Aug. 5—An accidental fire caused by a baling machine burned approximately 2 acres of brush in the Doty area on Saturday. No injuries or structural damage were reported. "It's dry out there. The ...

Garrett Doty, the 24-year-old homeless man accused of smashing a former San Francisco fire commissioner in the head with a crowbar, was released after the allegedly failed to show up in court.

San Francisco prosecutors drop charges against Garrett Doty, the man who attacked retired fire commissioner Don Carmignani with a crowbar and ruled the transient acted in self-defense.

Garret Allen Doty, who is unhoused, is being charged with multiple felonies for the brutal assault. Doty's public defender, Kleigh Hathaway, has said it was a case of self-defense and making ...

However, Doty was released from custody, following the subject of the attack — former San Francisco Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani — failing to appear in court for a second consecutive day.