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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 5651 77150 SH SOLE 77150
AT&T Corp Liberty Media Group COM 001957208 1631 90600 SH SOLE 90600
Abbott Laboratories COM 002824100 22801 479400 SH SOLE 479400
Adventure Seek COM aseek 2277 2277000 SH SOLE 2277000
Agilent Technologies Inc. COM 00846U101 291 5951 SH SOLE 5951
Albertsons, Inc. COM 013104104 245 11663 SH SOLE 11663
Alza Corporation Class A COM 022615108 251 2900 SH SOLE 2900
America Online COM 02364J104 14692 273345 SH SOLE 273345
American Home Products Corp. COM 026609107 1397 24700 SH SOLE 24700
American International Group COM 026874107 5003 52286 SH SOLE 52286
Amgen Inc. COM 031162100 52365 749912 SH SOLE 749912
Anderson Tully COM 034159103 2172 7 SH SOLE 7
Anheuser Busch Cos. Inc. COM 035229103 10064 237856 SH SOLE 237856
Arthur J Gallagher & Co. COM 363576109 246 4164 SH SOLE 4164
Aurora Flight Sciences (from G COM AuroraCs7 209 104660 SH SOLE 104660
Automatic Data Processing Inc. COM 053015103 59549 890456 SH SOLE 890456
BJ Wholesale Club COM 05548j106 7521 220407 SH SOLE 220407
Bank One COM 06423a103 1022 26465 SH SOLE 26465
BankAmerica Corp. (New) COM 060505104 1150 21962 SH SOLE 21962
Baxter International Inc. COM 071813109 7878 98709 SH SOLE 98709
Beckman Coulter, Inc. COM 075811109 1373 17800 SH SOLE 17800
Becton Dickinson & Co COM 075887109 23567 891420 SH SOLE 891420
Bel Fuse Inc. Class B COM 077347300 275 7130 SH SOLE 7130
Bellsouth Corp. COM 079860102 502 12460 SH SOLE 12460
Berkshire Hathaway Class A COM 084670108 98339 1527 SH SOLE 1527
Berkshire Hathaway Class B COM 084670207 1110 536 SH SOLE 536
BestFoods Inc. COM 08658u101 2401 33000 SH SOLE 33000
Biomet Inc. COM 090613100 212 6050 SH SOLE 6050
Bristol Myers Squibb Co. COM 110122108 18155 317820 SH SOLE 317820
CMG Information Services COM 125750109 4341 155400 SH SOLE 155400
Care-Mail, Inc. COM care-mail 700 700000 SH SOLE 700000
Cheese Cake Factory, Inc. COM 163072101 454 10500 SH SOLE 10500
Chevron Corp. COM 166751107 2536 29742 SH SOLE 29742
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 74350 1345700 SH SOLE 1345700
CitiGroup Inc. COM 172967101 771 14265 SH SOLE 14265
Coca Cola Company COM 191216100 17203 312075 SH SOLE 312075
Coherent Inc COM 192479103 1020 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Costco Companies Inc. COM 22160k105 19576 560320 SH SOLE 560320
Cox Communications Inc. COM 224044107 596 15593 SH SOLE 15593
Crowley Maritime Corp. COM 228090106 1571 2345 SH SOLE 2345
DeltaGen Inc. COM 24783r103 191260 6182151 SH SOLE 6182151
Disney Walt COM 254687106 64662 1690511 SH SOLE 1690511
EMC Corp. Mass. COM 268648102 39373 397210 SH SOLE 397210
Ecolab, Inc. COM 278865100 2417 67032 SH SOLE 67032
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. COM 28176e108 298 13660 SH SOLE 13660
Eli Lilly & Co COM 532457108 1476 18200 SH SOLE 18200
Enron Corp COM 293561106 72245 824485 SH SOLE 824485
Exxon Mobil COM 30231g102 6036 67730 SH SOLE 67730
Farmer Bros. Co. COM 307675108 11607 64483 SH SOLE 64483
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Lo COM 308243104 4090 2045 SH SOLE 2045
First National Bank of Anchora COM 322387101 6345 7252 SH SOLE 7252
Fisher Cos COM 337756209 9243 128372 SH SOLE 128372
Fran's Healthy Helpings COM Frans 792 792000 SH SOLE 792000
Franklin Resources COM 354613101 3701 83300 SH SOLE 83300
Gannett Company, Inc. COM 364730101 10287 194090 SH SOLE 194090
Gazoontite COM gazoontit 4310 4310290 SH SOLE 4310290
General Electric Co. COM 369604103 4986 86436 SH SOLE 86436
Georgia-Pacific Timber Group COM 373298702 218 8129 SH SOLE 8129
Gillette Co. COM 375766102 6493 210300 SH SOLE 210300
Grey Global Group Inc. COM 39787m108 3883 6265 SH SOLE 6265
Guidant COM 401698105 10080 142604 SH SOLE 142604
Hershey Foods COM 427866108 2999 55400 SH SOLE 55400
Hewlett-Packard Company COM 428236103 5356 55216 SH SOLE 55216
Home Depot COM 437076102 81359 1533273 SH SOLE 1533273
Ingles Markets Class A COM 457030104 209 19012 SH SOLE 19012
Intel Corp. COM 458140100 99470 2393270 SH SOLE 2393270
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 45460 483944 SH SOLE 483944
K.C.S. Energy, Inc. COM 482434206 55 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Keweenaw Land Assoc. COM 493026108 1272 31015 SH SOLE 31015
Lee Enterprises Inc. COM 523768109 10972 379975 SH SOLE 379975
McClatchy Company Cl. A COM 579489105 309 8790 SH SOLE 8790
McDonalds Corp. COM 580135101 19861 657920 SH SOLE 657920
Media General Inc. Cl. A COM 584404107 283 6593 SH SOLE 6593
Medtronic Inc. COM 585055106 111467 2151356 SH SOLE 2151356
Merck & Company Inc. COM 589331107 66608 894822 SH SOLE 894822
Methanex Corp. COM 59151k108 101 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 57971 961176 SH SOLE 961176
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Dis COM 617446448 256 2800 SH SOLE 2800
Morgan Stanley S&P 500 PEEQS-M COM 617446bg3 547 3695 SH SOLE 3695
Mycotech (From GEF) COM Mycotech6 233 233365 SH SOLE 233365
Northern Border Ptnr LP ULPI COM 664785102 574 18150 SH SOLE 18150
Omni Nutraceuticals Inc. COM 68212m102 700 400000 SH SOLE 400000
Pepsico Incorporated COM 713448108 1506 32750 SH SOLE 32750
Pfizer Inc. COM 717081103 81135 1805500 SH SOLE 1805500
Pitney Bowes, Inc. COM 724479100 4652 117964 SH SOLE 117964
Plum Creek COM 729251108 21978 985000 SH SOLE 985000
Procter & Gamble Co. COM 742718109 449 6706 SH SOLE 6706
Pulitzer Publishing Inc. COM 745769109 2563 59666 SH SOLE 59666
Regional Cablesystems Inc. COM 758931208 212 31317 SH SOLE 31317
Schering Plough Corp. COM 806605101 1916 41200 SH SOLE 41200
Scripps Co. (E.W.) COM 811054204 1350 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Smucker (J.M.) Class B COM 832696207 368 15154 SH SOLE 15154
Sporgit COM cybele 2500 2500000 SH SOLE 2500000
Standard & Poors Depository Re COM 78462f103 360 2508 SH SOLE 2508
State Street Corp. COM 857477103 1092 8400 SH SOLE 8400
Student Advantage COM 86386q105 1423 192921 SH SOLE 192921
Sun MicroSystems COM 866810104 817 7000 SH SOLE 7000
Target Corp. COM 87612e106 15409 601320 SH SOLE 601320
Time Warner Inc. COM 887315109 5962 76190 SH SOLE 76190
Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. COM 890516107 252 6427 SH SOLE 6427
United Parcel Service COM 911312106 454 8050 SH SOLE 8050
Universal Knowledge COM universal 500 250000 SH SOLE 250000
Verizon Communications COM 92343v104 376 7760 SH SOLE 7760
Wal Mart Stores, Inc. COM 931142103 895 18600 SH SOLE 18600
Washington Post Co., Class B COM 939640108 15047 28505 SH SOLE 28505
Wesco Financial Corp. COM 950817106 6629 26410 SH SOLE 26410
Whole Foods Market COM 966837106 34607 644600 SH SOLE 644600
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 17473 233361 SH SOLE 233361
Z-Box COM ebox 3000 3000000 SH SOLE 3000000
B.P. Amoco FS 055622104 4306 81254 SH SOLE 81254
Cadbury Schwepps PLC ADR FS 127209302 5912 245680 SH SOLE 245680
Concordia Paper Holdings Spons FS 206575102 5 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Elsevier NV ADR FS 290259100 1951 86000 SH SOLE 86000
Glaxo Wellcome Plc ADR FS 37733W105 1888 31240 SH SOLE 31240
Grupo Radio Centro SA-SP ADR FS 40049C102 115 10780 SH SOLE 10780
Loreal Co. ADR FS 502117203 10727 691100 SH SOLE 691100
Nestle Spon ADR Rep FS 641069406 60242 578470 SH SOLE 578470
Nokia Corp. Cl. A ADR FS 654902204 33029 829608 SH SOLE 829608
Novo Nordisk ADR FS 670100205 27696 249517 SH SOLE 249517
PT Squibb Indonesia-FGN FS 99y042767 33 83500 SH SOLE 83500
Pearson PLC ADR FS 705015105 2882 102246 SH SOLE 102246
Royal Dutch Pete. SH PAR GLD FS 780257804 643 10720 SH SOLE 10720
Surgutneftegaz Prf. ADR FS 868861105 511 39165 SH SOLE 39165
Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras A FS 879287308 484 6119 SH SOLE 6119
Tomra Systems ADR FS 889905204 5261 160000 SH SOLE 160000
Unilever N.V. 4 Gldrs. NY Shar FS 904784709 17626 365298 SH SOLE 365298
VNU N.V. (Verenigde Nederlands FS 62945K202 8787 171047 SH SOLE 171047
Vodafone Group PLC FS 92857w100 10649 287800 SH SOLE 287800
Weetabix FS WEETABIXC 4705 149380 SH SOLE 149380
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