Alcatraz ferry workers strike as SF summer tourism season starts Alcatraz City Cruises workers are striking for better wages as San Francisco's summer tourism season is just getting started ...

The 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island, from 1969 to 1971, marked a turning point in American Indian activism. They embarked on a three-masted boat, intent on claiming what they saw as rightfully ...

Alcatraz Island will remain closed on Saturday due to an ongoing power outage, officials announced. Since Thursday, numerous ...

Among the rare roses, daisies and lush succulents, the blue lupines in the Alcatraz gardens may not stick out to wandering tourists. But they’re the only plants on the island that have passed through ...

A new study has found US Civil War-era tunnels and buildings buried beneath the famed Alcatraz island prison in San Francisco, California. Historians had long-suspected that the notorious federal ...

Aztec dancers perform at the annual sunrise gathering for Indigenous Peoples' day on Alcatraz Island. Photo on Oct. 14, 2024 by Abigail Van Neely. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, ...

The work, now on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, tells the story of two characters on the island—the last people ...

In November 1969 a small group of Native American students and urban Indians began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay Eventually joined by thousands of Native Americans they ...

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Sprawled across 25,000 square feet of space, the museum is designed to look like a a blend of Alcatraz Island prison and the Tennessee state prison. It includes 100-plus interactive exhibits ...

With so much to see and do in California with a group, how do you know where to begin? We recommend deciding which religion ...