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This article presents information regarding the presents of Mike Miller of Mike Miller Toyota, a major advertiser in the "Los Angeles Times", and Bob Zacky of the Zacky Farms chicken dynasty. Zacky of the Zacky Farms chicken dynasty. Many interpreted their presence in the Times's box as a form of corporate apology for the paper's aggressive reporting, which had allegedly upset both men recently. But even today, the Times remains a house of many mansions. Steve Wasserman runs a remarkably literate weekly book review section, for example, whose uncompromising ethos would seem to contradict everything that is said about the paper. It is a paper, in other words, with a lot of decline left in it, even though the Willes/Downing forces appear almost certain to prevail in the end.

Focuses on the strategy used by publisher Manchester Boddy to revive the newspaper "Illustrated Daily News" in Los Angeles, California in 1926. Improvements made by Boddy to the editorship of the newspaper; Actions taken by Boddy to obtain control of the paper; Career background of Boddy.

The article focuses on the yearlong energy crisis experienced by the state of California. During the crisis, reporters faced especially daunting challenges in moving information across this moat. A slowly evolving system of monopoly utility regulation, with carefully documented costs and profits, had been replaced by a complex network of markets in which electricity and risk were traded like pork bellies. When utilities operated as government-sanctioned monopolies, being a vigilant reporter mainly required looking over the shoulder of regulators whose job it was to make sure that utilities kept the lights on and costs dozen. The challenge was to extract readable stories from the regulators' quasi-judicial proceedings, in which agendas read like invoices from auto parts dealers and policy choices were buried inside of alternate rulings. Many newspapers, including the Contra Costa Times, normally give only limited coverage to the electricity industry. When the energy crisis hit, the newspaper's team responded by assigning three reporters-- one from the environment bureau, one from the state government bureau and one from the business section. In 1998, California launched its aggressive move to competition. At first, things went smoothly. Then, in the late spring of 2000, a sudden jump in wholesale power costs jolted electricity customers in the San Diego area. By the fall of 2000, the power shortages that hit San Diego were spreading throughout the state. As the state's electricity system crumbled, it was easy for reporters to find victims and tell their stories. The story was portrayed as a modern-day war between states. Soon this story line was strengthened when it surfaced that owners were shutting down power plants to create shortages and trading was raising prices. Covering these dimensions of the story taxed the resources and abilities of daily papers' newsroom staff, just at a time when economic slowdowns were driving down newspaper revenue.

Studies the challenges facing Joseph Farah, who has been editor of the Sacramento Union for a year. Liberal attacks on his paper, one of the few conservative dailies in the country; Complaints from former staff that Farah attempted to color news stories to fit the owner's conservative views; Focus on the paper's nonconformism on issues of morality; Farah's response.

Reports on the development of the weekly paper 'Los Angeles Examiner' by former Mayor Richard Riordan in Los Angeles, California. Reasons for the move of Riordan; Comments on the news coverage of rival 'Los Angeles Times'; Details on the setup of the paper.

The article discusses the agricultural newspaper "The Stanislaus Farm News," located in Stanislaus County, California. The author comments on the county's lack of interest in agricultural news and the lack of circulation of the newspaper based on its print-only format. Topics include the prospect of moving the newspaper to an online format, the impact of online social networks for the spread of agricultural news, and the paper based in Modesto, California called "The Modesto Bee."

The article discusses the fate of the "Los Angeles Times" and wonders if it is worth saving. The paper has been subject to cuts since it was bought in 2000 by the Tribune company. It is now in a deal to be bought by a Los Angeles (Calif.)-based investment group. The desire to be taken seriously has made the "Los Angeles Times" irrelevant in its own city, yet unable to compete with the "New York Times."

The article focuses on how actor Arnold Schwarzenegger campaign capitalized on his celebrity to make ordinary journalism so marginally relevant to the outcome of the 2003 governor recall elections in California. Any doubts about the definition of the political media of Schwarzenegger should have been dispelled not only by his use of a late night television show to make his announcement but by his first major news conference. The last gasp of the old political media in the campaign was a lengthy article in the "Los Angeles Times" newspaper that alleged a pattern of sexual harassment by Schwarzenegger directed women in and around his movie productions. The question, is whether the media frenzy will continue after Schwarzenegger takes office. But as the Schwarzenegger governorship begins, those in the political media will also have a shot. The reporters who covered the recall campaign for most of the larger California papers tended to be pure political reporters who specialize in campaigns. But once Scwarzenegger takes office, he will face the Capitol's resident press corps, some of whose members have been tracking legislation and administrative policy for decades.

Reports on the plans of former Los Angeles, California, Mayor Richard Riordan, popular among journalists, to put $5 million of his fortune towards starting a new weekly newspaper in Los Angeles, the 'L.A. Examiner.' Editors Ken Layne and Matt Welch, two experienced newspapermen who were pioneers in the online world of weblogs, have put together a colourful 52-page tabloid full of articles by an array of seasoned L.A. journalists and a few well-known outsiders, such as Billy Crystal. The aim, says Mr Layne, is to reflect the cultural energy of the city and, naturally, to cover local stories better than the existing media does. This is a reference to the 'Los Angeles Times,' the dominant local daily. Until October, 2002, Los Angeles had two free weekly "alternative" papers, the 'Los Angeles Weekly' and the 'New Times LA.'