What this is

The Borrego Sun Archive is a searchable collection of Borrego Springs history, kept by Ram Media Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes the Borrego Sun. The Borrego Sun has covered Borrego Springs, California since 1949.

What's inside

• Borrego Sun newspapers. Back issues from 2014 to the present can be read and searched page by page.
• Website articles. Stories published on borregosun.com since 2020. Articles from the last two years open on the website. Older ones are kept here in full, with a link to the original.
• Collections. Coverage of Borrego Springs from other publications, historic documents, the manuscripts of historian Phil Brigandi, and the Pear Pearson Collection of Borrego Springs papers from the 1940s to 1960s.
• Topics, People & Places. A guide that gathers everything on one subject.

Who owns what

• Borrego Sun, 2014 to present: © Ram Media Foundation. These issues and archived articles may be downloaded for personal, educational and research use.
• Borrego Sun stories, 2010–2013: listed with the website articles as short summaries. The print version is at the San Diego History Center. Source: San Diego History Center/Borrego Sun Archive.
• Collections: the Borrego Sun Files belong to Ram Media Foundation. The other collections belong to their original publishers and authors, not to Ram Media Foundation. They are shown for research only. View only.
• Shared stories: some website articles come from partner news outlets and remain theirs.

About the search

The text of scanned pages was read by computer so it can be searched. It can contain mistakes, especially on older pages. The page image is always the true version. If you can't find something, try a different spelling or fewer words.

How to cite

For a newspaper page: Borrego Sun, date of issue, page number, Borrego Sun Archive, Ram Media Foundation.
For a web article: author, “title,” Borrego Sun, date, borregosun.com.

Corrections and removal requests

If you find a mistake, own the rights to something shown here, or would like an item reviewed or removed, please write to Andrea@RamMediaFoundation.org. We will respond promptly.

Help us fill the gaps

Some issues are missing, and we have very little from before 2010. If you have old copies of the Borrego Sun, photographs or documents about Borrego Springs, we would love to hear from you.

Support

Ram Media Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Learn more at borregosun.com.