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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 El Camino Real. They celebrate the Spanish mission system ...

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 they returned home once more, they shared their travel ...

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 point and rendezvous site for the 2025 Camino de ...

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, but does she realize that all but two of them are ...

TODAY IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE... THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR.... AT MISSIONS ACROSS CALIFORNIA... THAT MEANS THE SUNRISE CREATED A RARE PHENOMENON CALLED áILLUMINATIONá. AT MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA... A SHAFT OF LIGHT SHINED PERFECTLY THROUGH THE ...

Picture postcards became popular in America as souvenirs and message sending devices in the late nineteenth century. Their minimal cost, portability, and accessibility enabled the tourist an opportunity to send greetings back home and to elicit excitement ...

Following a March 30 rocket launch marking the final liftoff of the month from California, SpaceX has two missions on the books to kick off April.