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 ...

Every week or every few days Trump throws out to the media an outrage or a gaffe I call a "chew toy" to keep his critics busy ...

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

Joe Rogan could not believe his ears when he heard this comment that a guest on his podcast made about an endurance race.

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

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

Here's the grad speech that NYU is now withholding the student's diploma for: "As I search my heart today in addressing you ...

The Qatari government used Trump to pawn off a hunking chunk of metal that it had been trying to get rid of for five years, ...

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.

Stroud was never allowed to see Lancaster’s portrayal of him in the movie, according to the website Alcatraz History. Lancaster was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He lost to ...