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Describes the gift wrapping services offered by Mimio's Papers in Pasadena, California.

The article reports on an agreement to acquire the newspaper "San Diego Union-Tribune" at very low price secured by California private-equity firm Platinum Equity. The newspaper was offered for sale by Copley Press Inc. in July 2008. "Akron Beacon Journal" owner David Black and a number of Canadian papers are part of the buying group. The "Union-Tribune" is the 23rd largest newspaper in the U.S., with weekday circulation of almost 270,000.

Profiles Hal Wright, the 91-year-old editor and publisher of the `Loyalton Booster' newspaper in Loyalton, California who uses an airplane for delivering the paper. Why he does this; His status as one of the oldest pilots in the United States; Meetings of the United Flying Octogenarians.

Reports on the prices of newspapers in San Francisco, California, as of May 2000. Decline in the circulation of the `San Francisco Chronicle'; Plans to cut the price of the newspaper; Reason for reducing the price of the newspaper; Lawsuits filed against Hearst Corp. and the `San Francisco Chronicle.'

Reports that Hearst Corp. said it received several indications of interest regarding the possible purchase of the `San Francisco Examiner' newspaper of San Francisco, California. Alleged expression of interest from newspaper publisher Ted Fang; New York bank in charge of the evaluation of the bids; Reason for the efforts of Hearst to sell the newspaper.

Reports on the approval of the request of Orange County, California to subpoena documents from 35 brokerage, financial and legal firms. Lawsuits filed against Merrill Lynch & Co. and KPMG Peat Marwick; Orange County's request for protection from creditors under federal bankruptcy laws in December 1994; Possible lawsuit against bond counsels.

The article reports that the California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers) is poised to suffer one of its worst years since the 1930s due to substantial purchases of real estate made near the peak of California's property boom. Calpers has indicated its housing investments endured a paper loss of over 100% for the fiscal year ending in June, 2008.

The article reports on the plan of Harvard Management Co. to purchase a larger portion of Northern California forest with its $35 billion endowment if a court approves an auction of the land as part of the bankruptcy case of Pacific Lumber Co. A subsidiary of Pacific Lumber indicated in court papers filed in March 2008 that Harvard Management is a potential bidder for the land. Another bidder for the real property is a consortium that comprises the Nature Conservancy, Bank of America Corp. and Save the Redwoods League.

Reports on the use of Arundo donax reeds as a green power source in Jacksonville, Florida. Arundo-related problems which have occurred in California, which blames the reed for fueling wildfires, causing floods and killing fish; Fast growth of Arundo; Other uses of Arundo, including paper and building products; Eradication efforts in California.

Questions why institutions such as journals and the rules of scientific collaboration have failed to catch and discourage scientific fraud. Finding that physicist Jan Hendrik Schön of Bell Labs at Lucent fabricated and falsified data on molecular transistors; Discovery that the 1999 identification of the element 118 atom at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab was based on falsified data; Biomedical frauds in the 1980s; Co-authors on scientific papers; Role of journalists in unethical behavior.

Reports on the sale of holdings of commercial paper which were issued by California utility companies. Fears that the mutual funds which contained the holdings would decrease in value, in light of the energy crisis in California; Impact of the default of Southern California Edison Co. on the funds; Sale of the funds by Zurich Scudder Investments and Founders Asset Management.

Reports on the expectations of news paper workers of San Francisco's two dailies to end their strike against the management. Ratification of the agreement by the striking workers; Information on the settlement between the unions and the management.