A state appeals court has affirmed the conviction and sentence of a driver who struck and killed a bicyclist in Woodacre after drinking alcohol. The crime happened in 2018 when Paula Elizabeth Drake ...

Some evidence suggests Sir Francis Drake careened his ship here in 1579. Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB “The boundary of New Spain was right around San Francisco.

In the 1570s, Francis Drake became the first Englishman to sail around the world, defying Spain and rewriting history. Discover his daring journey.

The Sir Francis Drake hotel in San Francisco changed its name over the British explorer's historical links to the slave trade. After shuttering during the Covid pandemic, the 426-room hotel ...

Mar. 23—A group of graduates from the former Sir Francis Drake High School has formed a nonprofit to preserve its old sports trophies and other artifacts. "We have trophies back to 1953 ...

A 1583 portrait of Sir Francis Drake Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Francis Drake and 164 men aboard five ships left Plymouth, England, quietly on December 13, 1577. Few knew that the Pelican ...

Named after 16th-century explorer Sir Francis Drake, the passage connects the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans.At approximately 600 miles (965 kilometers) wide, it is relatively narrow ...

A group of graduates from the former Sir Francis Drake High School has formed a nonprofit to preserve its old sports trophies and other artifacts. “We have trophies back to 1953 — football ...

Sir Francis Drake was a famous explorer but not much is known about his first wife Mary Newman, who was born in Saltash. Mary ...

Crews install new street lighting on a stretch of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard near Bon Air Center in Greenbrae, Calif., on Tuesday, April 18, 2023.