SAN QUENTIN - Murder was committed in the exercise yard on Saturday. The San Quentin Giants pounded the Oakland Oaks 10 runs to 1.

It was the home opener for the Giants. Of course, every game is a home game.

The baseball season at San Quentin State Prison runs for 35 games. The few dozen players are selected from 5,850 men who call San Quentin home, excepting the 597 on death row and the 290 isolated men who cannot seem to behave themselves.

San Quentin Baseball?

] In rural Small Town, U.S.A., it would be simple. The
] nation is at war, the boys and girls are fighting and the
] folks want them home.
]
] So in support of their troops, folks tie yellow ribbons
] around street lamps -- a straightforward and sentimental
] gesture.
]
] Just like in Burlingame -- a small town on the Peninsula
] -- where people are hanging yellow ribbons.
]
] But hardly anything is ever simple or straightforward in
] the Bay Area. Instead of good will, the ribbons are
] drawing hate mail and death threats

Bay Area: The land of open minds and 'tolerance'.

] S.F. cops grouse about what it's like on the front lines
] Rowdy protesters, long shifts, scant food

S.F. cops grouse about what it's like on the front lines / Rowdy protesters, long shifts, scant food

They want people to max out the connections. So, go for it!

http://www.gothic.net:8000/

] San Francisco -- A survey using sophisticated aerial
] photography of Sunday's anti-war march and rally in San
] Francisco has produced results that indicate a far
] smaller crowd than the 200,000 protesters estimated by
] police and event organizers. ]
] The results of the independent survey, commissioned by
] The Chronicle and SFGate.com, cast doubt on traditional
] counting methods and contradict the crowd estimate of
] 200,000, which was reported in this newspaper and news
] media around the world. Crowd size in a demonstration is
] important because organizers tend to use it as evidence
] of support for their cause.

Photos put peace marchers at 65,000

] WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 %u2014 After a weekend of antiwar
] protests that many participants say signaled an expansion
] of public opposition to military action against Iraq,
] some organizers are facing criticism, much of it from
] within the movement, about the role played by their
] group, International Answer.
] Attendance at rallies in Washington and San Francisco
] last Saturday was in the tens of thousands, and reflected
] a mix of views that spanned the social and political
] spectrums. Many protest organizers say the presence of
] labor unions, religious groups, business people and
] soccer moms showed a growing mainstream opposition to the
] war.

Some War Protesters Uneasy With Others

Been tossin' a few back, partying hearty into the wee hours, and now you just gotta have something to eat, to take that eat screechin' hunger outta your besotted and befuddled brain? Here's a list of places we know from experience that can take the edge off your growling tummy and give you some time to clear your head for the road home. All of these joints are in San Francisco, so if you have to "bridge and tunnel," don't wait until you get back to the boonies to slurp and slob. It just may be too late.

Restaurants open late in San Francisco

"Creating order out of chaos. "

GeekMaids.Com

Netflix too lame? Live in San Francisco? Try GreenCine, alternative online DVD rental.

Alternative Online DVD Rental for SF folks.

I'm going to take my mother to this when she comes into town for xmas.

"Javawalk is a two-hour walk in the city center. We start at Union Square and wind through Chinatown, Jackson Square and North Beach, the city's Italian district. While we cover the city's coffee roots (much more significant than Seattle's!) and coffeehouse culture (think beatnik), we also spend some time on San Francisco's history, interesting and arcane trivia and stories the Javagirl has collected from many years of living in the city. Truly, some things could only happen in SF! Javawalk also makes a couple of stops at North Beach cafes for a quick java jolt. Since cool weather prevails here, we need coffee year-round in the city by the Bay. Lucky us!"

Javawalk: Coffee Centric walking tour of SF