SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel will be called The Beacon Grand in the latest attempt in the Bay Area to rename streets and landmarks after the slave-trading explorer.

San Francisco's Sir Francis Drake Hotel will be called The Beacon Grand in the latest attempt in the Bay Area to rename streets and landmarks after the slave-trading explorer.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Howard Mutz began working at San Francisco's St. Francis hotel in 1972. Back then, he was a busboy. From that humble beginning he worked his way up to manager and, ...

The Westin St. Francis is one of San Francisco's grande dames. In fact, its grandfather clock, which dates back to 1907, has been a meeting place for visitors and city residents for years.

FILE - A man walks in front of boarded windows and an entrance to the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, Sunday, March 29, 2020. The hotel will be called The Beacon Grand in the latest ...

Beefeater doorman Tom Sweeney greets a hotel guest during the final day of his 43 year long career at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, January 12, 2020.

San Francisco's Sir Francis Drake Hotel Ditches Old Name The 416-room hotel, which has been shuttered since the onset of the pandemic, is scheduled to reopen this spring following an interior makeover ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – It’s one of the Bay Area’s most famous hotels. It’s still closed for renovations, but once it reopens in a couple of months don’t call it the Sir Francis Drake ...

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's Sir Francis Drake Hotel will be called The Beacon Grand in the latest attempt in the Bay Area to rename streets and landmarks after the slave-trading explorer.

San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel will be called the Beacon Grand in the latest attempt in the Bay Area to rename streets and landmarks that honored the explorer linked to slave trading.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – It’s one of the Bay Area’s most famous hotels. It’s still closed for renovations, but once it reopens in a couple of months don’t call it the Sir Francis Drake ...