San Francisco

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Alcatraz was only in operation for less than 30 years, but in that time it gained the reputation as one of the most notorious prisons in American history.

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Correction Notice: This article originally stated that California had the sixth largest economy in the world. Corrected to fourth largest."The mornings along the coast where the fog and mist meet with the salty spray of...

THINGS

The 1979 trial of Dan White was perceived as a miscarriage of justice because of the Twinkie's role in reducing his conviction and sentence. But the true story is more complicated—and more disturbing.

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"Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might begin a mutual love, or dislike, friendship, or enmity. Where one city will...

THINGS

In 1848, news began to circulate within the United States that gold had been discovered in the western land of California. Soon thereafter, hundreds of thousands of people from the United States and around the world...

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Alcatraz was only in operation for less than 30 years, but in that time it gained the reputation as one of the most notorious prisons in American history.



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