If the world has learnt anything during the past decade, it is to take the words of the 45th and now 47th president of the ...

For a century, Angel Island was utilized by the military because of its strategic location defending the Golden Gate. Today, you can go there to catch some of the most scenic views in the Bay ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, which at the time was the largest maximum-security prison in the United States.

May is Mental Health Awareness month. As the Blue Dove Foundation says on its website, the Jewish and interfaith communities ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

The School,” about Oakland’s Hintil Ku’u Ca preschool, premieres this month. The film documents the school’s origins in the ...

President Trump directs reopening of Alcatraz to house most dangerous criminals. The place once known as 'The Rock' could ...

Donald Trump wants to re-open notorious 'escape-proof' jail for 'most ruthless and violent prisoners' in the US ...

The origin story of the island's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

Ipsos President of Polling Cliff Young joins The Final 5 to break down new data on voter priorities, President Trump's first 100 days, and how issues like political extremism, inflation, and ...

Since its closure in 1963, Alcatraz Prison has become the stuff of legend. The seemingly inescapable federal penitentiary on a California island surrounded by frigid and powerful currents gained ...