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 ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1934, a group of federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island, a twenty-two-acre rock about one-and-one half miles offshore in San Francisco Bay. The Alcatraz Federal ...

How DIY tools, dozens of raincoats, and two Pop Mech issues led to one of history’s most daring disappearances.

Federal officials recently visited Alcatraz as part of the president's efforts to reopen the historic site as a prison. How ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Getty Images Before it became among the world’s most infamous prisons, Alcatraz Island was just that, an island. But since ...

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and for San Francisco, the season arrives with mixed signals about the state of its tourism industry. While the Bay Area has yet to recover ...

The world was captivated by the journey of a coyote traversing through San Francisco Bay as it made its way onto Alcatraz Island earlier this year, and after months of research, National Park ...