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California News Briefs Highlights From State Reports
Five Folsom Prison rioters were found guilty of first degree murder in the George Baker case and face execution. Governor Young formed a committee to study conditions of Indian families living on under $1,000 yearly and ordered staff cuts to slim state departments. The Southern Pacific plans a steel bridge at Carquinez Strait replacing the ferry, trimming train times. California health and crime updates cover life expectancy gaps, rising whooping cough cases, and a rise in oil production and road funding.
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Folsom
George “Red” Baker
C. C. Young
California
State Department of Public Health
American Petroleum Institute
Clarence
Morrill
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Houston
Bunco
Ray L. Riley
Riley
M. B. Pratt
Pratt
Grant Taylor
California Judicial Council
Judiciary Council
Prohibition
Washington
Doran
Roy J. Neilson
Sacramento
Frank G. Snook
Division of Motor Vehicles
Philip A. Erbes
Islam Temple
Imperial Council of the Order of Miami
Florida
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Great Lakes
San Francisco
San Diego
Richmond Harbor
Suisun Bay
Redwood Creek
Petaluma Creek
Humboldt Harbor
Bay