The California Star first published by Samuel Brannan in San Francisco, California with E. P. Jones as editor. First San Francisco newspaper; first English newspaper on the Pacific Coast. Brannan was first publicist of the California gold rush. Publication temporarily halted on June 14, 1848 as newspaper workers left for gold fields.
[source: Sherry Baker: Mormon Media History Timeline: 1827-2007, http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=7984]
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