With its Moorish domes and bell towers, the splendid Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Carmel is the jewel of the California mission system. The small cell where Father Junipero Serra lived and ...

San Carlos is one vote away from formally adopting a vision plan that will influence years of growth in the city’s east side after planning commissioners granted the plan their blessing this week.

But there are recurring themes at all four – Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmel, Nuestro Senora de la Soledad, San Antonio de Padua and Mission San JuanBautista. Each is a monument to ...