A man who allegedly broke into at least two Nob Hill homes and led San Francisco police on a rooftop chase Saturday before falling several…
A Pacifica man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography, federal prosecutors said. Robert Spence II, 66, pleaded guilty…
An owner of a Castro Valley pizzeria was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 months in prison for failing to pay employment taxes, according to acting…
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon today spoke out against plans to build a new jail, saying the city should instead renovate existing jails and…
San Francisco was awarded an $80 million grant today by the Board of State and Community Corrections to replace deteriorating city jails at the Hall…
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors rejected an appeal to have a new jail project undergo an environmental impact review and voted in favor of…
A plan to rebuild decrepit, seismically unsafe jails at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice took a small step forward today despite stiff opposition from community…
An inmate who escaped from San Francisco County Jail on Saturday morning remains on the loose, a senior sheriff’s deputy said today. Timothy Midgett, 40,…
Former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew is back in jail this afternoon after surrendering for a 60-day term behind bars for a perjury charge connected…
A man who fatally struck a high school girl on her 17th birthday on San Francisco’s Sloat Boulevard last year was sentenced this morning to…
The terms for former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew’s one-year sentence in county jail were modified this afternoon to include community service hours in San…
A Board of Supervisors’ neighborhood services and safety committee today discussed plans for a $290-million jail project to replace the decrepit jail facilities on the…
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today authorized the city to apply for a state grant to help build a new jail adjacent to the…
The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department has announced extended visiting hours at two of its county jails. Visitors are now allowed from 5 to 9 p.m….
Top law enforcement officials argued Thursday over whether San Francisco should build a new jail to replace inadequate facilities at the seismically unsafe Hall of…
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in San Francisco today announced a change in federal prosecution policy that will reduce lengthy prison sentences for low-level drug…
San Bruno police searched the area around Skyline College and the San Francisco Jail looking for a man spotted holding a rifle this afternoon but…
According to the Ex, “Inmates in San Francisco County Jail have it better than most people incarcerated in California.” But what is “it”? Perhaps some…
