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George Putman, "the robust fork man of the Seals, whose sensitive fingers are ever feeling the pulse of his public, has long hankered for a Jewish baseball star and now he has two of them." Solomon Mishkin of Los Angeles, "whose inexhaustible supply of papricka (sic) challenged the attention of fans," and Syd Cohen of Texas, "the fastest thing in the Border territory with the exception of the rum-runners," will take the field this season for the city's baseball team. — Jan. 16
After his landlord comes forward to corroborate his story of innocence, San Quentin death row inmate George Watters receives a reprieve from the governor. Ever since his conviction for killing his wife, Watters has expressed "the childlike faith of a negro that God would not let him die on the gallows." — Feb. 2
In a story about April Fool's Day, "the (only) one of civilization's fiestas which is celebrated for itself alone," it is noted that on the city's sidewalks silk hats containing bricks are rarer every year. Wallets pulled by invisible strings are also scarce, since taxes were due the previous month and wallets aren't fat enough to provide good bait. — April 1
San Francisco heiress Marcella Gump's "international romance has gone up in smoke — cigaret smoke." It seems Gump's "recent rapid fire courtship and hasty marriage" to Frenchman Gilies Godchaux at the city's Palace Hotel went sour in New York after the couple fought over her smoking in public. Then, Gump, only 18, didn't show up at the dock for their cruise to Paris and Godchaux sailed without her. — June 14
Arguing that it will produce a nation of Judases, an Examiner editorial bemoans a new Prohibition enforcement technique arriving in California: Federal payments to informants, ranging from $5 to $200 depending on the tip. "The sincere advocates of genuine temperance will be aghast at this new, stupid, dangerous, disastrous experiment." — July 18
"Charlotte Greenwood, the dangling lady of arms and legs and eyes and personality, who seems to throw herself in all directions at the same time without dislocating any joints arrives on the Warfield stage today," says a preview. "Miss Greenwood will enact that bathtub skit in which she demonstrates just how much havoc can be raised with a tubful of water, a bar of soap and a cake of ice while answering the doorbell for sundry reasons." — Dec. 8