Defendants will no longer be allowed to wear ankle monitors while awaiting trial, potentially driving up the city’s jail populations, San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto announced on Monday. The program’s abrupt suspension comes four days after a U.

In a move predicted to drive up jail populations, San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto on Monday abruptly suspended his office’s GPS ankle monitoring program, citing a federal court order that limits deputies’ powers to search its participants without a warrant.

A spectacular cosmic phenomenon took place over San Francisco’s most famous landmark Friday, and according to local astronomers, it’ll likely be visible again throughout October. Nature photographer and videographer Shreenivasan Manievannan captured time-lapse footage of a comet that appeared to be drifting above the city skyline around 6 a.

A comet was seen making an appearance over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. It was forecast to reach the closest distance to the sun and was predicted to become brighter as the days went on.