California - 1787" National Museum of American History Picture postcard, "Mission Santa Cruz, California - 1791" National Museum of American History Picture postcard, "Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, ...

SANTA CRUZ — The only remaining “El Camino Real” mission bell in Santa Cruz — a symbol that many of California’s Indigenous peoples say is a hurtful reminder of oppression and slavery ...

The Santa Cruz mission struggled from the start and probably never grew larger than the 523 residents it reported in 1796. Author John J. O’Hagan notes in “Lands Never Trodden: The Franciscans ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance to identify suspects who vandalized Mission Santa Cruz during a recent protest and march. The march on ...

When fourth-grader Brandon Leo was assigned a project to write a report and build a replica of Mission Santa Cruz, he reached for a favorite medium: Legos. “I have a passion for Lego ...