Newspaper Closing Commercial Printing Shop

RIVERSIDE, CA—The Press-Enterprise newspaper announced it is closing down SoCal Commercial Printing, a subsidiary commercial printing operation that had been servicing the community for about 25 years. The closure, effective Dec. 28, will leave 47 workers without jobs.

Ed Lasak, the Press-Enterprise's vice president of finance, cited the economic downturn and the rise in digital publications reducing orders for printed materials.