The Standard Staff

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

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

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

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


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.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi called it “the administration’s stupidest initiative yet.”
