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 ...

“It’s one of the best kept secrets in California,” says McDonogh ... which helps support the park along with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. The Angel Island app provides ...

The U.S. Immigration Station, Angel Island, is a National Historic Landmark located within Angel Island State Park in San Francisco Bay. From 1910 to 1940, the station processed nearly a million ...

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.

“Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology” will be on view through late May in collaboration with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and California State Park ...

Hundreds of heartfelt poems were carved into the walls by those detained at Angel Island's Immigration Station during an ... So far, the state of California has earmarked $15 million for the ...

Angel Island sits just a 30-minute ferry ride from Fisherman's Wharf, a California State Park rich ... Most of the immigrants entering the station were of Asian descent and were segregated from ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A pair of Angel ... chapter in California and U.S. history," Between 1910 and 1940, some 500,000 immigrants were processed through the Angel Island Immigration Station, known ...