SANTA CRUZ — Indigenous community members from across the state spoke out Saturday — against a backdrop of Mission Santa Cruz — in support of the final mission bell on city of Santa Cruz land being ...

Mission bells has been one of California's most divisive images and for years the symbols have increasingly been removed and criticized as reminders of colonialism and oppression of Native Americans.

UC Santa Cruz employees David Jessen, left, and Mitch Smith, remove an "El Camino Real" bell marker from campus during a ceremony in June 2019. (Cody Glenn / Associated Press) Few symbols in ...

SANTA CRUZ – The Santa Cruz Historic Preservation Commission on Tuesday unanimously passed a recommendation to the City Council to remove the one remaining mission bell in Santa Cruz located at Soquel ...

GILROY – The concrete footing is poured and set. A kelly green pole points to the sky. But something is missing from the perch along Monterey Highway in this city at the southern end of Santa Clara ...