Few symbols in California are as ubiquitous as the roadside markers shaped like mission bells that flank state highways and the streets of coastal cities from San Diego to Sonoma along the so-called ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the Native American tribes included in the UCLA History-Geography Project’s lesson. For millions of Californians, growing up in the Golden State ...

As summer begins and pandemic travel restrictions loosen up, consider a visit to one or more of California’s 21 Franciscan missions. They were founded 1769-1823, with St. Junípero Serra founding the ...

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 ...

I was really taken aback at Patt Morrison’s Dec. 8 commentary, “Money for Missions: Keep the Faith, Baby,” supporting taxpayer financing of California missions. Granted, they do have historical value, ...

While California’s missions are still beloved by many people of faith, Saturday’s blaze at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel came as their legacy throughout California have been called into question. The ...