Pier 39 is San Francisco’s waterfront jewel, offering endless activities on a sunny day at Fisherman’s Wharf. See the famous ...

With deep empathy, Emma Sloley's latest novel follows two zookeepers on Alcatraz as they navigate the ethics of survival, ...

The Trump administration is taking steps toward reopening Alcatraz to house detained immigrants and criminals. The notorious ...

Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

For several decades, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay has attracted the public to tour an aging, infamous prison whose inmate roster included Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly.

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 ...

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 ...

The annual “Escape from Alcatraz” triathlon attracts 2,000 athletes, who swim 1.5 miles from the island, bike 18 miles through Golden Gate Park, and finish with an 8-mile run at the Marina Green.

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 ...

Lawrencium, a female peregrine falcon, tends to her chicks on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. (National Park Service / Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy webcam) ...