Escape from Alcatraz,” “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” are among the most memorable films set on Bay Area islands.

Big skies, bold cities and iconic prison islands: these destinations offer a familiar feel with a global twist.

Even if Alcatraz, which was built to hold somewhat more than 300 inmates, is resurrected and expanded, it’ll hold only a ...

“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

President Donald Trump has said he’d like to reopen Alcatraz, the infamous island lockup in the middle of San Francisco Bay, turning it into a maximum-security fortress.

William Baker, 91, is believed to be one of the last living inmates of Alcatraz. He has harrowing tales to tell, including about the time he tried to escape.

Despite its reputation as ironclad, it was possible to escape Alcatraz. All it took was brains, guts and 50 raincoats.

The state is confronting what officials say is an unprecedented confluence of forces that will test its long record of ...

EDITOR: On April 13, there was a wonderful article about a new exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and a short ...

Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...

"It’s not like he came out and was like, 'Hey, I’m Pope Leo XIV, he/him,'" Colin Jost jokes of the Chicago native ...

President Donald Trump said in a post to Truth Social on Sunday that he is ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen and expand the famed Alcatraz Island prison, which lies off the coast of San ...