How many people live on Treasure Island?

Curious about what it's like to live on Treasure Island, I talked to half a dozen people who either live there now or have lived there in the past. ... that there's a bunch of cheap, empty space super-close to everything else, but many parts of the island are abandoned or closed off due to the risk of radiation. read more

Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay and a neighborhood in the city and county of San Francisco. Built 1936–37 for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, the island's World’s Fair site is a California Historical Landmark. Buildings there have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the historical Naval Station Treasure Island an auxiliary air facility are designated in the Geographic Names Information System. read more

For the Treasure Island Music Festival, happening this weekend, 16,000 people will make the tiny half-bridge journey to the mythical-sounding, man-made pit stop between SF and the East Bay. For most of those people, it will be the one time they go all year — if ever. read more