Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer, and for San Francisco ... Chief among them: Alcatraz Island. All Alcatraz tours were sold out for the holiday weekend.

Trips to Alcatraz represent big business for San Francisco-based tour operators, so they're paying close attention to President Trump's plan. President Donald Trump has long vowed to bring America ...

Jose Perez is fighting for a future in which he hopes he won’t be paralyzed after suffering a serious injury while racing in the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon earlier this month.

Daring departure on this day in 1962 still has mysterious conclusion. The island made an easy transition to tourist stop.

Nearly all interviewed agreed it would be very expensive to restore the historic facility on an island in San Francisco Bay.

ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ. THERE’S JUST A LOT OF ... there is no running water," said John Martini, a San Francisco historian, author and tour guide. "There is no sanitation. There is no heat in ...

Scott Wiener, who represents San Francisco, said reopening Alcatraz as a prison is "absurd ... it reopened as part of a National Park Service unit, and tours can be scheduled to visit the ...