After three years of closure and restoration, voices will once again echo in the halls of Mission San Gabriel starting Saturday, July 1. Now, after the pandemic and a fire that nearly destroyed it, ...

Steven Hackel thought it was a prank at first when the call came, early in the morning: “What do you mean the church is on fire?” He raced from his Pasadena home to the 249-year-old Mission San ...

Several months ago, I had the opportunity to share local history on MySGV, a podcast highlighting the people and places of the San Gabriel Valley. It wasn’t an exhaustive academic treatise, just a ...

Three years after Mission San Gabriel was nearly destroyed by fire, the more than 250-year-old church is set to reopen on July 1, capping a multimillion-dollar drive to restore the landmark after ...