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Reports on the formal complaint filed by the Los Angeles Police Department against the `San Gabriel Valley Tribune' for its reporting of the police shooting of Sonji Danese Taylor on the roof of St. Vincent's Medical Center. Excerpts from the police department's press release; Sources of the `Tribune' stories; Police chief Willie Williams' request for a printed retraction; Other police violence against blacks.

Reports on a Northern California judge's issuance of a gag order in the case of Curtis Dean Anderson who was accused of kidnapping and molesting an eight-year-old girl in Vallejo. Ethical issues raised by the mass media's coverage of the case; Newspapers' reactions to the gag order.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by California First Amendment groups and individual journalists against the state, calling for more complete access to prison executions. Demand that the news media be allowed to witness the entire lethal injection process; Partial witnessing of the execution of William Bonin on February 23, 1996; Protection of the identities of prison personnel involved in the execution.