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Alcatraz Island

Coyote swam 2 miles to Alcatraz Island, report finds

  • May 5

Gray whale found dead in SF as CA expands program to slow down ships

  • Apr 23

Alcatraz Island closed through Friday for dock repairs

  • Apr 22

Trump seeking $152 million to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison

  • Apr 4

Alcatraz tours resume with funding donation, despite gov't shutdown

  • Oct 4, 2025

LIST: Bay Area parks, tourist attractions impacted by gov't shutdown

  • Oct 3, 2025

Government shutdown to impact Bay Area tourism: What to know

  • Oct 1, 2025

Activists swim to shores from Alcatraz for undocumented SFSU students

  • Sep 28, 2025

Latest Videos

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Alcatraz ferry slams into SF's Pier 31, shattering windows

  • May 26
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Alcatraz Island closed through Friday for dock repairs

  • Apr 22
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Trump seeking $152 million to reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison

  • Apr 3
2:44

Alcatraz tours resume with funding donation, despite gov't shutdown

  • Oct 4, 2025
2:44

Government shutdown to impact Bay Area tourism: What to know

  • Oct 1, 2025
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Activists swim to shores from Alcatraz for undocumented SFSU students

  • Sep 28, 2025
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Activists swim to shores from Alcatraz for undocumented SFSU students

  • Sep 28, 2025
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Reopening Alcatraz could cost up to $2 billion, report says

  • Jul 26, 2025

Latest Stories

AG Pam Bondi visits Alcatraz amid Trump's proposal to reopen; Pelosi blasts 'stupidest' idea

Top Trump administration officials visited Alcatraz Thursday morning as part of the controversial plan to reopen the federal penitentiary, which Nancy Pelosi has called Trump's "stupidest initiative yet."

  • Jul 18, 2025

Bondi's visit to Alcatraz, Trump's plan to reopen prison met with criticism, skepticism

"It'd be crazy to try and build a prison out there. Ridiculously expensive, dangerous and also not good for the Bay." The Alcatraz visit by Trump administration officials has received a strong reaction from members of various communities here in the Bay Area.

  • Jul 18, 2025
AP Photo/Noah Berger

Pelosi calls Trump's plan to reopen Alcatraz 'stupidest initiative yet' ahead of Bondi visit

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi took aim at Trump Wednesday night, calling his plan to reopen Alcatraz his "stupidest initiative yet." This comes as Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to visit the prison Thursday morning.

  • Jul 17, 2025
AP Photo/Noah Berger

Pres. Trump moves forward with plan to turn Alcatraz back into federal prison, report says

Despite many believing that reopening the notorious San Francisco prison would be unrealistic and expensive, officials from the Federal Bureau of Prisons are said to have visited the island last week.

  • May 24, 2025

Tourists, politicians and former inmate sound off on Trump's proposal to reopen Alcatraz as a prison

A proposal by President Trump to reopen Alcatraz as a prison is getting a lot of attention and reaction from tourists, Bay Area leaders and even a former Alcatraz inmate. "I think it's one of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard in my life," said one visitor from Washington state.

  • May 6, 2025