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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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AMBAC INC. COM 023139108 4229 77150 SH SOLE 77150
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Group COM 001957208 2102 86700 SH SOLE 86700
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 21314 478300 SH SOLE 478300
Adventure Seek COM aseek 2277 2277000 SH SOLE 2277000
Agilent Technologies Inc. COM 00846U101 229 3103 SH SOLE 3103
Albertsons, Inc. COM 013104104 3173 95426 SH SOLE 95426
America Online COM 02364J104 14486 274945 SH SOLE 274945
American Home Products Corp. COM 026609107 1490 25355 SH SOLE 25355
American International Group COM 026874107 4096 34858 SH SOLE 34858
Amgen Inc. COM 031162100 52746 750832 SH SOLE 750832
Anderson Tully COM 034159103 2172 7 SH SOLE 7
Anheuser Busch Cos. Inc. COM 035229103 8875 118825 SH SOLE 118825
Aurora Flight Sciences (from G COM AuroraCs7 419 104660 SH SOLE 104660
Automatic Data Processing Inc. COM 053015103 47631 889256 SH SOLE 889256
BJ Wholesale Club COM 05548j106 7273 220407 SH SOLE 220407
Bank One COM 06423a103 706 26570 SH SOLE 26570
BankAmerica Corp. (New) COM 060505104 919 21362 SH SOLE 21362
Baxter International Inc. COM 071813109 6529 92850 SH SOLE 92850
Becton Dickinson & Co COM 075887109 26767 933055 SH SOLE 933055
Bellsouth Corp. COM 079860102 476 11160 SH SOLE 11160
Berkshire Hathaway Class A COM 084670108 86618 1610 SH SOLE 1610
Berkshire Hathaway Class B COM 084670207 1031 586 SH SOLE 586
BestFoods Inc. COM 08658u101 2285 33000 SH SOLE 33000
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 18519 317930 SH SOLE 317930
CMG Information Services COM 125750109 8253 180140 SH SOLE 180140
Care-Mail, Inc. COM care-mail 700 700000 SH SOLE 700000
Cheese Cake Factory, Inc. COM 163072101 289 10500 SH SOLE 10500
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 2438 28742 SH SOLE 28742
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 85396 1343500 SH SOLE 1343500
CitiGroup Inc. COM 172967101 698 11580 SH SOLE 11580
Coca Cola Company COM 191216100 17925 312075 SH SOLE 312075
Coherent Inc COM 192479103 1258 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Costco Companies Inc. COM 22160k105 17506 530500 SH SOLE 530500
Cox Communications Inc. COM 224044107 731 16038 SH SOLE 16038
Crowley Maritime Corp. COM 228090106 2120 2356 SH SOLE 2356
Cybele Group COM cybele 2500 2500000 SH SOLE 2500000
Deltagen COM DeltaGen9 8700 8700000 SH SOLE 8700000
Disney Walt COM 254687106 65613 1690511 SH SOLE 1690511
EMC Corp. Mass. COM 268648102 30560 397210 SH SOLE 397210
Ecolab, Inc. COM 278865100 2636 67483 SH SOLE 67483
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. COM 28176e108 290 15660 SH SOLE 15660
Eli Lilly & Co COM 532457108 320 3200 SH SOLE 3200
Enron Corp COM 293561106 53377 827556 SH SOLE 827556
Exxon Mobil COM 30231g102 5353 68190 SH SOLE 68190
Farmer Bros. Co. COM 307675108 11285 64483 SH SOLE 64483
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Lo COM 308243104 3783 2045 SH SOLE 2045
First National Bank of Anchora COM 322387101 6636 7252 SH SOLE 7252
Fisher Cos COM 337756209 10203 133372 SH SOLE 133372
Fran's Healthy Helpings COM Frans 792 792000 SH SOLE 792000
Franklin Resources COM 354613101 2545 83800 SH SOLE 83800
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 396 6362 SH SOLE 6362
Gannett Company, Inc. COM 364730101 11620 194270 SH SOLE 194270
Gazoontite COM gazoontit 4310 4310290 SH SOLE 4310290
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 4486 84636 SH SOLE 84636
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 7347 210300 SH SOLE 210300
Grey Advertising Inc. COM 397838103 3379 6498 SH SOLE 6498
Guidant COM 401698105 7059 142604 SH SOLE 142604
Healthshop.com COM healthsho 1447 7237000 SH SOLE 7237000
Hershey Foods COM 427866108 2687 55400 SH SOLE 55400
Hewlett-Packard Company COM 428236103 861 6896 SH SOLE 6896
Home Depot COM 437076102 76433 1530573 SH SOLE 1530573
Ingles Markets Class A COM 457030104 208 19888 SH SOLE 19888
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 162836 1218035 SH SOLE 1218035
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 48741 478444 SH SOLE 478444
K.C.S. Energy, Inc. COM 482434206 34 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Keweenaw Land Assoc. COM 493026108 1231 31355 SH SOLE 31355
Lee Enterprises Inc. COM 523768109 8585 368250 SH SOLE 368250
Lucent Technologies, Inc. COM 549463107 207 3500 SH SOLE 3500
McDonalds Corp. COM 580135101 21643 657080 SH SOLE 657080
Media General Inc. Cl. A COM 584404107 331 6816 SH SOLE 6816
Media One Group Inc. COM 58440j104 256 3830 SH SOLE 3830
Medtronic Inc. COM 585055106 107050 2149056 SH SOLE 2149056
Merck & Company Inc. COM 589331107 68550 894612 SH SOLE 894612
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 76831 960386 SH SOLE 960386
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM 617446448 233 2800 SH SOLE 2800
Morgan Stanley S&P 500 PEEQS-M COM 617446bg3 536 3695 SH SOLE 3695
Mycotech (From GEF) COM Mycotech6 583 233365 SH SOLE 233365
Northern Border Ptnr LP ULPI COM 664785102 236 8650 SH SOLE 8650
Pepsico Incorporated COM 713448108 1904 42854 SH SOLE 42854
Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 86587 1803900 SH SOLE 1803900
Pitney Bowes, Inc. COM 724479100 4742 118549 SH SOLE 118549
Plum Creek COM 729251108 25610 985000 SH SOLE 985000
Primedia Inc. COM 74157K101 1479 65000 SH SOLE 65000
Procter & Gamble Co. COM 742718109 275 4800 SH SOLE 4800
Pulitzer Publishing Inc. COM 745769109 2517 59666 SH SOLE 59666
Regional Cablesystems Inc. COM 758931208 320 32081 SH SOLE 32081
Rosenwald Partners COM rosenwald 40 40000 SH SOLE 40000
Safeguard Scientifics Inc. COM 786449108 971 30300 SH SOLE 30300
Schering Plough Corp. COM 806605101 2086 41300 SH SOLE 41300
Scripps Howard Inc. Class A COM 811054204 1231 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Smucker (J.M.) Class B COM 832696207 299 15963 SH SOLE 15963
Student Advantage COM stad 4049 553721 SH SOLE 553721
Sun MicroSystems COM 866810104 464 5100 SH SOLE 5100
Target Corp. COM 87612e106 17418 300310 SH SOLE 300310
Texas Instruments Inc. COM 882508104 8297 120800 SH SOLE 120800
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 5821 76590 SH SOLE 76590
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. COM 890516107 243 6935 SH SOLE 6935
United Parcel Service COM 911312106 419 7100 SH SOLE 7100
Universal Knowledge COM universal 500 250000 SH SOLE 250000
Wal Mart Stores, Inc. COM 931142103 1055 18300 SH SOLE 18300
Washington Post Co., Class B COM 939640108 13601 28455 SH SOLE 28455
Wesco Financial Corp. COM 950817106 5012 24450 SH SOLE 24450
Whole Foods Market COM 966837106 26642 644900 SH SOLE 644900
Wild Planet COM WlidPlan8 600 400000 SH SOLE 400000
Wild Planet (From Nico) COM WildPlane 450 300000 SH SOLE 300000
Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Co. COM 982526105 18713 233361 SH SOLE 233361
Z-Box COM ebox 2772 2772000 SH SOLE 2772000
B.P. Amoco FS 055622104 4596 81254 SH SOLE 81254
Cadbury Schwepps PLC ADR FS 127209302 6464 246234 SH SOLE 246234
Concordia Paper Holdings Spons FS 206575102 5 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Elsevier NV ADR FS 290259100 2123 86000 SH SOLE 86000
Glaxo Wellcome Plc ADR FS 37733W105 1806 31240 SH SOLE 31240
Grupo Radio Centro SA-SP ADR FS 40049C102 127 11260 SH SOLE 11260
Loreal Co. ADR FS 502117203 12017 69110 SH SOLE 69110
Nestle Spon ADR Rep FS 641069406 58112 578830 SH SOLE 578830
Nokia Corp. Cl. A ADR FS 654902204 41156 824158 SH SOLE 824158
Novo Nordisk ADR FS 670100205 21084 249517 SH SOLE 249517
PT Squibb Indonesia-FGN FS 99y042767 33 83500 SH SOLE 83500
Pearson PLC ADR FS 705015105 2529 80500 SH SOLE 80500
Royal Dutch Pete. SH PAR GLD FS 780257804 663 10765 SH SOLE 10765
Surgutneftegaz Prf. ADR FS 868861105 531 40500 SH SOLE 40500
Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras A FS 879287308 596 6140 SH SOLE 6140
Tomra Systems ADR FS 889905204 4259 160000 SH SOLE 160000
Unilever N.V. 4 Gldrs. NY Shar FS 904784709 24352 566333 SH SOLE 566333
VNU N.V. (Verenigde Nederlands FS 62945K202 8771 171047 SH SOLE 171047
Vodafone Group PLC FS 92857w100 11727 283000 SH SOLE 283000
Weetabix FS WEETABIXC 5542 149380 SH SOLE 149380
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