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Reports on the increase in the number of members of the Associated Buyers Co-op, a Moraga, California-based newsprint-buying cooperative.

Reports on former `San Jose Mercury News' business columnist Chris Nolan's criticism of the paper in a letter to the editor. Dismissal of Nolan after investing in a friend's Internet company; Allegation that the newspaper failed to disclose its investments that might appear as a conflict with news coverage; Profit derived by Nolan from her investment in AutoWeb.com.

Reports the contempt-of-court charge against Santa Cruz County Sentinel newspaper in California. Grounds of the charges; Efforts of the Child Protective Services and the Board of Supervisors to drop the civil contempt charges; Consideration of the court on the removal of Superior Court Judge John Stevens as requested by the paper.

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.

Focuses on the impact of antitrust law on the sale of the San Francisco Chronicle in San Francisco, California. Need for a regulatory approval to eliminate a newspaper; Doubts of MediaNews Group and Knight Ridder in buying the paper; Worth of the television stations of Chronicle Publishing; Speculations of the sale of the whole company.

Reports on the newsprint donated by Smurfit Newsprint Corp. to the Graphic Communications Department at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Usage of the newsprint; Details on the deal.

Reports on the `San Francisco Bay Guardian's lawsuit against the city and county of San Francisco, California because a contractor allegedly removed nearly 50 ads from municipal buses. Seeking of reimbursement for money spent on the campaign; Alleged violation of the paper's rights and breaking of its contract for leasing advertising space.

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 approval by the Compost Agricultural Steering Committee of the California Organics Recycling Council of a set of compost quality guidelines for general agricultural use by compost producers. Applicability to compost products made from any feedstock such as clean yard trimmings, food scraps, paper, wood, biosolids and other municipal solid waste (MSW) materials.

Reports on the triple increase in recyclables and yard trimmings collections in the West Valley area of Santa Clara County in California in 1995 as a result of program expansions. Addition of mixed paper collections in the curbside recycling program; Municipalities included in the program; Adoption of a variable rate refuse fee by certain municipalities.

Reports that many businesses in California have moved into `pavilion' tents and other buildings that were still habitable, to remain in business while reconstruction is taking place. Book shop Santa Cruz; Logos Books and Records; Plaza Books-Paper Vision; Chanticleer Books for the Young; The lull in rebuilding; Business and spirits down.

Reports on the development of online services as a result of newspaper workers strike at the `San Francisco Chronicle' and `San Francisco Examiner' offices in California. Conference of Newspaper Union's launch of the San Francisco Free Press On-Line Edition on the Internet; San Francisco Newspaper Agency's development of The Gate online service; Machinists union's settlement with the papers.

Focuses on the regional news service launched by Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service for California papers in 1998. Materials included; Sources of articles for the news service.

Reports on the advertising policies of the `San Diego Weekly Reader,' a San Diego, California-based alternative newspaper owned by Jim Holman. Paper's conservative stand; Holman's commitment to policing the morality of advertisements; Political advertisements; Newspaper's editorial content.

Reports that Eureka, California's `TimesStandard' newspaper managing editor Rex Wilson was fired after the paper ran a cartoon of a lap dancer astride a bar patron, intended as a commentary on a controversial owner Tom Great Razooly of the Tip Top Club, a topless nightclub. Newspaper publisher Mark Rochmond's reason for firing Wilson; Wilson's editorial apology to readers; Newspapers' responsibilities to readers.

Reports on the reactions of school authorities in San Francisco, California and journalism adviser Katharine Swan to the selection of Mission High School's `West Wing' paper for the Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award. School authorities' rejection of the award; Swan's decision to accept the award; Explanation that the award was meant for Swan and not for the school.

Reports on Riverside County, California-based `Press-Enterprise' newspaper's victory in a lawsuit against the Moreno Valley School Board over the latter's refusal to disclose a meeting with the paper. Board's violation of the state's Brown Act on open meetings law; Background on the case.

Reports on how the `San Francisco Examiner' newspaper was instrumental in helping the entire staff of a high school newspaper to travel to New York City to collect a special reporting award. Columbia Scholastic Press Advisers Association's selection of Mission High School's `West Wing' student paper as recipient of its Edmund J. Sullivan Award; Move by the `Examiner' to publish a story on the staff's financial difficulties.

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.

Reports on `San Jose Mercury News' newspaper's lawsuit against the city council of Sunnyvale, California to gain access to records and information of closed meetings that led to the banishment from city hall of councilwoman Frances Rowe. State law governing privacy in personnel matters; Agreement by city council of Union City in East Bay to settle closed-meeting challenge by paper.

Reports that `San Francisco Chronicle' has dropped its street-sale price from 50 cents to 25 cents in an effort to make up sales losses from the Major League Baseball strike. Sale of the discounted papers at Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART) and at the Municipal Railway (MUNI) stations; Increase in BART and MUNI's sales since the start of the program.

Reports on Senatorial candidate Michael Huffington's newspaper advertisements accusing the California-based `San Francisco Chronicle' newspaper of wrongly criticizing him. Issue of a 1985 `sanctuary resolution' signed by former Mayor Dianne Feinstein; `Chronicle' editorial admitting the paper's mistake in its story about the sanctuary issue.

Reports on the court victory of the `Oakland Tribune' newspaper in its lawsuit to overturn a boycott of the paper by the Oakland, California City Council. Violation of the National Labor Relations Act by the city council; Newspaper's request for compensatory and punitive damages; Council's accusation that the newspaper is anti-labor.

Relates that burning papers stuffed into a book drop were blamed by firefighters for a fire at the E.P. Foster branch library in Ventura, California in September 1996. Losses assessed at $2,000; Decision by Library Manager Donna Roff to keep the drop box closed when the library is closed.

This paper deals with the poll conducted by reporter Mike Cassidy among San Jose, California librarians on unlikely things that books patrons return to the library. Deputy City Librarian Richard Rendler's greatest find was a ham-and-cheese sandwich. Rendler was emptying the book drop when he made the find. Judy Kristofferson, Almaden branch manager, reported that when she worked at the Washington State Library she had seen uncooked bacon strips used as bookmarks. Many items found are obviously important to the patrons, items such as photos of babies, weddings and families. Receipts, paycheck stubs, credit cards, wallets, hotel room keys, homework and money are found regularly. Jeanne LoFranco, circulation supervisor, added that staff spend a great deal of time and effort attempting to return personal possessions to patrons. In San Jose, the five most common finds are: library cards, homework, personal bookmarks, mail and money.

Reports that a dispute between the University of California/Berkeley library and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) may threaten research libraries' abilities to build archives of scholars' papers. Focus and details of the dispute; Arguments of Berkeley library officials and NARA; Comments of Joseph A. Rosenthal, Berkeley university librarian.

Reports on the purchase of the papers of singer Rudy Vallee by the Thousand Oaks Library in California.

Features the Paperport, a scanner to help manage paperwork.