Extending a cultural fight that started years ago, Caltrans has quietly demolished a statue of 18th-century missionary and Catholic saint Junipero Serra that had overlooked Interstate 280 in ...

A two-page letter from 1776 written by St. Junípero Serra failed to sell at a New York auction on Thursday after the auction house declined a $70,000 offer, having expected to fetch around $100,000.

NEW YORK – An historic California mission founded by the controversial St. Junípero Serra has announced that a bronze statue of the saint, removed in 2020 from the local city hall amid protests over ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A giant statue of Saint Junipero Serra towered over I-280 in Hillsborough for five decades. Without any big announcements, ...

HILLSBOROUGH, Calif. - A statue that greeted Peninsula drivers for decades has been removed. Caltrans took down the statue of Junípero Serra in Hillsborough along Interstate 280 earlier this summer.

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Pope Francis announced this month he plans to canonize and elevate to sainthood Father Junipero Serra, the 18th-century Spanish Franciscan priest who famously founded nine of the California missions.

From reparations to tax revolts, the Golden State tries out new ideas all the time. What roads will its latest experiments send us down? By Laila Lalami The fire broke out one day after $200,000 in ...