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Rescuers are still searching for 3 people after a boat sank in San Francisco Bay, leaving 1 dead

Rescuers are still searching for three people missing after a boat sank in San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island

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Search and rescue operation for a sunken pontoon boat near Alcatraz Island, in photos

Emergency crews responded to a pontoon boat that sank Tuesday afternoon in the waters off San Francisco while carrying mostly family members as part of a memorial service.

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Boat tragedy in San Francisco: One dead, two missing after pontoon boat capsizes near Alcatraz

One person died, two others remained missing and 16 people were rescued after a three-deck pontoon pleasure boat carrying 19 people capsized in the waters near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a large-scale search involving divers, helicopters and multiple rescue vessels.

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One dead and two missing after boat sinks near Alcatraz Island

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1 dead and 2 missing from pontoon boat near Alcatraz Island off San Francisco

Authorities in San Francisco say one person has died, two people are missing and 16 others from a pontoon boat have been rescued in waters off the city

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One person dead and 16 rescued after boat sinks off Alcatraz Island

Firefighters and the U.S. Coast Guard are on the scene

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One person dead and two missing after boat sinks near San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island

Another 16 people rescued after ‘pontoon pleasure boat’ sinks about 600 yards from famous tourist attraction

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Coyote stuns wildlife experts with incredible two-mile swim to Alcatraz

A lone coyote stunned biologists and others by swimming to Alcatraz Island earlier this year

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Why Alcatraz Island was abruptly closed to tourists this week

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Alcatraz Island suddenly shuts for tourists weeks after Trump demands $150M to reopen it as infamous prison

California Governor Gavin Newsom previously said that President Trump’s plans resembled the ‘substance’ surrounding Alcatraz: ‘fog’

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NBC bringing Super Bowl pregame show to Alcatraz Island

The Super Bowl pregame show will be headed to Alcatraz Island

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Coyote scrambles onto Alcatraz Island after perilous, never-before-seen swim

Experts have reacted to a viral video of a coyote swimming to Alcatraz Island in what is a surprising first for the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The New Status Symbol For Silicon Valley Tech Elites? Building Giant Statues

If Ross Calvin, a crypto investor and the founder of Parhelion Digital, gets his way, the U.S. will soon have a new monument. The tech leader is currently working to get permission to build a massive statue of the Greek god Prometheus on Alcatraz Island, Bloomberg reports.

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Gavin Newsom: Alcatraz Will Reopen the 'Same Day' the Epstein Files Are Released

California Governor Gavin Newsom is not holding his breath for the Trump administration to follow through on reopening Alcatraz Island as a federal prison.

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Times Square first, Alcatraz Island next? The strange new steps in Saudi boxing saga

Comment: Tonight, a unique boxing event plays out in the heart of New York City. Yet the key question revolves around ‘soul’

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Saudi boxing boss Turki Alalshikh eyes Teofimo Lopez fight in Alcatraz prison

The prison on Alcatraz Island, off the coast of San Francisco, is now a museum

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Watch peregrine falcons nesting on Alcatraz Island live with this amazing NPS webcam feed

The project is a collaboration between the National Park Service and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

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Unthanksgiving Day: A celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism, held yearly at Alcatraz

Each year on the fourth Thursday of November, when many people start to take stock of the marathon day of cooking ahead, Indigenous people from diverse tribes and nations gather at sunrise in San Francisco Bay.

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What is Indigenous Peoples Day? A day of celebration, protest and reclaiming history

From Alcatraz Island to a park in New York City, Native American people will celebrate their centuries-long history of resilience with ceremonies, dances and speeches

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A Lake Michigan accident paralyzed him 19 years ago. Now he’s swimming from Alcatraz

41-year-old Rob Heitz is planning the 1-to-2-mile swim Friday. Some 19 years after becoming paralyzed following a freak diving accident in Lake Michigan, he is now mostly recovered.

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