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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

the Spanish constructed 21 missions in total, eight founded by Fr. Junípero Serra. In 1812, a powerful quake — today, estimated at a magnitude of 7.5 and believed to have been caused by the San ...

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 ...