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Reports on the impact of the legal controversy between the `San Francisco Chronicle' and `San Francisco Examiner' on the newspaper publishing industry of San Francisco, California. Accelerated plans of the `San Jose Mercury News' to publish a zoned edition; Joint marketing and distribution deal launched by Knight Ridder and the `Los Angeles Times.'

Reports on the decision of a federal court jury in San Francisco, Calif. to award a gay and lesbian newspaper `Bay Times,' in its suit against police chief Richard Hongisto. Hongisto's order to seize copies of the paper due to his rage over his caricature; Denials from Hongisto.

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.