San Juan Capistrano businesses are centered around the annual spring migration of swallows to the south Orange County community where the it's a main tourist attraction. But in recent years, very few ...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — On March 19, the gates of Mission San Juan Capistrano will open at 9 a.m., and the bells will ring to honor St. Junipero Serra, the mission’s founder. The day marks the return of ...

THE SEASON OF CELEBRITIES: It's true that we regularly associate the later part of winter and early springtime with famous figures in Southern California; after all, that's the time of year when the ...

Mission San Juan Capistrano bell ringers Michael Gastelum, left, and Nathan Banda, both Acjachemen Indians, take part in the traditional ceremony welcoming swallows back to Capistrano on Tuesday, ...

The swallows’ return to Mission San Juan Capistrano is hit or miss, but the people have no difficulty finding their way back. Mission visitors celebrated the return of the swallows, as well as St.