalists. Local knowledge.

We are a team of working journalists with a combined total of more than 57 years of experience in the community newspaper business. We are a print-only newspaper written and reported in the traditional journalism manner.

Linden’s paper since 1959

The Linden Herald was founded in 1959 in Linden, a farming community in the heart of California’s Central Valley, and it’s still published every week.

Open an issue and you’ll find local news and sports, club photographs, farm news, regional travel stories, editorials and local history. We sit in on the meetings that shape daily life here, from the school board to the water districts, and report the week’s sheriff and fire calls. Local businesses advertise with us, and legal notices from across the county run in our pages.

The San Joaquin County Superior Court adjudicated The Linden Herald a newspaper of general circulation in Sept. 1960 (decree no. 72641), so we can publish most legal notices. See our legal notice rates and requirements for details.

At home in San Joaquin County

We are 15 miles east of Stockton, Tracy and Manteca, an hour south of Sacramento, and two hours from the San Francisco Bay Area. The Herald serves the Linden area, a community of about 5,000 residents. Local businesses can advertise in the Herald.

Our mailing address is PO Box 929, Linden CA 95236. Our correspondents live and work in Linden and are available at any time. Our phone number is available 24 hours, seven days a week at (209) 772-8854.

Local stories. Familiar faces. A community connected. That’s been our promise for more than 65 years, and we plan to keep it.