Clarence James’ “Cruelty is The Point” debuted this week at SCOPE Art Show as part of an Amnesty International exhibit protesting the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in the Florida ...

On Thanksgiving morning each year, Native Americans hold a sunrise ceremony on Alcatraz island, in the San Francisco Bay. It honors Indigenous resistance over the years and the historic 1969 Native ...

An appeals court has overturned a lower court's order to close the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility. Protesters continue to hold weekly vigils at the facility, demanding its closure and legal ...

The 1962 escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary is perhaps the most infamous and fascinating jailbreak in American history. But what if that was just the beginning of the story? That's a question ...

A Denver-based cryptocurrency investor has unveiled plans to build a 450-foot statue of the Greek god Prometheus on Alcatraz Island — a project that, if realized, would tower over San Francisco Bay ...

GATHERING WAS HELD AT ALCATRAZ ISLAND THIS MORNING, AND ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, IT IS RECOGNIZED IN MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES, INCLUDING HERE IN CALIFORNIA. DOZENS OF TRIBES MARKED THE ...

Lately, Trump’s been sparking some particularly bizarre headlines. Between baselessly connecting Tylenol with autism, literally shutting down the U.S. government, and telling the U.S. Navy that ...

The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, a nonprofit that supports the National Park Service and the Presidio Trust, confirmed that Alcatraz and several other sites within the Golden Gate National ...

The federal government reimbursed Florida $608 million for two state-run immigration facilities. The FEMA payment covers the construction and management of the "Alligator Alcatraz" and "Deportation ...

Tours of Alcatraz Island resumed Friday morning after being abruptly closed down the day before due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. By midmorning on Oct. 3, long lines of visitors from the ...

Alcatraz, one of the most popular tourist spots in the Bay Area, was among the many things impacted by the government shutdown Thursday. Alcatraz City Cruises, which manages tours to the island, ...