The news caught some out-of-towners by surprise.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The government shutdown has forced the closure of multiple tourist attractions across the Bay Area, except one. On Friday, Alcatraz resumed public tours and ferries to the rock, ...

For several decades, Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay has attracted the public to tour an aging, infamous prison whose inmate roster included Al Capone and George “Machine Gun” Kelly. But ...