The Sun Post is a weekly newspaper, owned and published by Carlon Perry and Cecelia Drake. The newspaper is published on Friday and delivered through the mail free of charge to 29K households of Manteca

Manteca, California

Manteca is a city in , USA. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 67,096.- History :Manteca is a city in the Central Valley of California, 76 miles east of San Francisco. It was founded in 1861 by Joshua Cowell. Cowell claimed around and built houses on what is now the corner of Main...

 and Lathrop

Lathrop, California

Lathrop is a city located in . At the 2010 census Lathrop’s population was 18,023, and has a projected “build out” population of 70,000. The city is located in Northern California at the intersection of I-5 and 120 freeways.-Geography:...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. The newspaper does list a subscription price, but most people continue to take the paper for free. The newspaper was launched in November 2005 and is tabloid-sized.

While the newspaper has its own staff and is independently owned, the Tracy Press

Tracy Press

The Tracy Press is a weekday newspaper published in Tracy, California, United States. Established in 1898, the Tracy Press has been operated by the Matthews family since 1943. It is currently one of the few family-owned newspapers in California still in existence...

is a publishing partner. Besides sharing articles, mostly relating to county news, the papers also are able to share advertising.

The Sun Post was awarded in 2005 by the California Newspaper Publishers Association second place for General Excellence in news coverage, editorial, and graphics among all large non-daily newspapers in the State of California.