Bay Area Publishing Co. v. Lesher Communications, Inc.

*867Opinion

MERRILL, J.

Contestant and appellant Lesher Communications, Inc., appeals from a judgment establishing the Tri-Valley Herald as a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Pleasanton.

I

Floyd Sparks is the president of respondent Bay Area Publishing Company and the publisher of a newspaper known as the Tri-Valley Herald. On February 23, 1983, Bay Area Publishing Company filed a verified petition seeking a judgment ascertaining and establishing the Tri-Valley Herald as a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Pleasanton pursuant to Government Code sections 6008 and 6020.1…