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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.

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..

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.

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.

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.

Introduces `Gallup Graphics', a color graphics newspaper of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate in Los Angeles, California.

Reports on the 1994 newspaper in education (NIE) program by Copley Los Angeles Newspapers called `Tackle Geography' that has enabled 50,000 American elementary and high school students to improve their geographical knowledge. Strategies used to help the students in learning; Topics covered by the program.

Reports on the `Daily Bruin' newspaper's article on the release of documents of four sexual harassment claims that were paid out between 1989 and 1993 by the University of California in Los Angeles. Revelations in the records; Terms of settlement between victims and harassers.

Discusses the performance of various Los Angeles, California newspapers during the January 17, 1994 earthquake. Continued service to the public; Production facilities shared between newspapers; Presence of a spirit of camaraderie among newsmen.

Discusses how the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) moved from an outdated, paper-driven collection development process into a streamlined, automated model. Launch of TLC/CARL's Online Selection and Acquisitions (OSA), a vendor-neutral, web-based collection management module; Benefits of the system, which LAPL uses in conjunction with CARL.Solution automation software.

Los Angeles, California's Loyola Marymount University has received $20 million for a new library from two foundations established by local real estate developer and philanthropist William Hannon. The donation is the lead gift for the new William Hannon Library, a project estimated at $44 million. The library will include collaborative study spaces with Internet access, a 24-hour study room, and other special areas designated for group use of music and video materials. Officials said nearly all paper-based resources will be housed in the automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS) unit, along with selected archival materials and a wide range of media formats. Hannon's foundation also will give Santa Clara University (SCU), located in Silicon Valley, $4 million for its new library.

Reports on the plan of Tribune Inc. to launch its national Spanish-language daily tabloid "Hoy" in Los Angeles, California in March 2004. Circulation of the New York City edition of the paper as of January 26, 2004; Comment from "Hoy" publisher Louis Sito about the paper; Competitor of Tribune.

Reports on the changes in the management structure at `Los Angeles Times' newspaper after control of the paper's parent company passes to Tribune Co. Controversy over a revenue-sharing deal that hurt publisher Kathryn M. Downing and editor Michael Parks; Appointment of executives John Puerner and John Carroll as publisher and editor, respectively; Career highlights.

Reports on the effect of the January 17, 1994 earthquake on various Los Angeles, California newspaper printing plants. Production-distribution burdens of the `Los Angeles Times' newspaper; Closure of `Daily News' advertising sales, newsroom, and prepress; Alternative production sites of the papers; Manner of transmitting reports.

Reports on the publication of Los Angeles newspapers despite the earthquake on January 17, 1994. `Daily News'; `Los Angeles Times'; Extra edition of the `San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune'; `Daily Breeze'; Damages sustained by the papers' buildings and printing plants.

The article describes the architectural design project of American architect Frederick Fisher in Los Angeles, California. Fisher satisfies the Angeleno traits by balancing blythe construction practice and an opportunistic use of materials against the topographical and urban instability of the region. The paper provides relevant photographs, floor plans and architectural renderings of his projects.

The article focuses on the results of a survey of 75 former staffers of the newspaper "Los Angeles Times" in California conducted by the Journalism Shop, an online resource that match ex-staffers with organizations that seek freelance journalism, corporate writing or design work. According to the results, nearly three-quarters of the respondents were laid off. It notes that only 11 out 75 ex-staffers were able to land full-time job. It notes that 27% of those surveyed reported some sort of health problem after leaving the paper.

Provides information on the 113th Audio Engineering Society Convention to be held on October 5-8, 2002 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California. Key note address to be delivered at the convention; Information on the exhibition to be featured in the event; Workshops and papers to be delivered.

Highlights the Wescon trade show, which was held in Los Angeles, California in 1960. Number of authors and panelists scheduled to speak; Papers presented by Motorola and Fairchild Semiconductors on their microelectronics techniques; Excerpt of an article from the August 3, 1960 issue of `Electronic Design' magazine. INSET: Services Spelling Out Micromin Plans.

Reports on former `Los Angeles Times' periodical publisher Otis Chandler's rebuke of the paper's leadership for its ill-fated decision to share profits from a Sunday magazine with the Staples Center sports arena, the magazine's subject. Credibility-damaging potential of the deal; Chandler's emergence from self-imposed silence.

Reports that some of the strongest statements yet by `Los Angeles Times' editors over the controversial Staples Center deal came out in a `San Francisco Examiner' story. Reaction to the the paper's deal to share revenues; Proof that corporate people have taken an operative role in the newspaper; Comments from Times' sports editor Bill Dwyre.

This article provides information on print and outdoor campaign of Evian bottled water, marketed by Great Brands of Europe in the U.S. in 1999. Evian introduces an estimated $20 million print and outdoor campaign with the new tagline and a fresh creative tack. The work from Messner Vetere Berger McNamee Schmetterer/Euro RSCG features Evian water being used for luxurious purposes. One advertising shows a bartender making a mixed drink by combining the contents of a large and small bottle of Evian into a martini glass. In the background, his entire bar supply is made up of Evian bottles. The new effort breaks in May 1999 issues of consumer magazines such as Allure, Paper and Detour and on outdoor boards in Los Angeles, California and New York.

Features Joseph Caprioli, professor of ophthamology at the UCLA School of Medicine, who was awarded the 1997 Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize for the most outstanding research published in 1996. Details on Caprioli's paper; Information about the Foundation who sponsors the award.

Reports on the marketwide advertising campaign launched by DDB Needham Worldwide for the `Los Angeles Times.' Description of the advertisements; Comments of advertising and marketing heads Janis Heaphy and Jeffrey S. Klein about the advertisements; Emphasis of the advertisements around the paper's editorial content.