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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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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1/10th Berkshire Hathaway (10= com 580 90 SH SOLE 90
A G Edwards Inc. com 281760108 229 4372 SH SOLE 4372
A T & T Corp com 001957109 1487 51265 SH SOLE 1312 49953
AES Corporation com 00130H105 1643 23980 SH SOLE 23980
Abbott Laboratories com 002824100 12182 256123 SH SOLE 256123
970 20400 SH OTHER 20400
Aegon Nv ADR com 007924103 1103 29720 SH SOLE 29720
Agilent Technologies com 00846U101 19473 397915 SH SOLE 7152 390763
44 900 SH OTHER 900
Albemarle Corp. com 012653101 866 42912 SH SOLE 42912
Albertson's Inc. com 013104104 1530 72873 SH SOLE 72873
10 500 SH OTHER 500
America Online com 02364J104 331 6150 SH SOLE 6150
American Express com 025816109 502 8268 SH SOLE 8268
American Greetings Cl A com 026375105 253 14450 SH SOLE 14450
American Home Products com 026609107 23002 407568 SH SOLE 9000 398568
880 15600 SH OTHER 15600
American International Group com 026874107 998 10433 SH SOLE 10433
Amgen Inc. com 031162100 1081 15475 SH SOLE 15475
Anheuser Busch Cos Inc com 035229103 2272 53696 SH SOLE 1200 52496
Aon Corp. com 037389103 213 5433 SH SOLE 5433
Arlen Corp com 041327107 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Associates First Capital com 046008108 3641 95818 SH SOLE 6586 89232
Automatic Data Processing com 053015103 3064 45821 SH SOLE 45821
Avery Dennison Corp com 053611109 2300 49595 SH SOLE 49595
BIKO Inc. com 090586108 2 12000 SH SOLE 12000
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR com 055622104 7132 134564 SH SOLE 134564
401 7560 SH OTHER 7560
BRE Properties Class A com 05564E106 3319 103732 SH SOLE 103732
Baldor Electric Co com 057741100 1092 53759 SH SOLE 14000 39759
Bank of America Corp com 060505104 5959 113778 SH SOLE 706 113072
Baxter International com 071813109 585 7335 SH SOLE 7335
296 3705 SH OTHER 3705
Becton Dickinson & Co com 075887109 529 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Bellsouth Corp com 079860102 3085 76182 SH SOLE 76182
383 9456 SH OTHER 9456
Bemis Inc com 081437105 710 22086 SH SOLE 22086
Berkshire Hathaway Inc com 084670108 19256 299 SH SOLE 299
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class com 084670207 1312 634 SH SOLE 634
199 96 SH OTHER 96
Bestfoods com 08658U101 2747 37762 SH SOLE 512 37250
Blackrock 2001 Term Tr com 092477108 185 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Boeing Company com 097023105 4259 66036 SH SOLE 8020 58016
Bristol Myers Squibb com 110122108 13051 226980 SH SOLE 8000 218980
Burlington Northern Santa Fe com 121897102 366 16983 SH SOLE 16983
Burlington Resources com 122014103 472 12831 SH SOLE 12831
Campbell Soup Co com 134429109 431 16664 SH SOLE 16664
Caterpillar Inc. com 149123101 629 20306 SH SOLE 20306
Celeritek Inc. com 150926103 867 23000 SH SOLE 23000
Charles Schwab Corp com 808513105 207 5836 SH SOLE 5836
Chase Manhattan Bank com 16161A108 1538 33306 SH SOLE 33306
Chevron Corp com 166751107 9741 114260 SH SOLE 5048 109212
Chris Craft Inds Inc com 170520100 2177 26432 SH SOLE 26432
Chubb Corp com 171232101 392 4948 SH SOLE 4948
Cigna Corp com 125509109 232 2219 SH SOLE 2219
Cisco Systems com 17275R102 6572 118945 SH SOLE 118945
442 8000 SH OTHER 8000
Citigroup Inc. com 172967101 4400 81389 SH SOLE 81389
City Holding Co com 177835105 115 16000 SH SOLE 16000
Clorox Co. com 189054109 226 5700 SH SOLE 5700
Coca-Cola Company com 191216100 3496 63426 SH SOLE 6200 57226
Colgate-Palmolive Co. com 194162103 495 10484 SH SOLE 10484
Comerica Inc com 200340107 324 5544 SH SOLE 5544
Computer Sciences com 205363104 252 3400 SH SOLE 3400
ConAgra Foods Inc. com 205887102 195 9738 SH SOLE 9738
210 10464 SH OTHER 10464
Conexant Systems Inc com 207142100 872 20830 SH SOLE 20830
Costco Wholesale Corp com 22160k105 526 15050 SH SOLE 15050
Cox Communications Inc New A com 224044107 778 20340 SH SOLE 20340
Crompton Corp com 227116100 148 18747 SH SOLE 18747
Crown Cork & Seal Company Inc com 228255105 161 15080 SH SOLE 15080
Curagen com 23126R101 21 400 SH SOLE 400
Dana Corp com 235811106 1459 67840 SH SOLE 67840
Deere & Co. com 244199105 273 8200 SH SOLE 8200
Dow Chemical Co com 260543103 616 24688 SH SOLE 24688
Du Pont (e.I.) De Nemours com 263534109 1235 30210 SH SOLE 30210
EMC Corporation com 268648102 523 5276 SH SOLE 5276
Eastman Kodak Company com 277461109 312 7624 SH SOLE 7624
Edison International com 281020107 709 36684 SH SOLE 1940 34744
15 800 SH OTHER 800
El Paso Energy Corp com 283695872 241 3908 SH SOLE 3908
Emerson Electric com 291011104 13400 200005 SH SOLE 7000 193005
Enron Corp com 293561106 828 9454 SH SOLE 922 8532
Equity Income Fund 1st Exch AT com 294700703 1154 7405 SH SOLE 7405
Ericsson Tel ADR com 294821301 241 16280 SH SOLE 16280
Ethyl Corp com 297659104 123 85824 SH SOLE 85824
Exxon Mobil Corp com 30231g102 29008 325531 SH SOLE 6100 319431
863 9686 SH OTHER 9686
FPL Group com 302571104 204 3100 SH SOLE 3100
Fannie Mae com 313586109 12281 171756 SH SOLE 4000 167756
93 1300 SH OTHER 1300
Farmers & Merchants Bank com 308243104 1060 530 SH SOLE 530
Federal Signal com 313855108 2078 104567 SH SOLE 12000 92567
22 1100 SH OTHER 1100
First American Bank Rosemead com 318514106 144 21504 SH SOLE 21504
First Security Corp com 336294103 660 40475 SH SOLE 40475
Firstar Corp com 33763V109 205 9150 SH SOLE 9150
Ford Motor Co. com 345370860 4689 183863 SH SOLE 9823 174040
Gannett & Co. com 364730101 5868 110710 SH SOLE 6600 104110
General Electric com 369604103 62933 1088567 SH SOLE 17800 1070767
General Motors Corp Class H com 370442832 248 6675 SH SOLE 6675
General Motors Corp. com 370442105 245 3772 SH SOLE 744 3028
Georgia-Pacific Corp com 373298108 943 40122 SH SOLE 40122
Georgia-Pacific Corp Timber Gr com 373298702 539 20061 SH SOLE 20061
Gillette Company com 375766102 1172 37965 SH SOLE 37965
H.J. Heinz com 423074103 6481 174866 SH SOLE 7800 167066
73 1970 SH OTHER 1970
Hewlett Packard com 428236103 90910 937221 SH SOLE 7400 929821
184 1900 SH OTHER 1900
High Income Opportunity Fund I com 42967Q105 218 24395 SH SOLE 24395
Home Depot Inc com 437076102 4591 86731 SH SOLE 86731
Honeywell International Inc com 438516106 5166 145005 SH SOLE 145005
IBM com 459200101 14335 127278 SH SOLE 7000 120278
IMS Health Inc com 449934108 288 13900 SH SOLE 13900
Illinois Tool Works com 452308109 252 4516 SH SOLE 4516
Insignia Solutions PLC ADR com 45766j107 134 21000 SH SOLE 21000
Intel Corp com 458140100 21648 520848 SH SOLE 12000 508848
J.P. Morgan & Co. com 616880100 13806 84504 SH SOLE 3700 80804
Johnson & Johnson com 478160104 14836 157939 SH SOLE 5500 152439
Kellogg Co com 487836108 1013 41867 SH SOLE 41867
215 8900 SH OTHER 8900
Keycorp com 493267108 3305 130566 SH SOLE 12000 118566
Kimberly Clark Corporation com 494368103 516 9252 SH SOLE 9252
Lilly Eli & Co com 532457108 1254 15454 SH SOLE 15454
Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. com 533900106 2673 200800 SH SOLE 200800
Loch Harris Inc com 539578203 8 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Lockeed Martin com 539830109 756 22934 SH SOLE 22934
Louisiana Pacific Corp com 546347105 615 66928 SH SOLE 66928
Lucent Technologies com 549463107 6218 203858 SH SOLE 10392 193466
MBIA Inc com 55262C100 1826 25675 SH SOLE 25675
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. com 571748102 24288 182960 SH SOLE 6000 176960
May Department Stores com 577778103 680 33150 SH SOLE 33150
McDonalds Corp. com 580135101 11848 392481 SH SOLE 12000 380481
924 30600 SH OTHER 30600
Merck & Company com 589331107 16504 221722 SH SOLE 4000 217722
Meredith Corp. com 589433101 788 26720 SH SOLE 26720
Microsoft Corp com 594918104 3562 59054 SH SOLE 59054
145 2400 SH OTHER 2400
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturi com 604059105 9269 101715 SH SOLE 3860 97855
407 4470 SH OTHER 4470
Molex Inc. com 608554101 217 3985 SH SOLE 3985
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C com 24240V101 343 3750 SH SOLE 3750
Motorola Inc. com 620076109 5898 203832 SH SOLE 203832
107 3700 SH OTHER 3700
National City Corporation com 635405103 520 23500 SH SOLE 23500
Nestle Sponsored ADR com 641069406 865 8046 SH SOLE 8046
New Plan Excel Realty com 648053106 2253 164592 SH SOLE 164592
15 1100 SH OTHER 1100
Nokia Corp ADR com 654902204 364 9150 SH SOLE 9150
Northrop Grumman Corp com 666807102 1472 16200 SH SOLE 16200
Nucor Corp. com 670346105 989 32551 SH SOLE 32551
Nuveen Insured Calif Premium I com 67061U108 164 11900 SH SOLE 11900
Omnicom Group com 681919106 292 4000 SH SOLE 4000
Oracle Systems Corp com 68389X105 456 5788 SH SOLE 5788
PE Corp - PE Biosystems Group com 714041100 559 4800 SH SOLE 4800
PG&E com 694308107 254 10501 SH SOLE 260 10241
Pacific American Income Shs com 693796104 153 11733 SH SOLE 11733
49 3733 SH OTHER 3733
Pall Corp com 696429307 3395 170266 SH SOLE 170266
Pepsico Incorporated com 713448108 3896 84697 SH SOLE 84697
133 2900 SH OTHER 2900
Pfizer Inc com 717081103 9340 207988 SH SOLE 2600 205388
667 14850 SH OTHER 14850
Pharmacia Corp com 71713U102 1623 26974 SH SOLE 26974
Philip Morris com 718154107 6228 211553 SH SOLE 211553
132 4500 SH OTHER 4500
Procter & Gamble com 742718109 12505 186637 SH SOLE 5000 181637
Qualcomm Inc. com 747525103 817 11467 SH SOLE 11467
Qwest Communications com 749121109 1125 23377 SH SOLE 1442 21935
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. com 257867101 353 14382 SH SOLE 14382
Rand Mcnally & Co. (new) com 106 21260 SH SOLE 21260
Reuters Group PLC Spons ADR com 761324201 623 5545 SH SOLE 5545
Rockwell Intl Corp New com 773903109 1025 33830 SH SOLE 33830
Royal Dutch Pet Sh Gldr com 780257804 3173 52938 SH SOLE 52938
SBC Communications Inc. com 78387g103 7230 144953 SH SOLE 8524 136429
Safeco Corp com 786429100 524 19246 SH SOLE 19246
Sara Lee Corp com 803111103 628 30900 SH SOLE 30900
Schering Plough Corp com 806605101 7341 157665 SH SOLE 157665
Schlumberger Limited com 806857108 9799 119048 SH SOLE 6000 113048
Sigma-Aldrich com 826552101 7805 236513 SH SOLE 9000 227513
Smithkline Beecham ADR F com 832378301 1374 20020 SH SOLE 20020
453 6600 SH OTHER 6600
Southwest Airlines Co com 844741108 576 23750 SH SOLE 23750
Southwest Water com 845331107 572 43411 SH SOLE 43411
Sprint Corp com 852061100 284 9675 SH SOLE 9675
Sun Microsystems com 866810104 534 4570 SH SOLE 4570
Sysco Corporation com 871829107 9908 213936 SH SOLE 17000 196936
Teco Energy com 872375100 417 14490 SH SOLE 14490
Tellabs Inc com 879664100 771 16150 SH SOLE 16150
Tenet Inc. com 636886103 558 15337 SH SOLE 15337
Texaco Inc com 881694103 517 9845 SH SOLE 606 9239
Texas Instruments com 882508104 510 10800 SH SOLE 10800
Time Warner Inc com 887315109 1140 14571 SH SOLE 14571
Tootsie Roll Industries com 890516107 2275 57966 SH SOLE 57966
24 618 SH OTHER 618
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. com g90078109 982 16745 SH SOLE 16745
Tredegar Corporation com 894650100 669 38619 SH SOLE 38619
Tribune Co New com 896047107 1670 38274 SH SOLE 38274
Tyco International Ltd com 902124106 3856 74333 SH SOLE 6000 68333
United Parcel Service Amer Inc com 911312106 975 17303 SH SOLE 17303
United Parcel Service Amer Inc com Acct 249 1057 18754 SH SOLE 18754
United Parcel Service Amer Inc com Acct 249 772 13691 SH SOLE 13691
United Parcel Service Amer Inc com Acct 249 1057 18754 SH SOLE 18754
United Technologies Corp com 913017109 1842 26597 SH SOLE 26597
Unocal com 915289102 3541 99926 SH SOLE 99926
Velocity HSI Inc. com 92257k102 43 17356 SH SOLE 17356
Verizon Communications com 92343V104 6394 131996 SH SOLE 8851 123145
Viacom Inc Class B com 925524308 237 4048 SH SOLE 4048
Vodafone Group PLC New ADR com 92857w100 3350 90541 SH SOLE 10000 80541
Wal-Mart Stores com 931142103 317 6582 SH SOLE 6582
Walgreen com 931422109 732 19300 SH SOLE 19300
Walt Disney Co com 254687106 3555 92950 SH SOLE 92950
Washington Mutual Inc. com 939322103 331 8303 SH SOLE 8303
Wells Fargo com 949746101 3114 67785 SH SOLE 67785
Wesco Financial com 950817106 477 1899 SH SOLE 1899
Weyerhaeuser Company com 962166104 234 5795 SH SOLE 5795
Worldcom Inc. New com 98157d106 219 7221 SH SOLE 7221
XO Communications Inc. com 65333H707 1219 34657 SH SOLE 34657
Xcel Energy Inc com 98389b100 133 4849 SH SOLE 775 4074
Xerox Corp. com 984121103 171 11340 SH SOLE 11340
Investment Company of America mfunds 461308108 809 24790.039SH SOLE 24790.039
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