A Bannock-Shoshone, she had transferred to San Francisco from Idaho’s Fort ... just give up but to keep going,” War Jack says. View of the fire on June 2, 1970, which burned most of the night on ...

Getty Images A view of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in the 1930s when it was America's premier maximum-security prison The former prison is now a popular San Francisco tourist site, with more ...

For long, Alcatraz was just a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay that was once ... decision was made to construct a lighthouse in view of increased ship traffic in the bay area.

Swimmers ring in New Year with annual plunge from Alcatraz to SF Swimmers from across the Bay Area rang in 2025 with the annual New Year's Day swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco. Alcatraz ferry ...

Swimmers from across the Bay Area rang in 2025 with the annual New Year's Day swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco. It's a tradition the South End Rowing Club has kept up for more than two decades.

Derek Smith recently completed the grueling two-mile swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco. If completing that trek wasn't enough, Smith was born with a congenital heart defect and has had three ...