A short ferry ride from San Francisco brings you to the shores of this infamous island where you can dive into American ...

Last week was not the first time Coast Guard Island in the Oakland Estuary has been in the spotlight related to the federal government’s deportation campaigns against immigrants.

Julie Montpetit didn’t see it coming. Not her newfound passion for criminal justice reform, and certainly not her current predicament: blocked from talking to the man she loves, a man locked in prison ...