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 ...

First Established by the Franciscan Order in 1777 as part of the chain of 21 Alta California Missions, our Mission Church was the only one of the 21 that the Franciscans handed over to the Society of ...

Stretching from San Diego to just north of San Francisco the 21 Missions of California forever changed the face of this coastal state Retrace the footsteps of the early California settlers with ...

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast today (Jan. 21). A Falcon 9 ...

north of Los Angeles — is one of California’s most iconic landmarks, part of a string of 21 Spanish missions that attract millions of visitors each year. San Gabriel was the fourth colonial mission ...