Archives

This is the archive area for March 2000.

To read the issue in which you're interested, click on its date.

  • Volume 3, Number 35: March 6, 2000
      A crucial question in tomorrow's presidential primary is a Republican one, and simply put: How much of California's popular vote will flow to John McCain?

  • Volume 3, Number 36: March 13, 2000
      A rookie reporter three weeks on the job once interviewed the late Hans Doe, a legendary figure in Southern California water circles, a member of the Vista Irrigation District and a director of the Metropolitan Water District. "Listen, sonny," he snapped. "Most people in California don't know anything about water. They wouldn't recognize water unless it had bourbon in it."

  • Volume 3, Number 37: March 20, 2000
      When the Los Angeles Times was sold to The Tribune Co. of Chicago, the reaction among many, especially among journalists, was amazement. But in the end, it came down to one multibillion-dollar media company being purchased by another multibillion-dollar media company -- a familiar process in today's merger-happy economic environment.

  • Volume 3, Number 38: March 27, 2000
      Not surprisingly, those who watch politicians for a living -- reporters, government-reform advocates, pundits, bureaucrats and, occasionally, even real people -- are fond of focusing on the politicians' salaries and expenses, which are paid by the taxpayers.