Local News Featured Peninsula Ranchos Rediscovering the Peninsula Nov 1, 2025 When the Spanish began colonizing the San Francisco Peninsula in the 1770s, the Franciscan fathers were in control of the operation. Their goa…
Local News Mission San Francisco de Asis, aka Mission Dolores Updated Apr 1, 2025 The longest journey begins with a single step … and an idea. The idea was to establish a chain of missions the length of California. And the j…
Local News The Presidio: Guardian of the Golden Gate Updated Apr 1, 2025 It happened on a Friday, March 29, 1776. Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and his band of soldiers arrived at the northern tip of the San Francis…
Local News The Plymouth Rock of the West Coast Updated Apr 1, 2025 In 1602, the explorer Sebastian Vizcaino discovered a vast, beautiful harbor that he knew would be a good landing site for the Spanish in Alta…
Local News Mission San Francisco de Asis, aka Mission Dolores Updated Apr 1, 2025 The longest journey begins with a single step … and an idea. The idea was to establish a chain of missions the length of California. And the j…
Local News Sanchez Descendants: Flanders and Bou Families Updated Apr 1, 2025 Jonathan Flanders, a carpenter who was born in Chile, immigrated to the United States in search of work in the 1800s. He found some employment…
Local News The Arguellos and Rancho de las Pulgas Updated Apr 1, 2025 In 1769, Gaspar de Portola and his expedition that started in Baja California began trekking up the California coast in search of the bay of M…
Local News The Plymouth Rock of the West Coast Updated Apr 1, 2025 In 1602, the explorer Sebastian Vizcaino discovered a vast, beautiful harbor that he knew would be a good landing site for the Spanish in Alta…
Local News American Indians ask Catholic Church for recognition Updated Apr 1, 2025 Members of a displaced American Indian tribe say their ancestors deserve recognition for building and maintaining California's first mission h…
