News Observer

Adjudicated a Newspaper of General Circulation on July 2, 1991, Los Angeles Superior Court Decree, Case No. BS007262, Government Code 6023.

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Published every Thursday by The Observer Group Newspapers of Southern California, Inc.

Member: National Newspaper Publishers Assc. Associated Press, Better Business Bureau, GLAAACC

President: Ellen Coley

CEO: Jon Coley

Publisher/ Editor: James Luckey Jr. Operations Manager: James Luckey

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