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As it goes for so many real estate developers here, President Donald Trump’s dreams of building in California could get derailed by regulations.
According to the National Park Service, Alcatraz draws roughly 1.6 million visitors each year and generates about $60 million in tourism revenue annually.
EXCLUSIVE - ALCATRAZ ISLAND, California — Bill Baker was only 23 when he was handcuffed, shackled, and thrown on the back of ...
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.
Democrats and Republicans alike scoff at the idea of reopening the island prison that has served as a tourist attraction for decades.
A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks would serve as a deterrence for even the worst criminals. Trump called for the ...
The proposal, which would be extraordinarily expensive and logistically challenging, drew derision from locals and tourists.
A day after President Trump said he wants to reopen Alcatraz as a symbol of law and order, tourists at the decayed historic ...
The federal Bureau of Prisons says that the exact meaning is still debated, but "Alcatraz is usually defined as 'pelican' or 'strange bird.'" In the early 1850s, following the California Gold Rush ...
President Donald Trump says he's directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island that's been closed for more than 60 years.
birdwatch and more this summer Trump says US will not pay for California high-speed rail. Here's what to know Alcatraz became the site of a massive and historic demonstration for Native American ...