Organizers and attendees at the twice-yearly sunrise ceremony criticized the governor’s vetoes of bills on water, sacred ...

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area announced that it will close the island to visitors and tours from Oct. 26 to Nov. 18, to complete repairs.

The island will be completely shut down, meaning no public tours, cell house visits or private drop off, until the repairs are completed.

Rescuers in the catastrophic San Francisco Bay boat sinking near Alcatraz described a chaotic scene when they arrived to help the drowning boaters on Tuesday. Commercial fishermen Mike Montoya and ...

An all-day café will bring seasonal food and coffee to Alcatraz Landing in San Francisco.

Reservations for tours during the impending closure will be canceled and refunded.

A body was recovered from the water between Alcatraz Island and Treasure Island, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.

July 14 (UPI) --Authorities were searching waters near Alcatraz on Tuesday evening for two missing people after a pontoon boat carrying 19 people capsized off San Francisco, leaving one person dead ...

Rising from San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island feels both stark and cinematic. Once home to America’s most notorious federal prison, “The Rock” is now a windswept national park full of stories of ...

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he wanted Alcatraz to be returned to use as a maximum-security prison even though it has been closed for more than 60 years. Its outsized place in the public ...