El Barrio was a community newspaper covering issues of importance to San Diego's Chicano community. It was printed on the verso side of the underground tabloid newspaper Street Journal/San Diego Free Press. The library's run may contain gaps. The Street Journal and El Barrio were printed on a semiregular, weekly basis. El Barrio byline: "The Official Organ of the Brown Berets: Published weekly by the San Diego Free Press."

PhotoZine containing color reproductions of Chicano life from 1970s Mexico, San Diego, and East Los Angeles.

Library holdings consist of four issues, vol 1, numbers 2, 3, 4, and 9. Includes local and state coverage of issues important to the Chicano community.

Special Collections holdings consist of one issue, January 19, 1976. The issue contains a cover story on Vista farm workers flooed out of homes; another article on Ecumenical conference at Mission San Luis Rey.