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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 377 70 SH SOLE 70
A T & T Corp com 001957109 1568 49573 SH SOLE 1312 48261
AES Corporation com 00130H105 1117 24472 SH SOLE 24472
Abbott Laboratories com 002824100 11669 261853 SH SOLE 261853
909 20400 SH OTHER 20400
Aegon NV ADR com 007924103 1059 29720 SH SOLE 29720
Agilent Technologies com 00846U101 26871 364354 SH SOLE 4203 360150
45 610 SH OTHER 610
Albemarle Corp. com 012653101 848 42912 SH SOLE 42912
Albertson's Inc. com 013104104 2395 72023 SH SOLE 72023
17 500 SH OTHER 500
America Online com 02364J104 274 5200 SH SOLE 5200
American Express com 025816109 228 4368 SH SOLE 4368
American Greetings Cl A com 026375105 444 23350 SH SOLE 23350
American Home Products com 026609107 24587 418504 SH SOLE 9000 409504
916 15600 SH OTHER 15600
American International Group com 026874107 1139 9696 SH SOLE 9696
Amgen Inc. com 031162100 1215 17300 SH SOLE 17300
Anheuser Busch Cos Inc com 035229103 1811 24248 SH SOLE 600 23648
Arlen Corp com 041327107 0 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Associates First Capital com 046008108 2135 95668 SH SOLE 6586 89082
Automatic Data Processing com 053015103 2511 46880 SH SOLE 46880
Avery Dennison Corp com 053611109 3169 47215 SH SOLE 47215
BP Amoco PLC Spons ADR com 055622104 7434 131421 SH SOLE 131421
428 7560 SH OTHER 7560
BRE Properties Class A com 05564E106 2885 99922 SH SOLE 99922
Baldor Electric Co com 057741100 803 43125 SH SOLE 6666 36459
Bank of America Corp com 060505104 5143 119601 SH SOLE 706 118895
Baxter International com 071813109 507 7215 SH SOLE 7215
261 3705 SH OTHER 3705
Becton Dickinson & Co com 075887109 574 20000 SH SOLE 20000
Bell Atlantic com 077853109 4645 91423 SH SOLE 7894 83529
BellSouth Corp com 079860102 3297 77358 SH SOLE 77358
403 9456 SH OTHER 9456
Bemis Inc com 081437105 743 22086 SH SOLE 22086
Berkshire Hathaway Inc com 084670108 16086 299 SH SOLE 299
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class com 084670207 1051 597 SH SOLE 597
Bestfoods com 08658U101 2784 40202 SH SOLE 512 39690
Biocontrol Technology Inc. com 090586108 2 12000 SH SOLE 12000
Blackrock 2001 Term Tr com 092477108 173 19000 SH SOLE 19000
Boeing Company com 097023105 2816 67350 SH SOLE 8020 59330
Bristol Myers Squibb com 110122108 13599 233454 SH SOLE 8000 225454
Burlington Northern Santa Fe com 121897102 401 17493 SH SOLE 17493
Burlington Resources com 122014103 453 11831 SH SOLE 11831
CIGNA Corp com 125509109 207 2219 SH SOLE 2219
Campbell Soup Co com 134429109 481 16504 SH SOLE 16504
Caterpillar Inc. com 149123101 901 26606 SH SOLE 26606
Celeritek Inc. com 150926103 939 23000 SH SOLE 23000
Chase Manhattan Bank com 16161A108 613 13302 SH SOLE 13302
Chevron Corp com 166751107 9393 110747 SH SOLE 5048 105699
Chris Craft Inds Inc com 170520100 1746 26432 SH SOLE 26432
Chubb Corp com 171232101 304 4948 SH SOLE 4948
Cisco Systems com 17275R102 7636 120132 SH SOLE 120132
572 9000 SH OTHER 9000
Citigroup Inc. com 172967101 3453 57311 SH SOLE 57311
City Holding Co com 177835105 100 16947 SH SOLE 16947
Clorox Co. com 189054109 255 5700 SH SOLE 5700
Coca-Cola Company com 191216100 3755 65376 SH SOLE 6200 59176
Colgate-Palmolive Co. com 194162103 651 10874 SH SOLE 10874
Comerica Inc com 200340107 249 5544 SH SOLE 5544
Computer Sciences com 205363104 254 3400 SH SOLE 3400
ConAgra Inc com 205887102 78 4088 SH SOLE 4088
199 10464 SH OTHER 10464
Conexant Systems Inc com 207142100 1036 21300 SH SOLE 21300
Costco Wholesale Corp com 22160Q102 495 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Cox Communications Inc New A com 224044107 890 19540 SH SOLE 19540
Crompton Corp com 227116100 230 18747 SH SOLE 18747
Crown Cork & Seal Company Inc com 228255105 226 15080 SH SOLE 15080
Dana Corp com 235811106 1437 67840 SH SOLE 67840
Deere & Co. com 244199105 468 12650 SH SOLE 12650
Dow Chemical Co com 260543103 772 25588 SH SOLE 25588
EMC Corporation com 268648102 394 5120 SH SOLE 5120
Eastman Kodak Company com 277461109 469 7874 SH SOLE 7874
Eaton Corp com 278058102 201 3000 SH SOLE 3000
Edison International com 783882103 754 36788 SH SOLE 1940 34848
Emerson Electric com 291011104 12538 207665 SH SOLE 7000 200665
Enron Corp com 293561106 590 9154 SH SOLE 922 8232
Equity Income Fund 1st exch AT com 294700703 1392 7975 SH SOLE 7975
Ericsson Tel ADR com 294821301 318 15880 SH SOLE 15880
Ethyl Corp com 297659104 215 85824 SH SOLE 85824
Exxon Mobil Corp com 30231g102 26023 331506 SH SOLE 6100 325406
760 9686 SH OTHER 9686
Fannie Mae com 313586109 9444 180964 SH SOLE 4000 176964
68 1300 SH OTHER 1300
Farmers & Merchants Bank com 308243104 994 530 SH SOLE 530
Federal Signal com 313855108 1786 108267 SH SOLE 12000 96267
18 1100 SH OTHER 1100
First American Bank Rosemead com 318514106 129 21504 SH SOLE 21504
First Security Corp com 336294103 549 40475 SH SOLE 40475
Ford Motor Co. com 345370860 4549 105782 SH SOLE 5620 100162
GTE Corp com 362320103 2063 33135 SH SOLE 785 32350
Gannett & Co. com 364730101 6548 109475 SH SOLE 6600 102875
General Electric com 369604103 59518 1122987 SH SOLE 17800 1105187
Georgia-Pacific Corp com 373298108 1053 40122 SH SOLE 40122
Georgia-Pacific Corp Timber Gr com 373298702 434 20061 SH SOLE 20061
Gillette Company com 375766102 1351 38665 SH SOLE 38665
H.J. Heinz com 423074103 7598 173664 SH SOLE 7800 165864
Hewlett Packard com 428236103 118056 945395 SH SOLE 7400 937995
200 1600 SH OTHER 1600
High Income Opportunity Fund I com 42967Q105 221 24395 SH SOLE 24395
Home Depot Inc com 437076102 4308 86277 SH SOLE 86277
Honeywell International Inc com 438516106 4485 133130 SH SOLE 133130
IBM com 459200101 14489 132245 SH SOLE 7000 125245
IMS Health Inc com 449934108 392 21800 SH SOLE 7000 14800
Insignia Solutions PLC ADR com 45766j107 189 21000 SH SOLE 21000
Intel Corp com 458140100 36411 272359 SH SOLE 6000 266359
J.P. Morgan & Co. com 616880100 9515 86404 SH SOLE 3700 82704
Johnson & Johnson com 478160104 16513 162087 SH SOLE 5500 156587
Kellogg Co com 487836108 1365 45867 SH SOLE 45867
265 8900 SH OTHER 8900
KeyCorp com 493267108 2321 131700 SH SOLE 12000 119700
Kimberly Clark Corporation com 494368103 485 8452 SH SOLE 8452
Lilly Eli & Co com 532457108 1074 10754 SH SOLE 10754
Loch Harris Inc. New com 539578203 6 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Lockeed Martin com 539830109 569 22934 SH SOLE 22934
Louisiana Pacific Corp com 546347105 728 66928 SH SOLE 66928
Lucent Technologies com 549463107 10981 185335 SH SOLE 9224 176111
MBIA Inc com 55262C100 1270 26350 SH SOLE 26350
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. com 571748102 19971 191225 SH SOLE 6700 184525
May Department Stores com 577778103 796 33150 SH SOLE 33150
McDonalds Corp. com 580135101 12745 386951 SH SOLE 12000 374951
1008 30600 SH OTHER 30600
Media General A com 584404107 223 4600 SH SOLE 4600
MediaOne Group Inc com 58440J104 456 6764 SH SOLE 6764
Mellon Bank Corp. com 585509102 249 6834 SH SOLE 6834
Merck & Company com 589331107 16873 220197 SH SOLE 4000 216197
Meredith Corp. com 589433101 902 26720 SH SOLE 26720
Microsoft Corp com 594918104 4676 58450 SH SOLE 58450
192 2400 SH OTHER 2400
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturi com 604059105 8746 106017 SH SOLE 3860 102157
369 4470 SH OTHER 4470
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & C com 24240V101 337 4050 SH SOLE 4050
Motorola Inc. com 620076109 5878 202254 SH SOLE 202254
96 3300 SH OTHER 3300
National City Corporation com 635405103 435 25500 SH SOLE 25500
Nestle Sponsored ADR com 641069406 805 8046 SH SOLE 8046
New Plan Excel Realty com 648053106 2145 165017 SH SOLE 165017
14 1100 SH OTHER 1100
Nextlink Communication com 65333H707 1311 34545 SH SOLE 34545
Nokia Corp ADR com 654902204 397 7950 SH SOLE 7950
Northrop Grumman Corp com 666807102 1073 16200 SH SOLE 16200
Nucor Corp. com 670346105 1074 32350 SH SOLE 32350
Nuveen Insured Calif Premium I com 67061U108 156 11900 SH SOLE 11900
Omnicom Group com 681919106 356 4000 SH SOLE 4000
Oracle Systems Corp com 68389X105 487 5788 SH SOLE 5788
PE Corp - PE Biosystems Group com 714041100 316 4800 SH SOLE 4800
PG&E com 694308107 251 10201 SH SOLE 260 9941
Pacific American Income Shs com 693796104 198 15633 SH SOLE 15633
Pall Corp com 696429307 3328 179866 SH SOLE 179866
Pepsico Incorporated com 713448108 3799 85497 SH SOLE 85497
129 2900 SH OTHER 2900
Pfizer Inc com 717081103 10329 215188 SH SOLE 1500 213688
713 14850 SH OTHER 14850
Pharmacia Corp com 71713U102 1071 20724 SH SOLE 20724
Philip Morris com 718154107 5710 214953 SH SOLE 214953
120 4500 SH OTHER 4500
Procter & Gamble com 742718109 10351 180797 SH SOLE 5000 175797
Qualcomm Inc. com 747525103 724 12067 SH SOLE 12067
Qubix Graphic Systems com 747796100 0 100000 SH SOLE 100000
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. com 257867101 356 15782 SH SOLE 15782
Rand McNally & Co. (new) com 106 21260 SH SOLE 21260
Reuters Group PLC Spons ADR com 761324201 502 5025 SH SOLE 5025
Rockwell Intl Corp New com 773903109 1143 36300 SH SOLE 36300
Royal Dutch Pet Sh Gldr com 780257804 3247 52738 SH SOLE 52738
SAFECO Corp com 786429100 381 19146 SH SOLE 19146
SBC Communications Inc. com 78387g103 6284 145297 SH SOLE 8524 136773
Sara Lee Corp com 803111103 611 31650 SH SOLE 31650
Schering Plough Corp com 806605101 7306 144665 SH SOLE 144665
Schlumberger Limited com 806857108 9100 121944 SH SOLE 6000 115944
Sigma-Aldrich com 826552101 7357 251527 SH SOLE 9000 242527
SmithKline Beecham ADR F com 832378301 1481 22720 SH SOLE 22720
430 6600 SH OTHER 6600
Southwest Airlines Co com 844741108 507 26750 SH SOLE 26750
Sprint Corp com 852061100 375 7350 SH SOLE 7350
Sun Microsystems com 866810104 425 4670 SH SOLE 4670
Sysco Corporation com 871829107 9355 222086 SH SOLE 18000 204086
TECO Energy com 872375100 325 16190 SH SOLE 16190
Tellabs Inc com 879664100 671 9800 SH SOLE 9800
Tenet Inc. com 636886103 414 15337 SH SOLE 15337
Texaco Inc com 881694103 530 9955 SH SOLE 606 9349
Texas Instruments com 882508104 481 7000 SH SOLE 7000
Time Warner Inc com 887315109 1107 14571 SH SOLE 14571
Tootsie Roll Industries com 890516107 2073 59218 SH SOLE 59218
22 618 SH OTHER 618
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. com g90078109 988 18483 SH SOLE 18483
Tredegar Corporation com 894650100 734 38619 SH SOLE 38619
Tribune Co New com 896047107 1279 36555 SH SOLE 36555
Tyco International Ltd com 902124106 3810 80424 SH SOLE 6000 74424
U.S. West Inc (new) com 91273h101 1166 13597 SH SOLE 834 12763
United Parcel Service Amer Inc com 911312106 779 13201 SH SOLE 13201
United Parcel Service Amer Inc com Acct 249 1106 18754 SH SOLE 18754
United Parcel Service Amer Inc com Acct 249 808 13691 SH SOLE 13691
United Parcel Service Amer Inc com Acct 249 1106 18754 SH SOLE 18754
United Technologies Corp com 913017109 1584 26897 SH SOLE 26897
Unocal com 915289102 3300 99626 SH SOLE 99626
Viacom Inc Class B com 925524308 282 4133 SH SOLE 4133
Visteon Corp com 92839u107 168 13833 SH SOLE 736 13097
Vodafone Group PLC New ADR com 92857w100 3861 93168 SH SOLE 10000 83168
Wal-Mart Stores com 931142103 379 6582 SH SOLE 6582
Walgreen com 931422109 641 19900 SH SOLE 19900
Walt Disney Co com 254687106 3772 97185 SH SOLE 97185
Washington Mutual Inc. com 939322103 240 8303 SH SOLE 8303
Wells Fargo com 949746101 2530 65285 SH SOLE 65285
Wesco Financial com 950817106 389 1899 SH SOLE 1899
Worldcom Inc. New com 98157d106 316 6882 SH SOLE 6882
Xerox Corp. com 984121103 246 11840 SH SOLE 11840
du Pont (E.I.) De Nemours com 263534109 1337 30550 SH SOLE 30550
Investment Company of America mfunds 461308108 800 24530.999SH SOLE 24530.999
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