The majority of immigrants who passed through California’s immigration station, Angel Island, were from China and Japan—and tens of thousands of them were detained there. A sweeping view of ...

But hidden in plain sight is a remnant of a time when California wasn’t so welcoming to immigrants. It’s a historic landmark that many Bay Area residents and visitors don’t realize exists on the ...

Chinese women and children under 12 were held together at Angel Island Immigration Station (Courtesy of the California Historical Society). The rounds of interrogations that followed were intense ...

He and California State Parks' staff, like Casey Dexter-Lee, are stewards of American history at the Angel Island Immigration Station, which was used as a detention center in the early 1900s.

One hundred years ago today, the Angel Island Immigration Station in San Francisco Bay opened its doors. From 1910 to 1940, the “Ellis Island of the West” was the gateway into America for more ...

The Angel Island Immigration Station, once known as the “Ellis Island of the West,” is reopening to visitors on Sunday after a multimillion-dollar restoration of the historic California landmark.

Angel Island is a place where hope met hardship, but the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation is working to make sure this chapter of American history is preserved and never forgotten.

For the second time in two years, the House of Representatives passed legislation Monday that would preserve the Angel Island Immigration Station, where 1 million Asian Americans passed through ...

“I was not quite obsessed,” said the director of special projects for the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, “but very interested.” Din will discuss his organization, what ...

When ships landed in California, arrivals were sent ... Room 105 at the Angel Island Immigration Station is open to drop-in visitors from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. most Wednesdays through Sundays.

They hunted people who were trying to avoid the Angel Island Immigration Station by entering the country ... of American studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on a new book ...