Alexa LexMex Treviño

‘Our footsteps are prayers’: Portraits from a sunrise gathering on Alcatraz Island

Culture

Decades after the island’s occupation, Native Americans continue to gather at dawn on Indigenous People’s Day to celebrate resistance, resilience, and return.

The Standard Staff

Government shutdown live updates: Alcatraz reopens, Muir Woods remains closed

News

Politics

Follow along for the latest updates on how the standoff in Washington is reverberating in California, the Bay Area, and beyond.

Deputy Breaking News Editor

Ryan Fonseca

Senior News Reporter

George Kelly

Michael McLaughlin

Bye-bye, Blue Angels and Muir Woods: What else is shut down with the federal government

Here’s how Washington’s gridlock will affect life in the Bay Area.

Scott Wiener

Opinion: Yes, Trump’s Alcatraz plan is idiotic. But it’s also dead serious 

Opinion

Don’t assume he’s using the prison idea as a distraction. We need to take him literally and be prepared to fight back.  


How unfit is Alcatraz? Just look at it

It's not just a salt-corroded pile of concrete that was too expensive to operate in 1960. It's also missing water, power, gas, and sewage systems.