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This article discusses a law passed in 2004 that has cleared the way for the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, Yorba Linda, CA, finally to receive the 37th president's papers, which have been held by the federal government in California. presidential libRichard Nixon's papers were seized by the government during the 1970s Watergate investigation. According to the AP, it will take until 2009 to relocate the 46 million pages of records, 30,000 gift items, and 3700 hours of audiotape.

Reports on the release of a number of former President Ronald Reagan's records from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Records which remain off-limits to historians and the public because of an executive order by the administration of George W. Bush, which grants presidents the right to review papers before release; Mention of the Freedom of Information Act, which forbids federal records from being kept private for longer than 12 years.

Focuses on the discovery of the papers of historian Leon Trotsky and his son Lev Sedov at the Hoover Institution Archives in Stanford, California. Availability of the papers in microfilm.

Informs that the University of California at San Francisco can continue to display on the World Wide Web papers stolen from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. The June 1995 ruling by the California Supreme Court; The papers' revelation that tobacco companies concealed the addictiveness of nicotine from the public for years; How the university obtained the papers; Number of users accessing the papers on the Web site; Details.

The article reports that the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) library has acquired the literary archive of novelist Aldous Huxley. Shortly before her death in 2007, Huxley's wife, Laura, chose the UCLA Library to house the collection of literary materials and photographs by both Laura and Aldous.

Evaluates the Argos for Windows software from Sepialine in San Francisco, California.

Reports on the University of Southern California and their annoyance at not getting enough on the O.J. Simpson trial in the school newspaper Daily Trojan. Details; The L.A. Times did it; Role of the Daily Trojan. INSET: Simpson freed, by Elisa Ung..

Reports on the launch of a Web site and digital services by the California Digital Library. Idea to store and distribute academic research results and working papers; Role of Berkeley Electronic Press in the development; Inclusion of papers authored or sponsored by the University of California.

Reports on the cooperative activity for recycling the waste paper products of the Bay View Federal Bank building tenants in San Anselmo, California. Cooperation with the 4R (reduce, reuse, recycle, restore) program by the San Anselmo Refuse and Recycling and the San Anselmo Solid Waste; Methods of separating waste paper products.

The article presents readers' opinions on the San Francisco, California and San Francisco County's move to ban plastic shopping bags and styrofoam containers in stores by November 2007. City clerk Michael Snow agreed with the ban saying, non-biodegradable containers may cost less for grocers and restaurants but it is the public and the government who are left to deal with the pollution from these materials. Envrionmental Planner Patricia Lambert said such laws have become a necessity with the slow pace of recycling and the worsening pollution problem.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by the `Orange County Register,' publisher Freedom Communications Inc. in Irvine, California against an employee for operating a negative Web site after it subpoenaed AOL to reveal the employee's identity. Background on the case; Claims made by the paper regarding the site's effect on other employees; Questions raised concerning the application of the First Amendment in the case.

Reports on the multilingual school paper of Artesia High School in Los Angeles County, California. Judy Keller as adviser; Problems with budget and lack of equipment; Increase in the number of pages; Support from various departments; Marco Jimenez as editor in chief; Topics featured.

The article focuses on the legal battle between San Francisco, California-based newspapers "San Francisco Bay Guardian" and "SF Weekly." Guardian owner Bruce Brugmann has filed action against "SF Weekly" and its parent company Village Voice Media under the Unfair Practices Act in the state. It notes that the state law offers protection to companies from predatory pricing designed to put a competitor out of business. The Guardian won in the case yet has to resort to several actions such as seizing delivery trucks and getting the rent to collect damages.

Reports that the decision on the trial challenging the breakup of the joint operating agreement between newspapers in San Francisco, California, was placed in the hands of United States District Judge Vaughn Walker. Walker's commitment to rule promptly in the nonjury suit filed by Clint Reilly to block the sales of the `San Francisco Chronicle' to the Hearst Corp. and the `San Francisco Examiner' to the Fang family.

The article reports on the new requirement of California that all voting machines, including touch-screen systems, will produce a paper audit trail capable of verifying the accuracy of a tally. The state requires the audit trail for primary vote to ensure election officials follow the state law passed in 2005. According to Bruce McPherson, a spokeswoman for California Secretary of State, 37 out of 58 counties in the state are using touch screen systems. She added that voters can verify their vote via a paper record, showing that their vote cast was indeed the vote that was recorded.

The article reports on the wedding package offered by alternative weekly, "East Bay Express," of Emeryville, California to some gay and lesbian couples in celebration of the legalization of gay marriage in the state. The paper selected six same-sex couples as part of its "Wedding Wednesdays" on June 25 and July 2, 2008. It is also reported that the wedding package include limousines, bridal gowns, receptions at an East Bay winery, music, photographers, and a honeymoon at a five-star gay-owned resort on the Mendocino coast.

Features the installation of a new document imaging system by the Laguna Beach, California City Clerk Department to store paper and electronic records, in October 2004. Conversion of the clerk's existing digital files to a standard image format in March 2003; Features of the new system; Expected availability of the records online.

Reports on the impact of the entry of `Viet Mercury,' a weekly Vietnamese language newspaper from Knight Ridder, to other Vietnamese-language dailies in San Jose, California. Advantages of the `Viet Mercury' over other Vietnamese publications in the area; Charges of unfair competition against `Viet Mercury'; Options of publishers to survive the `Viet Mercury.'

Provides information on the American Resource Recovery (ARR) vermicomposting operation in Newark, California. Discussion of the use of charred paper as a component of compost; Process of vermicomposting of feedstocks; Production capacity of ARR.

Focuses on J.C. Penny Co.'s deal with free newspapers in Los Angeles, California, for the distribution of preprinted advertising inserts. J.C. Penny's distribution agreement with Wave Community Newspapers; Role of J.C. Penny veteran Larry Walker role in the company's distribution efforts; Target markets of the inserts.

Focuses on the `Napa Valley Register' newspaper's coverage of the water slide tragedy in 197 that killed one Napa, California high school girl. Reporters' efforts to balance the public's right to know with the victims' need to be left alone; Napa High Schools' refusal to allow media persons to enter its premises.

Reports on decision of the City of San Diego, California to yank away legal advertising from Daniel L. Munoz Sr., the publisher and editor of Hispanic newspaper `La Prensa San Diego' who has made racist comments. Munoz's comments calling Mayor Susan Golding a `Jewish Queen' and San Diego Chargers owner Alex Spanos a `Greek God'; City manager Jack McGrory's attack against Munoz's racial slurs.

Reports on an investigation being conducted by the `San Francisco Independent' on the alleged links between the theft of an artwork from the San Francisco, Calif. War Memorial and a taped telephone conversation involving its associate editor Susan Herbert. District Attorney's Office and U.S. Attorney General to conduct investigation.

Reports on Judge Robert O'Brien's decision awarding the UCLA student newspaper, the `Daily Bruin,' access to the university's documents of reported settlements in sex harassment claims. Facts and issues of the decision; Feedback from Bruin editor Josh Romonek.

Reports on Norco, Southern California's filing of a lawsuit against the publisher of `Norco News' for allegedly harming the health and reputation of city official Michael Kulick. Publisher Lucille Oliva and writer Lois Loock as defendants; Oliva's reputation as a journalist; Background on Oliva's encounter with Kulick which happened in the latter's animal shelter; Other claims made against Oliva.

Reports on the expulsion of student Raihan Kadri from Canyon High School in Anaheim Hills, Orange County, California after publishing an underground newspaper `Exploited'. Kadri's dropping of a suit against his school after he is allowed to transfer; Contents of the newspaper that attacked the school's administration, teachers and curriculum; State's education code as basis for the school's action.

The article discusses the donation of the archives of architect Frank Gehry to the organization Getty Research Institute. Topics include Gehry's relation to the Los Angeles, California art scene, Gehry's role in the influence of Los Angeles architecture, and plans for the storage of Gehry's architectural models.

Reports on the picket held by anti-tobacco activists in front of the alternative paper `San Francisco Bay Guardian,' after it accepted advertising from tobacco companies following an editorial urging a California state pension fund to sell its tobacco stocks. Comments raised by activitists; Background on the editorial published in the paper over the California Public Employees Retirement System's tobacco stocks.

Reports that three California newspapers have hired PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) to conduct quarterly audits of their circulations. `The Orange County Register' publisher N. Christian Anderson's frustration with the audits conducted by the Audit Bureau of Circulations; California papers' establishment of an advertising council to monitor the PwC audits' success.

Reports on an investigative story published by the Lowell high school paper in San Francisco, California, wherein class ring manufacturer Jostens Inc. was accused of failing to offer students its least-expensive rings. Local newspapers' coverage of the story; Move by the city's Board of Supervisors to conduct an investigation into the allegations.

Reports on David Danforth's lawsuit against James Pavelich and David Price, his partners in the `Palo Alto Daily News' newspaper. Allegations that Pavelich and Price diverted revenue to themselves; Suppression of stories that might hurt potential advertisers; Accusation that Danforth was unfairly removed from the paper's management team.

Reports on the decision of the Stanford University student newspaper to refrain from getting Chelsea Clinton's views on the sex scandal involving her father, President Bill Clinton, when she returns to the campus as a sophomore in September 1998. Remarks made by Adam Kemezis, editor of the student paper, `Stanford Daily'; Student newspaper's coverage of Chelsea's arrival as freshman student in the university.

The article offers information on an Annual BioCycle West Coast Conference to be held from April 8 to 11, 2013 in San Diego, California and informs that abstracts for presentations are being accepted.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by the `Daily Nexus', University of California of Santa Barbara's campus paper, against Governor Pete Wilson and the University of California Board of Regents for allegedly violating the state's open meeting law. Board of Regents' roll back of affirmative action in admissions after private phone calls with Wilson; Demands in the suit.

Reports on community newspapers in Northern California's formation of the Sonoma County Community Newspaper Network (SCNN), a one-order, one-bill service for advertisers. Combined circulation of the papers; Comments of Bob Rucker, publisher of the `Sonoma Index-Tribune'; Rates asked by SCNN from advertisers.

The article deals with a probe conducted by Caltrans concerning the structural soundness of the self-anchored suspension-span foundation of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2011. The California Department of Transportation claims that one of its technical engineers may have falsified data regarding the infrastructure. Caltrans director Malcolm Dougherty Tony Anziano says that it has launched an investigation and found that the bridge's safety is not an issue.

This article reports on the failure of Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to satisfy the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in providing data on its pipeline system in March 2011. The company did not provide all its records for pressure tests of natural gas pipelines in high-consequence areas (HCA). Other federal entities and elected representatives are also involved in the controversy. Paul Clanon, executive director of the CPUC, sent a letter to the company about the inadequate data.

The article discusses issues arising from the McClatchy/Knight Ridder deal that will leave William Dean Singleton's MediaNews Group in control of 44 newspapers in San Francisco Bay Area, California. Critics warned that allowing MediaNews to add Knight Ridder's dailies and community papers to the group it already operates out of the Alameda Newspaper Group will impact readers and advertisers. Goldman Sachs analyst Peter Appert commented on MediaNews Group's clustering strategy. Singleton noted that simply adding more papers and newspapers would not give MediaNews any big advantage over local advertisers that pick the papers their customers read.

The article reports on the profit-seeking thieves in the San Francisco Bay Area in California that pilfer news racks of free newspapers to be sold to recycling centers. Hal Brody hired a private detective, who watched as a truck with no plates methodically followed Express delivery vehicles. At every stop, the truck driver would wait until the deliverers were out of sight, then pull up, and empty the contents of the racks into the truck bed. The detective, an ex-cop, followed him to a recycling center.

This article presents information on the 2005 International Microwave Symposium to be held in Long Beach, California in June 11, 2005. There are nine hotels with convention rates. Five of these are downtown within walking distance of the convention center. There are six guest program tours for either full or half days plus a golf tournament on June 17, 2005. All of the tour busses load at the entrance of the Hyatt Hotel. This year there will be 344 papers presented in seven parallel regular IMS sessions plus an additional 149 papers presented in the open forum format. There will be 160 papers presented in tbe RFIC sessions.

The article focuses on the collaboration among newspaper companies in Pasadena and Whittier, California for a newspaper contest for schoolchildren conducted in Chinese and English languages. The Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group will announce the winners of their dual-language essay and drawing contest jointly sponsored with East West Bank in April 2006. "Valley Tribune" marketing director Terry Bell emphasized the significance of the contest. Winners in the competition get a chance to meet Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan.

Reports that high school newspapers in Oakland, California, got a needed boost from former newspaper owner Rowland Rebele. Plan of state budget cutters to kill high school newspapers; List of newspapers affected by the plan; Amount to be given by Rebele to the affected high schools.

Reports on the formation of an alliance named CaliforniaOne between Denver, Colorado-based Media Group Inc.'s newspapers in California's San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Focuses on the dispute between Los Angeles Daily News and the Los Angeles Times on the coverage of San Fernando Valley secession movement in California. Accusation of editorial bias; Criticism of the secession coverage of the Daily News; Promotion of Valley secession.

Deals with the departure of half of the four-member photo staff of the newspaper 'Daily Press' in Victorville, California. Dispute over so-called 'artsy' pictures; Implementation of a policy discouraging photographs that do little or nothing to tell local news stories.

Predicts that California will not be able to eliminate its newspaper tax despite its budget surplus. Cost of the tax enacted in 1991 to state newspapers; Legislative process undertaken by a repeal bill backed by the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA); Opposition of Senate President Pro Tem John Burton to the CNPA bill.

Reports on the legal challenge to California's shield law by a judge seeking `Oakland Tribune' newspaper photographer Ron Riesterer's unpublished pictures of a demonstration in Berkeley. Riesterer's reasons for not surrendering the photographs despite being charged with contempt; Other cases which tested the state's law.

Reports on the launching of two Spanish-language newspapers in greater Sacramento, California entitled `El Informador' and `Alta California.'

Reports that the San Francisco State University in California is replacing its semiweekly student newspaper with an online version. Cessation of publication of the `Golden Gater' on September 2000.

Reports on Pasadena, California-based `Star-News' newspaper's publication of a story about the victory of the United States team against China in the Women's World Cup 1999 soccer championship in July 1999. Publication of the story four days before the game; Expansion of newspaper coverage of the event that started on June 19, 1999.