Santa Clara University, the oldest college in California, is also the only college in ... By September of 1776, the northern mission, San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores) had been founded, but its ...

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"Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma, California - 1823" National Museum of American History Picture postcard, "Mission Santa Clara de Asis, California - 1777" National Museum of American History ...

A woman was in critical condition after being shot on Clinton Park near the Mission District in Sunday evening, according to police.

First Established by the Franciscan Order in 1777 as part of the chain of 21 Alta California Missions, our Mission Church was the only one of the 21 that the Franciscans handed over to the Society of ...