Leading B.A.R.: Hammer time?

DOG MAULING: Studly former prosecutor Jim Hammer, now in private practice, wants to be reassigned to the case after a court ruling overturning second-degree murder conviction of Marjorie Knoller. Prelude to a Kamala Harris re-election challenge? HALLOWEEN: With less than five months to go, city officials struggle over how to tell Halloween revelers to stay away from the Castro this year. KARRNAL KNOWLEDGE: A new Bel Ami series makes us think "every lad in Bulgaria is a massively-boned, handsomely-faced and sturdily-built young thing of beauty." So? Castro Confidential calls that truth in advertising. CRIME & PUNISHMENT: A Dolores Street church is ransacked, cellphone thief at Badlands, assault and attempted robbery at 18th and Castro.