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California Paper May Be Sold as Part of Pittsburgh Deal: The Monterey County Herald may be sold to E. W. Scripps Inc. as part of a deal by the newspaper’s owner to purchase Scripps’ strike-plagued Pittsburgh Press. Herald owner Blade Communications owns the competing Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and analysts predicted that the once-dominant Press will be closed if the deal goes through. Herald employees were notified of the possible sale in a memo Thursday. The Herald, which has about 210 employees, has a weekday circulation of about 38,000 and a Sunday circulation of 40,000. Cincinnati-based Scripps announced Oct. 2 that it planned to sell the Press after nearly 70 years of ownership, citing mounting losses from a strike by Teamsters that began in May.