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Welcome to the fifth session of Old Mission Santa Barbara's virtual speaker series, A Deeper Dive into the Mission Period and Its Legacy - Chumash Perspectives on the Legacy of the California Missions, with Ernestine Ygnacio DeSoto and Dr. Niki Sandoval, moderated by...

Hi Everyone, It just occurred to me, that now would be an opportune time to submit a “Letter to the Editor”, in that the last Dispatch edition this section was absent, due to its’ yearly “Best of San Juan Capistrano” Awards Supplement. I was informed that this next...

IN-N-Out Burger Drive-Thru at Marie Callendar's Site The overwhelming majority of San Juan Residents & the Planning Commission are adamantly opposed to allowing another drive-thru restaurant on our already overly congested Del Obispo Corridor. Please let the City...

“HOPE”. I see this word that someone from the Mission has erected on the exterior of the Mission “wall” at the corner of Ortega and El Camino Real — very large black letters (interesting color choice) with a white border. I see that word and I immediately think of our...

Some members of our Capistrano Historical Alliance Committee Board of Directors are direct descendants of the very Juaneno/Acjachemen Native Americans who were responsible for the construction of our Old Mission San Juan Capistrano. There is an Old Mission because of...

City officials have closed City Hall in San Juan Capistrano after six of the city’s 87 full- and part-time employees tested positive for the coronavirus. “Following Centers For Disease Control guidance, when this occurs, the city immediately initiates tracing and...

Good morning, Harrison: I wanted to send you my final thoughts regarding the tradition of our Ancestral Spirit World, which was carefully handed down to us, and it's meaning and importance. I will continue to defend and speak out regarding the generations-old oral...

To All, We are now in the season when people seem to focus on "ghost and goblins". It's very much turned into a commercial and money-making time as people venture out to plan "Halloween parties", pick out costumes, some not so appropriate, and ways that appear to...

Ladies & Gentlemen, The Capistrano Historical Alliance Committee is APPALLED at the homeless situation on Los Rios St! The street consists of all the elements that make San Juan Capistrano historically rich and so very important. It is home to several pre-Mission...

The San Juan Capistrano Docent Society  The SJC Docent Society is a group of dedicated volunteers with 1-38 years of experience sharing San Juan Capistrano history with students and visitors to our community.    Their mission is to serve the numerous historic venues...