There is a famous quote at the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” There is a less famous inscription ...

The history of blimps, security towers, drones, ground cameras, experimental robots and other surveillance technologies used by U.S. authorities to watch the 1,954-mile U.S.-Mexico border is on ...

An emergency boat is commandeered to transport campers off Angel Island on Sep. 17, 2024. Photo by Abigail Van Neely. If you remember wondering why Mission Local broke the news of the Angel Island ...

As the Trump administration cracks down on immigration, a new exhibit on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay draws attention to the “virtual wall” that already looms over the U.S.–Mexico border — ...

As day trips go, this one is spectacular. You arrive by water with views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the entire Bay. There’s hiking, biking and barbecuing. And it all starts with one charismatic sea ...

A Georgia man has traveled across the U.S. to recreate a old family photograph taken on Angel Island. Gerald Layson, 74, flew with his family to visit the same spot where his father, James Alton ...

Victorian Christmas on the Bay: On Saturday, Angel Island will celebrate Victorian Christmas at Camp Reynolds, a Civil War-era site about a mile from the island's cove. The celebration will include ...