Later that year, he purchased the Vallejo Times and merged the papers.
He owned the paper until 1974 when he sold it to the Donrey Media Group.
They established a rival paper, Vallejo Independent Press, directly next door.
In spite of widespread[specify] support and thousands of Vallejoans canceling their Times-Herald subscriptions in favor of the Vallejo Independent Press, the strike and new paper folded in August 1984, no longer able to compete financially.
[citation needed] In 1999, the Times-Herald changed ownership to the MediaNews Group,[3] who took control of the paper from Donrey.