California's La Purisima Concepcion mission was briefly taken over by ... not the Catholic Church. Once spanning 300,000 acres, La Purísima Mission State Historic Park now has 1,928 acres and ...

A rendering of the original La Purisima Mission Vieja Church established in 1787 on South F Street in Lompoc was destroyed in the earthquake of 1812. (Note the Indian village to the right ...

Payèras died of an infected leg in 1823 and is buried at Purisima. Shortly after his death, a Purísima neophyte was severely flogged by the soldiers at the nearby Mission Santa Inés.

With their heads barely visible, two students working in a huge hole attracted the attention of curious visitors at La Purísima Mission State Historic Park near Lompoc on Saturday.. Inquisitive ...

Costumed docents and staff at La Purisima Mission will offer a historical reenactment of Mission Life Days, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 15, at La Purisima ...

An art restorer working to expose 18th century Mexican craftsmanship on a church altar unmasked something even older and more exotic: a panel believed to have been hand-carved in France in the 1500s.

La Purisima Mission State Historic Park in Lompoc had to say goodbye to two of its longtime residents this week. The mission, located along Purisima Road, says horses Hummer and Grano were ...

The church is also connected to La Purisima Catholic school, which has 244 students, of which 34 percent are white, 28 percent Latino, 24 percent Asian, and 2 percent black, according to its website.