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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scott Haskins of Fine Art Conservation Laboratories talks about the restoration process his company performed on the 214-year-old painting “The Crucifixion” for Mission San Juan Capistrano.

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.

A 213-year-old painting recently discovered at Mission San Juan Capistrano will soon be leaving its home to undergo an expensive effort aimed at showcasing one the historic site’s most intrig… ...

A town replete with yesterday’s charm, San Juan Bautista is home to an antique center, art specialty shops, a rare gem shop, a state historic park, an extensive collection of buggies from days ...

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.

Legacy preserved Mission San Juan Bautista was founded in 1797 as the 15th of California’s 21 missions.