| Type | African-American weekly |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Lee Publishing Company |
| Founder(s) | William H. Lee, Gino Gladden, and John W. Cole |
| Publisher | Larry Lee |
| Founded | November 22, 1962 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Sacramento, California |
| ISSN | 0036-2212 |
| Website | sacobserver |
The Sacramento Observer is an African-American-owned weekly newspaper in Sacramento, California. It serves the African-American community throughout the Sacramento Metropolitan Area. There are an estimated 144,000 African Americans living in Sacramento, according to the 2005 American Community Survey published by the Census. It is distributed every Friday. It is owned and operated by The Observer Media Group, which also publishes SacObserver.com, its online news site.