The "born digital" project at the CDNC is an ambitious and unique effort to collect and display contemporary California newspapers. We collect PDFs of newspapers from California publishers as they are sent for printing, process those files with the necessary metadata, and make them available for searching on the CDNC.

The video below explains the procedure for uploading PDFs. If you are not already participating in the born digital project and would like to join, please contact us at cbsrinfo@ucr.edu.

Participating Publishers

The papers listed below can be found through the "Titles" option in the CDNC.

• Antelope Valley Political Observer (Palmdale)
• Beach and Bay Press (San Diego)
• Black Voice News (Riverside)
• California Crusader News (Los Angeles)
• LA Downtown News (Los Angeles)
• La Jolla Village News Readers Choice Awards (San Diego)
• La Jolla Village News (San Diego)
• Marinscope (Sausalito)
• Mountain Echo (Fall River Mills)
• Peninsula Beacon (San Diego)
• San Diego Downtown News (San Diego)
• Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz)
• Trinity Journal (Weaverville)