In August 1934, the first group of inmates arrived at Alcatraz, the maximum-security prison perched on a small island in San Francisco Bay. The Big House on the Bay was the ultimate destination for ...

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 after ...

"That’s why they continue to expand." Experts stunned after video surfaces of bizarre scene at Alcatraz: 'They are ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum arrived Thursday morning at Alcatraz, the San Francisco tourist attraction that President Donald Trump has vowed to reopen as a prison in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Archaeologists confirmed a long-time suspicion of historians and say that famed Alcatraz prison was built over a Civil War-era military fortification. Researchers found a series ...

One of Alcatraz’s most well-known prisoners left the famed island penitentiary in San Francisco Bay for the last time 87 years ago today on Jan. 6, 1939, for medical reasons. Eight years later, former ...

Once again, California is a hotspot of political unrest. This time, the source is one of San Francisco’s most popular tourist attractions, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. The penitentiary closed in ...

Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. As all good Bay Area history nerds know, Alcatraz Prison ...

All eyes will be at the Super Bowl and Levi’s Stadium on Sunday but before the game, all eyes will be on Alcatraz where the pre-game show will be taking place. The Bay Area’s famous former prison has ...

The maximum-security, minimum-privilege prison operated for nearly 30 years but shut down because it cost three times more to run Alcatraz than other federal prisons NBC Universal, Inc. Alcatraz ...