Today is the 100th anniversary of the U.S. immigration station on Angel Island - a place of hope and despair, and a landmark symbolizing the rich history of immigration in this country. The ...
In the middle of San Francisco Bay sits Angel Island State Park, offering spectacular views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin Headlands and Mount Tamalpais. The island is also alive with history ...
The wooden house on the hill is haunted, and those who once endured its wrath are now the ones holding the doors wide open. Come inside, and you can almost hear the echoes of the suffering and smell ...
Oakland Ballet Company takes on a harrowing chapter of US-Chinese history with a piece about Angel Island, ‘the Ellis Island of the west’ One sunny March day on Angel Island, a hilly landmass in the ...
This former quarantine and military station once processed as many as one million immigrants. Now, the picturesque island is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's best urban getaways. It's hard to beat ...
The immigration station on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, in use from 1910 to 1940, has often been called the Ellis Island of the West. But to what extent is the Pacific gateway a junior version ...