Newspapers set ablaze in bank in downtown San Francisco

A bank in the Financial District had a window broken and newspapers set ablaze inside Monday, an incident authorities are investigating as arson. Police officers responded to the Wells Fargo Bank at 465 California St. around 1 a.m. The fire was extinguished by the time cops arrived, police said. The arson squad was called to the scene and is investigating, Fire Department Deputy Chief Pat ...

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Source: The San Francisco Examiner

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