The Dog Day Year

The Shootout at the Banker's District Police Station
''Fourteen SFPD officers dead and at least 27 wounded in an apparent coordinated attack on the SFPD's Banker's District Station. Local government attributes this attack to the left wing black supremacist group dubbed the "Black Emancipation Party".''

- Excerpt from the San Frederico Dispatch

The Shooting at the San Frederico Townsman Offices

 * Local small time newspaper
 * Mass shooting in the office
 * Blamed on a "disgruntled" employee
 * Later found in his apartment, death by "suicide"
 * He got Gladio-ed

The Disappearance of Jimmy "The Saint" Hopkins
"Have you seen this man? The San Frederico Dock Worker's Union are willing to pay for information regarding the disappearance of union president Jimmy Hopkins. Last seen at his home in Huntsman's End, Jimmy has been missing since March of this year. Jimmy is 6 foot 4 African American man with brown eyes and the words 'Hold Fast' tattooed on his fingers and an anchor on the back of his right hand."

The Discovery of the Weapons Transport
"California Highway Patrol calls it the largest weapons bust in the state's history. CHP inspectors claim that the van was holding 'enough weapons to stock a small army'. The driver of the van is currently in custody and the District Attorney is planning a press conference for later this week."

On December 17th, 1971, a member of the California Highway Patrol stopped a Chevrolet G-Series van driven by one William Klyne. Pulled over for a burnt out taillight, Mr. Klyne appeared "jumpy and suspicious" to the motorcycle

The Kidnapping of Patricia Heathcott by the Entropa Liberation Forces
''Witnesses inside the bank state that Patricia Heathcott, youngest daughter of the Heathcott mass media legacy, willingly participating in the latest bank robbery committed by the Entropa Liberation Forces. Today's incident at the New Marshall Credit Union marks the 13th bank robbed by the ELF.''

- Excerpt from the San Frederico Herald


 * Patricia Heathcott
 * Young about town socialite