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President Donald Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz prison is ridiculous for many reasons, but high among them: It's a ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A team of researchers who built a 3D map of Alcatraz Island to track erosion and the effects of climate change spent some spooky nights sleeping in the prison cells that housed ...
The Trump administration is taking steps toward reopening Alcatraz to house detained immigrants and criminals. The notorious ...
Pier 39 is San Francisco’s waterfront jewel, offering endless activities on a sunny day at Fisherman’s Wharf. See the famous ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that ...
On Aug. 11, 1934, the first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island, a former military prison, in San Francisco Bay; the ...
But there could be a threat to one of San Francisco’s biggest attractions: the boat tours to Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz boat tours attract more than 1.5 million visitors to the island yearly.
Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...
Alcatraz Island, a military fort turned an army prison in the San Francisco Bay, is most well known for operating as a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. That distinction is being challenged ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — KRON has obtained slow-motion video that has surfaced, showing the shark spotted off Alcatraz Island preying on a sea lion Saturday. Alcatraz Cruises shot the video on ...