Just warming up: Before his big night, Santa helps deliver candy canes

Call it a warm-up. As he prepared for his annual journey delivering toys around the world, Santa Claus continued a nearly 30-year tradition of helping Golden Gate firefighters hand out candy canes to all the good little boys and girls in their fire district today. Starting around 8:30 a.m., Santa and six of his “helpers” climbed aboard seven Golden Gate firetrucks. With the sirens roaring, they rode up and down the streets of Golden Gate and Golden