President Donald Trump's idea to reopen Alcatraz prison is ridiculous for many reasons, but high among them: It's a ...

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.

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 ...

More than a million people visit Alcatraz Island every year to see the shuttered prison sitting in the San Francisco Bay, made famous by Clint Eastwood in the movie about the great escape of three ...

Alcatraz Island, the former federal penitentiary in San Fransisco Bay that’s one of the most popular tourist attractions in the U.S., now offers a tour that includes nearby Angel Island State Park.

Alcatraz Cruises, the private company that ferries visitors from Pier 33 in San Francisco to Alcatraz Island, will offer five trips a day, on the hour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the last boat ...

Catalina? That’s lovely, too. But the San Francisco Bay is a little island paradise all its own, dotted with rocky outcroppings big and small, from the Sisters to Angel Island, Alcatraz and more.

He’s talking about San Francisco Bay, where he plans to swim from Alcatraz Island, site of the old prison that once housed Al Capone, to the shore — about 1 to 2 miles, depending on the currents.

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 ...

Alcatraz Island — "the Rock" — has a tumultuous history that dates back to the 1850s when it was used as a military post to protect the San Francisco Bay shoreline.