Site information:

Fletcher Bowron Square, 300 block of N Main, between Temple and Aliso Sts, Los Angeles

Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.

34.054443,-118.241073

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque text:

Los Angeles Star

Southern California's first newspaper, The Los Angeles Star, was founded in this block on May 17, 1851 and for many years exerted a major influence upon this part of the state. Suspended temporarily from 1864 to 1868, it continued later as an effective voice of the people until its final termination date in 1879.

Plaque placed by the California State Parks Commission in cooperatino with the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Historical Society of Southern California, October 15, 1964.

Registered 3/18/1964