Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UC Santa Cruz employees David Jessen, left, and Mitch Smith, remove an "El Camino Real" bell marker from campus during a ceremony ...

Janet Dowling Sands’ long-term fascination with California’s missions eventually inspired her to head out with her husband — an architect and a history buff — to visit and paint all of them. “That’s ...

Armed with a first-class relic of St. Junípero Serra, more than 300 faithful began their pilgrimage from Mission Santa Barbara to the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, in Ventura, California, Aug.

Home College of Arts and Sciences Community Heritage Lab Ohlone Heritage Hub What is the role of Mission Santa Clara in Ohlone history? Santa Clara University is one of the few institutions of higher ...

The Camino de California reconnects Catholics with the land, saints and communities that shaped the Church in the West. Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá in San Diego, California, is a stopping ...

On Jan. 13, 1777 Padre Thomas Peña, under the direction of Padre Junípero Serra, officially founded Mission Santa Clara de Asís, the eighth of California’s 21 missions. Located along El Camino Real, ...

Solvang, Calif. - The California Missions Foundation (CMF) is celebrating more than $1-million in funding for two missions in need of repair. Both Mission Santa Inés in Solvang and Mission San Juan ...

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For many of our readers, the world has been their oyster these last months. They’ve ridden camels in Tangier, explored Maine’s Acadia National Park and seen the Northern Lights in Iceland. And when ...