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Reports that a district judge has permitted the release of secret Police Commission transcripts of its 1993 probe into allegations that Police Chief Tony Ribera repeatedly harassed Police Officer Joan Welsh. Lawsuit filed by Welsh against Ribera; San Francisco newspapers' support on the lawsuit; Opposition of Mayor Frank Jordan and the Police Commission on the opening of the transcripts.

Reports on the steps taken by California newspapers in preparation for a court battle regarding subpoenas they received for unpublished material from jail house interviews with an alleged kidnapper. Participation of the California Newspaper Publishers Association (CNPA); Background on the case involved.

Reports that a management official at California State University in Long Beach is demanding that the laboratory newspaper `Daily Forty-Niner' pay for the cost of picking up advertising inserts strewn around the campus. Journalism professor Wayne Kelly's contention that the newspaper cannot be held responsible for students who drop inserts on the ground; Claim that the issue is an intrusion on a free press.

Reports that a Sacramento Superior Court judge has ruled that the Medical Board of California must provide the newspapers `Los Angeles Times,' `Sacramento Bee' and `San Jose Mercury News' with requested lists of licensed doctors stored in government computers. Includes such facts as whether the physicians have lost malpractice suits or have been convicted of felonies.

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.

Reports on a photograph in the `San Francisco Chronicle' which made San Mateo County Municipal Judge Craig Parsons jail illegal driver Adalberto Lazo. Photo of Lazo driving off minutes after Parsons had told him not to drive without a license; Illegal drivers in California.

Reports on the formation of a network by the `Los Angeles Times,' Riverside `Press-Enterprise' and `an Bernardino `Sun' that will enable advertisers to reach 32.8% of all adults weekdays and 47.7% Sundays in the Los Angeles Area of Dominant Influence (ADI). Los Angeles ADI Newspaper Network; Test-marketing of network with Kelley-Clarke Inc.

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.

Reports on the termination of Jesse Oxfeld, a columnist for the Stanford University campus paper `Stanford Daily,' for writing in his column about student Chelsea Clinton, United States President Bill Clinton's daughter. Rule by editor Carolyn Sleeth that the paper ignore Clinton unless she involves herself in a newsworthy event; Spat between Oxfeld and Sleeth going back to the election that selected the paper's editor.

Presents the directive from administrators of the Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, California barring editors of the school paper `Silver Spur,' to publish a story about a sexually-assaulted freshman. Insufficiency of facts to back the story; Comments from the paper's editors on the absence of the story's merit.

Focuses on the lawsuit filed by John Woods, editor of the periodical `Canyon Call' at the Santa Clarita Community College in Los Angeles County, California, against student body president Allison Korse after an insert attacking the paper's editorial was slipped into copies of the paper in campus racks. Discouraging of readers from voting for an Associated Student Government (ASG) ballot.

Reports that an entire circulation of `Daily Californian,' the campus paper at the University of California at Berkeley, were stolen in protest of the newspaper's support of the ballot measure, Proposition 209 which would eliminate affirmative action for minorities and women in the California's public sector. Measures undertaken by the paper to prevent future vandalism; Suspects in the stealing.

Reports on the June 11, 1998 decertification of the San Diego Guild chapter of the Newspaper Guild-CWA by employees of the `San Diego Union-Tribune' in California. Meetings held by newspaper officials with employees over pay and benefits; Reaction of union supporters to the vote; History of wage conflict in the paper; Union disunity leading to the decertification. INSET: Guild still standing tall, despite loss..

Profiles Robert Lynch, publisher of the `Sonoma Index-Tribune' in Sonoma, Calif. History of the paper; Lynch's childhood; Impressions of Lynch on community journalism.

Focuses on the police complaint filed by Kevin Livingston, editor of newspaper `Golden Gater' at San Francisco State University, against the Pan Afrikan Student Union (PASU) in connection with a theft of 6,000 copies of the paper. Objection to headline over a letter to the editor; PASU president Troy Nkrumah's denial of responsibility for the missing papers.

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 that newspaper publishers have filed two separate lawsuits against the city of San Francisco, California to block the installation of multiple news racks to replace the single-paper fixtures the administration considers a street blight. Details on the lawsuits; List of newspapers involved in the lawsuit; Views of publishers on the action of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors.

Reports on the controversy regarding the satire written by Ivy Lee on the University of California at San Diego's campus newspaper `Momentum'. Satire of Asian-American males; Copies of the paper stolen and thrown in the garbage can by enraged students; Complaint filed in the Judicial Affairs of the University by the Momentum on David Lee; Freedom of the press as an issue; More.

Reports on a lawsuit filed by Bill Wong against `The Oakland Tribune,' publishers Alameda Newspaper Group for race discrimination in employment. Wong's termination from the company on unfounded grounds; Duration of Wong's employment in the paper.

Reports that John Burgess of the Santa Monica, California Press Democrat was replaced in the court photographers' pool following his paper's refusal to sell copies of unpublished trial photos. One photo among those in question being of convicted kidnap-murdered Richard Allan David making an obscene gesture to the media following his conviction; Response by Judy Peterson, the court's media coordinator.

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.

Reports the purchased of two KBA Colora towers by Desert Sun company in Palm Springs, California. Improvement of color capacity; Expansion of the pages of paper; Efforts of the company to provide quality output.

Focuses on Jay Harris's resignation as publisher of the California-based newspaper, 'San Jose Mercury News.' Response to Knight Ridder pressure to bring profits up; Refusal to create near-term savings at the expense of the paper's reputation; Decline of total advertising revenue at Knight Ridder in February 2001.

Discusses the efforts of the 'Ventura County Star' newspaper in Ventura County, California, to reward its readers. Contest to reward contributors to the paper's 75th-anniversary special section; Prize for winning readers.

Discusses the efforts of the 'San Jose Mercury News' newspaper to distribute and promote ethnic papers in the Silicon Valley area of California. Demographics of the newspapers' target markets; Leading ethnic newspapers in the market; Growth targets and strategies.

Details the wage bargaining agreement reached between the California-based `San Jose Mercury News' management and five unions representing the paper's employees. Annual wage raises agreed upon; Bonuses included in the agreement.

Focuses on the reassignment of english teacher Mike McGee for allowing the publication of a poem containing obscene words in the campus paper in California. Complaints of parents about the published poem; Actions taken by school administrators regarding the published poem; Details on the appeal made by McGee to review issue with the poem.

Focuses on the suspension of a jail sentence imposed on David Sommers, editor of the Sacramento-based California State University college paper `The State Hornet.' Pending appeal to the state's District Court of Appeal; Court order for Sommers to hand over unpublished notes and photographs of a campus arrest; Testing of the so-called shield law against the defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial.

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.

Reports on two former employees of California-based `San Jose Mercury News' Tracie Cone and Anna Marie dos Remedios' purchase of `The Pinnacle,' a free paper serving San Benito. Positions in the newspaper; Plans for `The Pinnacle'.

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.

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.

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.