The newspapers of San Francisco were destroyed in the earthquake and fire of April 18 , 1906 . The '' Tribune '' printed many " extras . " Dargie lent the '' Tribune '' s presses for a joint edition of the '' San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle-Call . '' In the aftermath of the conflagration , San Francisco Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz , declared the '' Oakland Tribune '' the official San Francisco newspaper
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