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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Friday designating the Dungeness crab, banana slug and black abalone as the Golden State’s newest symbols. AB 1797 ...

Here are some other state symbols you might be interested to know about.

The mine is nearly 2.5 miles wide and over half a mile deep ... Utah has several other state symbols that are unique or unusual. Here’s a rundown in no particular order: ...

There is something truly inspiring about the Big Sky Country, and its official state symbols seem to reflect that magical quality ... Grizzly bears are formidable predators that stand 5 to 8 feet tall ...

Michigan has kept its collection of official state symbols notably strict. There have not been any new officially designated state symbols since 2002. Any proposed additions require approval from both ...

But what is Alabama less-known for? The Blackberry was named the official state fruit in 2004 after third-graders at a Fairhope school campaigned for it. The state tree fruit for Alabama is the peach.

The Confederate battle flag was added to the Mississippi state flag 29 years after the Civil War by a governor who fought in it. It was designed by Sen. E.N. Scudder whose daughter, according to a ...

Michigan's 12 official state symbols (not counting the state flag, seal or motto) range from the ubiquitous - robins, white pines, brook trout and white-tailed deer, to name a few - to things that ...

AP One of California's more unusual symbols is the state prehistoric artifact ... during an archaeological dig in Carlsbad. It is a 2.5-by-1.5-inch piece shaped like a bear, likely created ...

Historically speaking, did you know: On Dec. 5, 1921 the State Police ... starting in 1776. The Garden State has a number of various state symbols: the purple violet is the state flower; the ...

It is different from the South Carolina state flag, which features a white crescent moon and palmetto tree against a field of indigo. But in at least five other Southern states, symbols of the old ...