No Time Off: SF Beefs Up Staff for Parade, Halloween

Hey, they pulled off turning San Francisco into Gotham City for Batkid.But even though the world watched, mostly from afar, there weren't one million people crowded into the city all at once, which is the number expected to hit the streets on Friday. "Euphoria": Giants Return Home After World Series Win Still, who says the City by the Bay can't pull off a Giants World Series Victory Parade followed by the sometimes raucous Halloween festivities?That's what the mayor, the police department and the nearly 850,000 residents of San Francisco - plus their guests - are facing with at least two back-to-back major galas. Giants to SF: We Are All World Series Champions It just means no one gets the day off."Discretionary time off was already cancelled due to Halloween," Police Department Spokesman Gordon Shyy said. "Obviously that stays in effect as we will need to staff for a parade now." SF Morphs Into Gotham City for "Batkid" Beginning at noon, the victorious baseball team will snake through San Francisco at noon starting at Market and Steuart Streets and continuing down Market Street to Civic Center Plaza. Two years ago, the parade went off with...