From riding its clattering cable cars to visiting sea‑lion hangouts, here are 50 cool things to do in San Francisco in 2026.

Experts have reacted to a viral video of a coyote swimming to Alcatraz Island in what is a surprising first for the San ...

A video taken by a tourist shows the first documented instance of a coyote swimming to Alcatraz, scientists say. It came ...

The expansion of biometrics across U.S. aviation infrastructure continues apace, with airports deploying such technology to ...

Environmental groups fighting the legality of Alligator Alcatraz say the U.S. and Florida governments kept information from ...

KPFA brings you the Annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Sunrise Gathering live from Alcatraz Island — a powerful celebration of resistance, remembrance, and renewal. Organized by the International Indian ...

On Dec. 4, 2025, human rights nonprofit organization Amnesty International published a report alleging multiple examples of human rights abuses — including one practice that would meet the United ...

The Miccosukee Tribe officials say they are moving forward with their legal battle against the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, arguing that Florida’s acceptance of ...

The newly alleged brutality at two Florida prisons might be customary in some third-world dictatorship. It was assumed to be intolerable in America. Reports from two respected organizations describe ...

President Donald Trump has directed federal officials to turn Alcatraz back into an active federal prison, but San Francisco’s youngsters have their own ideas for the island’s future. Spoiler ...

In August 1934, the first group of inmates arrived at Alcatraz, the maximum-security prison perched on a small island in San Francisco Bay. The Big House on the Bay was the ultimate destination for ...

Amnesty International said Thursday the use of a confined space called the “box” at the migrant detention facility in Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz could amount to torture. The human rights ...