Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, founded on July 16, 1769, has been celebrating its "jubilee year" throughout 2019. In January, as the landmark turned 250 years old, the public was invited to ...

The West Coast’s Plymouth Rock, Mission San Diego de Alcalá on Thursday will launch a year of events marking its 250th anniversary. “The mission really is the beginning of what became the ...

Spaniards established the original Mission San Diego de Alcalá near the base of Presidio Hill in 1769, but moved it to its current location, to the east, in 1774. By the 1900s, the valley was ...

A plump green wreath sat on one side of the altar at Mission San Diego de Alcalá, a single flame rising from one of the candles buried within its branches. Advent had begun, and after the mission ...

Led by Father Junípero Serra, they founded the first mission, San Diego de Alcalá, in 1769, followed by others such as San Carlos Borromeo and San Gabriel Arcángel. The friars faced challenges ...

This hike goes through scenic Mission Gorge and leads to the Old Mission Dam that impounded the San Diego River to provide water for the Spanish Mission San Diego de Alcalá. The dam is a ...