Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The giant statue of Father Junipero Serra above Interstate 280 freeway in San Mateo County has been removed. (Michael Macor/The ...

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Amid a national debate and sometimes violent reckoning on race and racism in 2020, Serra was singled out by California activists as a symbol of colonialism and oppression. View of Father Serra Statue ...

To Pope Francis, the 18th-century priest Junipero Serra was one of the United States’ founding fathers, a missionary who brought the Gospel to the New World. To Valentin Lopez, the chairman of the ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (KGO) -- The Marin County District Attorney has filed felony vandalism charges against people who allegedly damaged and tore down the St. Junipero Serra statue at Mission San Rafael ...

The surging Junipero Serra Padres (5-3, 5-0) look to maintain their perfect West Catholic Athletic League record when they host the slumping Bellarmine College Prep Bells (2-6, 0-5) Saturday at Brady ...

Armed with a first-class relic of St. Junípero Serra, more than 300 faithful began their pilgrimage from Mission Santa Barbara to the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, in Ventura, California, Aug.

Junipero Serra faces nationally-ranked St. John Bosco in a California High School football game on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 at Panish Family Stadium in Bellflower, Calif. How to watch: You’ll need a ...