The Sir Francis Drake Hotel, the Union Square icon that opened in 1928, will become the Beacon Grand. The news was first reported by the San Francisco Business Times. The 21-story, 416-room hotel has ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The iconic Sir Francis Drake Hotel opened in 1928 and now 94 years later it's changing from the inside out. Starting with its controversial name. "His name doesn't have to be ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP/CBS) -- San Francisco's Sir Francis Drake Hotel will be called The Beacon Grand in the latest attempt in the Bay Area to rename streets and landmarks after the slave-trading explorer ...

San Francisco’s 94-year-old Sir Francis Drake hotel became the latest local landmark to shed the name of the 16th century explorer for his ties to the slave trade. The 416-room hotel at the ...

That’s when he found what he called a “Fair and Good Bay” in which to make repairs. For years, Californians have claimed he landed on their shores. But a scholar at Portland State University says ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel will be called The Beacon Grand when it is set to reopen this spring. It is the latest attempt in the Bay Area to rename streets and ...

San Francisco’s Sir Francis Drake Hotel will be called the Beacon Grand in the latest attempt in the Bay Area to rename streets and landmarks that honored the explorer linked to slave trading. For 94 ...