# Peninsula Observer

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{{Short description|United States underground newspaper (1968–1969)}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name         = '''''Peninsula Observer'''''
| image        = Midpeninsula observer v1 n13.jpg
| image_size   = 200px
| caption      = ''Midpeninsula Observer'' (Feb. 5-19, 1968)
| artist       =
| type         = [Underground press](/source/Underground_press) bi-weekly
| format       = [Tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format))
| founded      = 1967
| price        = $0.15
| owners       = 
| headquarters = [Palo Alto, CA](/source/Palo_Alto%2C_CA)
| editor       = [rotating](/source/rotating)
| publisher    = 
| circulation  = 5,000
| website      = 
| ISSN         =  
}}

The '''''Peninsula Observer''''' was an [underground newspaper](/source/underground_press) published in [Palo Alto, California](/source/Palo_Alto%2C_California) from July 7, 1967, to November 1969. Co-founded by Barry Greenberg and David Ransom, it was produced by [Stanford](/source/Stanford_University) undergraduate and graduate students opposed to the war in Vietnam, with community members and others. Circulation was about 5000 copies.

Early issues were published as the ''Midpeninsula Observer''. It became the ''Peninsula Observer'' with the issue of August 12–26, 1968 (vol. 2, no. 4). Editorship rotated among a group including Greenberg and Ransom, Randy Bonner, Marlene Charyn, Peter Dollinger, David Shen, Maureen Kulbaitis, and Joanne Wallace. Published roughly biweekly for two years, it printed its last issue in November 1969.

Its articles attacking the [Stanford Research Institute](/source/SRI_International) helped to bring about the severing of the university's ties with the Institute in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2003252641/|title=About this newspaper: Peninsula observer|work=Chronicling America|publisher=[Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress)|accessdate=2011-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sfplmagsandnews.blogspot.com/2010/06/underground-newspapers-on-microfilm.html|title=Underground Newspapers on Microfilm: Peninsula Observer|work=Herb Caen Magazines and Newspapers Center|publisher=[San Francisco Public Library](/source/San_Francisco_Public_Library)|date=2010-06-05|accessdate=2011-04-18}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture](/source/List_of_underground_newspapers_of_the_1960s_counterculture)

==References==
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Category:Newspapers published in the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Underground press
Category:Palo Alto, California
Category:Newspapers established in 1967
Category:1967 establishments in California

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