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In this July 16, 1956, file photo, a circus hand guides a big elephant down the ramp as the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus arrives in Pittsburgh. The circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively on Thursday, March 5, 2015 that growing public concern about how the animals are treated led to the decision. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

San Francisco poised to ban performances by exotic animals

By Janie Har - Associated Press

Scot McCloughan, right, speaks during an NFL football press conference where he was introduced as the Washington Redskins new general manager, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

LOVERRO: Scot McCloughan’s draft misses just as important as his successes

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

A United Airlines jet blows snow on a runway at O'Hare International Airport, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Chicago. More than 1,100 flights have been canceled at Chicago's airports and snow-covered roads are making travel treacherous. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Researcher denied airline flight after tweet about hacking

By JACK GILLUM - Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2012 file photo, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, of San Francisco, center, and Archbishop William Lori, of Baltimore, listen to a speaker during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore. Local Catholics have gone public with their complaints about the San Francisco archbishop. On Thursday, April 16, 2015, an advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle shows more than 100 Catholics have signed a full-page newspaper advertisement asking Pope Francis to remove Cordileone. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky/File)

Anti-Cordileone ad misrepresents Catholicism, archdiocese says

Catholic News Agency

Meal worms try to escape from a straining bowl in a kitchen before being cooked Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

‘Entopreneurs’ feed growing appetite for edible insects

By Terence Chea - Associated Press

An officer stands outside a home in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Police say a man was found dead at the home of Andrew Getty, heir to Getty oil fortune. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Andrew Getty found dead; natural causes or accident likely

By Tami Abdollah and Andrew Dalton - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2011 file photo, Susan Schneider, from left, Robin Williams, and Zelda Williams arrive at the premiere of &quot;Happy Feet Two&quot; at Grauman's Chinese Theater, in Los Angeles. Attorneys for Robin Williams’ wife and children are headed to court in their battle over the late comedian’s estate. The attorneys are scheduled to appear before a San Francisco probate judge on Monday, as they argue over who should get clothes and other personal items the actor kept at one his Northern California homes. In papers filed in December, Williams' wife, Susan, says some of the late actor's personal items were taken without her permission. She has asked the court to set aside the contents of the home she shared with Williams from the jewelry, memorabilia and other items Williams said the children should have. (AP Photo/Katy Winn, File)

Robin Williams’ wife, children head to court in estate fight

Associated Press

WESLEY PRUDEN: Sodomite Suppression Act ignites panic in California

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Thursday, March 19, 2015, Carolina Alvarado, left, Dr. Kate Kuzminski, center, and Adam Parascandola, right, carry Delilah, a Tosa Mix, to her new home at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in San Francisco after her arrival from South Korea. More than 50 dogs were rescued from a dog meat farm and brought to the San Francisco Bay Area to start new lives. Humane Society International officials say the last 13 dogs were brought Thursday to the SPCA. The dogs are mostly in good condition. They were rescued from overseas farms under a program that works with farm owners to remove the dogs and teach the farmer how to crop farm instead. (AP Photo/San Francisco Chronicle, Michael Macor)

Dogs rescued from S. Korean meat farms brought to California

By Kristin J. Bender - Associated Press

United Therapeutics CEO Martine Rothblatt gives a keynote on "AI, Immortality and the Future of Selves" during the SXSW Interactive Festival on Saturday, March 14, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)

Trending at SXSW: Mind cloning, off-the-grid messaging

By Mae Anderson - Associated Press

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone walks through a gate to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory school after students, teachers and supporters gathered for a vigil outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The Roman Catholic archbishop is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on Catholic teachers to lead their professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion and birth control. Non-Catholic teachers are asked not to publicly undermine the teachings. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Catholics supporting Archbishop Cordileone on school identity feel silenced, pressured

By Kevin Jones - Catholic News Agency

12 patients to participate in ‘kidney swap’ at San Francisco hospital

Associated Press

Students and supporters carry signs as they walk toward Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory after a vigil outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on teachers to lead their public and professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion, birth control and other behaviors he describes as evil. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

STORM CLOUDS: San Francisco archbishop strikes back

By Kevin J. Jones - Catholic News Agency

San Francisco Giants fans holds baseballs and pens in hopes for getting an autograph as players arrive for spring training baseball workouts Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Giants pitchers and catchers have their first official workout scheduled for Thursday. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Play Ball: Champion Giants begin effort to win in ‘odd year’

Associated Press

President Obama (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama vows to ‘squeeze every last little bit of change’ out of final two years

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This Oct. 21, 2013, file photo shows White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough listening to President Barack Obama speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Denis McDonough, Obama’s chief of staff, sent to San Francisco to count homeless

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times