The Giants may have noble intentions behind "Native American Heritage Night" -- one in a spate of identity-themed promotions that the team throws every season. (Others include "Portuguese Heritage Night," "Jewish Heritage Night," and "Italian Heritage Night.") But sometimes, even big-hearted moves go hopelessly awry.
Take African American Heritage Night of 2008, during which the team cordoned off a special segregated section for African American fans.
Or, take last night's Native American Heritage Night, during which two spectators were detained following an argument over a headdress.
According to various blog posts about the incident -- each apparently penned by the people involved -- San Francisco police were dispatched to escort a woman out of AT&T Park after she lectured another fan on his inappropriate attire. A man who attempted to videotape the incident on a cell phone says he was handcuffed and thrown in a paddywagon.
In March of 2012, Jason Kelly was sent to San Francisco County Jail. Two months later, his first and only child was born. Father and son have never met, not even through the thick glass partition of the CJ-4 visitation room. Still, Kelly believes his son knows the sound of his father's voice because Kelly calls home as often as he can.
Kelly estimates he spent the maximum allowable $110 per week on phone privileges using both his personal savings and money borrowed from relatives. Over time, he has reined in his spending to about $100 per month, which buys him roughly one short call every other day.
That's the issue facing city supervisors today: inmates are being gouged for phone calls at the San Francisco Jail, says Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi.
Great news: Shu "Song" Chen, the 82-year-old man who disappeared three days ago has been found.
Officer Albie Esparza didn't give out too many details but said he's at the hospital where he's being treated.
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A pyromaniac is on the loose in SoMa where a slew of fires have been ignited in the neighborhood over the last few days.
Police think they have a suspect, and this morning released still images from a surveillance camera which shows the man in question.
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This morning, the National Transportation Safety Board has gathered at the state's Capitol where it's releasing the findings of what caused Asiana Flight 214 to crash at San Francisco International Airport last year.
On July 6, 2013, the Boeing 777 was approaching SFO when the plane crashed into the seawall, killing three, including two teenagers on their way to a school trip in Los Angeles, and injuring hundreds more.
See Also: Citizen Captures Video The Moment The Plane Crashed
Drugs are powerful stuff, indeed: under their influence, even firebrand Ayn Rand libertarians and big-government, left-leaning Democrats can find common ground.
Thanks to marijuana, the unlikely pairing of Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and newcomer Sen. Cory Booker, the ex-mayor of Newark, are working together to end the federal government's stamping-out of marijuana in states where the drug is legal.
You may recall that last month, the House of Representatives voted to axe from the Justice Department's budget money used to bust weed users in places like California and Colorado. In order for that historic vote to be anything more than symbolic, a similar vote will be required in the U.S. Senate.
That would require Paul -- whose father, libertarian legend Ron Paul, waged a long and fruitless struggle in Congress to liberalize drugs laws -- and Booker to somehow move immovable forces like San Francisco's own Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Can it be done?
