Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

Welcome! Here, come on in — single file, please. Yep, a little tighter everybody. Some of the inmates will be coming through ...

SNL's Weekend Update addresses complaints from conservatives that Pope Leo XIV is "woke," and trashes Donald Trump wanting to ...

Charlie Hopkins was imprisoned in Alcatraz in the 1950s, where he spent three "lonely" years.

The Anglins were transferred to Alcatraz following an escape attempt at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, ...

Fans of murdered Simpsons and SNL icon Phil Hartman are calling for the star to be honored at Alcatraz amid Trump's wild plan to reopen the island jail.

Live's Weekend Update leaned into sharp punchlines this week, with Colin Jost and Michael Che delivering joke after joke about the kind of news that makes you forget this segment is supposed to be ...

Walt Gray sits down with Rich Ehisen, editor in chief of Capitol Weekly, to discuss this week in California politics.

Weekend Update had its fun with the headlines, including the naming of the new sovereign of the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV, the ...

EDITOR: On April 13, there was a wonderful article about a new exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and a short ...

While the Civil War was never fought in California, the state nevertheless played a major role in generating pro-Union ...

It takes a degree of insanity to think that sharing a picture of yourself as pope or Luke Skywalker will somehow boost your ...