CALIFORNIA - News from Aug. 16, 1988

Copley Press Inc., publisher of more than a dozen newspapers, including the San Diego Union and Tribune, Santa Monica Evening Outlook and the Daily Breeze of Torrance, have appointed David C. Copley president. He replaces Hubert L. Kaltenbach, who has been president since 1978. Copley, 36, is the son of Helen K. Copley, chairman and chief executive of the closely held company. Since 1984, he has been senior vice president and assistant to Kaltenbach, who will serve as vice chairman of the company. Copley Press also publishes the San Pedro News-Pilot as well as eight Illinois newspapers, Kaltenbach said.