Latest line: A good week for baseball fans, bad one for Boudin

Baseball fans

Spring training games began Thursday after the players union and owners ended a 3-month lockout, saving the season and boosting the fortunes of businesses around the A’s and Giants stadiums.

Chesa Boudin

A new poll shows 68% of San Francisco voters are in favor of recalling Boudin, their district attorney, on June 7 amid widespread unhappiness with public drug use, violent crime and car break-ins.

“Sunny” Balwani

Slow jury selection and COVID delay trial of the former Theranos president. But his fraud charges are similar to those of founder Elizabeth Holmes, who was convicted and faces 20 years in prison.