A sculpture of controversial British explorer and pirate Sir Francis Drake no longer stands by the bay at Larkspur Landing in Marin County. City of Larkspur crews removed the 30-foot-tall steel ...

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- A 30-foot tall steel sculpture of Sir Francis Drake has been removed by crews near the Larkspur Ferry Terminal in Marin County. The 30-foot tall steel sculpture was put ...

A centuries-old painting of one of the country’s foremost explorers has left the National Portrait Gallery to take up temporary residence in its subject’s former home. The Elizabethan-era portrait of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Marin County community leaders will receive a history lesson this month as part of the debate to rename Sir Francis Drake Boulevard because of the ...

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 ...

That’s when he found what he called a “Fair and Good Bay” in which to make repairs. For years, Californians have claimed he landed on their shores. But a scholar at Portland State University says ...