Mission San Juan Bautista was built in 1797 and is still open for tours, weddings and weekend Mass.

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. — Wednesday marks the first day of winter, also known as the winter solstice, and the longest night of the year. Early in the morning, people arrived at Mission San ...

The rustic town of San Juan Bautista and its historic Spanish mission, which dates back to 1797 and gained international fame in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film “Vertigo,” is flanked by rolling ...

A 2.5 preliminary magnitude earthquake occurred early Sunday about 3 miles west of Mission San Juan BaUtista, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was recorded at 3:53 a.m. and was ...

They include Mission San Juan Bautista, built between 1803 and 1812; the Plaza Hotel, built in 1858 but incorporating as its ground floor former Spanish military barracks dating from 1813-14; the ...

San Juan Bautista was known as the "mother mission" and was the way many explorers, soldiers and clergy first came into our area in the 1700s.

San Juan Bautista, San Juan Bautista 15th mission 1797 Explore all of California’s 21 famed missions >> This mission, operated by the Catholic Church, is at the heart of the sleepy town of San ...

During a Mass of Reconciliation at Mission San Juan Bautista in December 2012, Bishop Richard Garcia asked for forgiveness for the sins committed against Native Americans in California.

San Juan Bautista was founded as a mission in 1797, the largest mission out of 21 founded by Franciscans in Alta California between 1768 and 1853.

Strolling through the historic town of San Juan Bautista, nestled at the foot of the Gabilan Mountains, I feel like I’m walking through the pages of a history book. Adobe structures dating to ...

The rustic town of San Juan Bautista and its historic Spanish mission, which dates back to 1797 and gained international fame in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film “Vertigo,” is flanked by rolling ...