A city-supported plan to renovate the Beach Chalet soccer fields in western Golden Gate Park with synthetic turf and light poles has stirred up the ire of local conservationists intent on preserving the region's semiwild state — but in this grubby little corner of the city, things are already a bit too wild. Specifically, the plan's backers — mostly soccer players — would like to see an end to the furtive daylight sex that takes place routinely in the shrubbery adjacent to the fields, and if that means modernizing the grounds with fake grass, a bigger parking lot, and glaring late-night field... More >>>