Mission College has dedicated its three-story fire-training tower in honor of the Von Raesfeld family, a perfect choice given the family’s history in both Santa Clara and the Bay Area ...

S.J., began a four-year presidency that would transform Santa Clara. Part of his program was to remodel the College’s ugly adobe buildings, including the Mission Church. Workmen attached a new wooden ...

Mission Santa Clara seemed to thrive at first ... For a while, the building boasted an Italianate façade--with two bell towers-- all made of wood (similar in style to St. Joseph’s Cathedral in San ...

Mission Santa Clara de Ass, which turns 238 on Monday ... Three bells dating to the 18th and 19th centuries are in the bell tower; the grounds include a rose garden and a cemetery, as well ...