FAIRFAX, Calif. (KGO) -- Fairfax is a Marin town that is roughly 90% white and, as of the first week of March, 100% polarized. All of this tension is emerging because of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, a ...

One of San Francisco's most famous hotels has rebranded. 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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Tom Sweeney has been on the job for 40 years and is still enjoying it like day one. Tuesday, Sweeney celebrates working as a doorman at the Kimpton Sir Francis Drake Hotel in ...

A plaque will be unveiled Saturday at a West Marin beach commemorating Sir Francis Drake landing his leaky ship in the summer of 1579, the first arrival of the British on what was to become the United ...

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 ...

Sir Francis Drake, for whom San Francisco's iconic Sir Francis Drake hotel on Union Square is named, was one of the world's first frequent travelers. Along with numerous transatlantic trips exploring ...

The city of Larkspur in Marin County temporarily removed the Sir Francis Drake statue at Larkspur Landing for precautionary reasons, the city said in a release Wednesday morning. The removal at the ...

MARIN COUNTY (CBS SF) -- Hours after a statue of Sir Francis Drake was removed from Larkspur Landing, workers were seen Wednesday taking down the letters at the front of Sir Francis Drake High School ...

Officials at Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo and the Tamalpais Union High School District have begun to cover and remove the high school's name and symbols after deciding to rename the ...

Rick Lagina on this week’s episode of The Curse of Oak Island SPOILER ALERT: This article reveals information from the eight-minute preview of tonight’s The Curse of Oak Island episode. If you’d ...