For 50 years, a statue of Junipero Serra watched over cars cruising by on Interstate 280 in San Mateo County, but now it's gone. Caltrans removed the 26-foot-tall statue back in August. Since then, ...

For decades, anyone driving along Interstate Highway 280 in Hillsborough could look up and see a giant statue of Father Junípero Serra watching over the Peninsula next to the Crystal Springs rest stop ...

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 ...

Since 1976, a nearly 30-foot-tall statue depicting Saint Junipero Serra overlooked Highway 280 in Hillsborough, but not any more. Many were recently surprised to find the statue was no longer in its ...