Mission Santa Clara de Asís

1. Q: When was San Francisco founded and who founded it? A. San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776. It was founded by a Spanish explorer named Juan Bautista de Anza and Paloú. Anza lead an expedition northwest to the Pacific Coast and established the first successful overland connection between Sonora and Northern California. The Mexican viceroy was so impressed, he commissioned Anza to return to the San Francisco Bay and set up a permanent settlement. (San Francisco History) 2. Q: What is the oldest building in San Francisco, when was it created, and where is it located? A. The oldest building in San Francisco is the Misión San Francisco, also known as the Mission Dolores. It was built in 1782-1791. The building was built by the Frnciscan…

Khaled Hosseini was born March 4, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan and lived there until he was five, when they moved to Iran. When he was eleven, his father got a job in Paris, France and they moved there. They never returned to Afghanistan due to the Saur Revolution and they sought political asylum in America. Hosseini graduated from Independent High School in San Jose, California. He attended Santa Clara University and got his bachelor’s degree in medicine, after that he attended University of…

Furthermore, with so much at stake, she is placed in a very vulnerable position within the company, especially if she makes the “wrong” decision. However, the upper management of the company has not been informed of this situation, and it is a still possible communication avenue for her to take, but she feels she could jeopardize her future there at the company due to going over her boss’s head in this case. Finally, whatever outcome is chosen, it will directly affect the buyer in this scenario…

base conversion projects in California. This IPO of Five Point Holdings Inc. did not include the CNWS. At this time Lennar has not secured the final rights to development of the project. The CNWS is projected to be a big money maker given the shortage of affordable housing in the Bay Area In May of 2016, Lennar and Five Point abruptly cancelled the Five Point IPO process citing a “choppy market”. This explanation was not exactly true. Confidential sources close to the SEC tell a different…

However, the next article I’m going to talk about gives us the exact locations where the quake hit California areas. This article named, “The California Quake: “I Don’t Want to Die in Here”: Disaster Areas…” This article was written and published in the New York Times in 1989, which is a while from the actual event. This article clearly describes 7 counties that affected by the quake, such as Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey. Beside the…

My grandfather was born in Gilroy, California, in 1939. At the age of eight, my grandfather moved to a ranch near the outskirts of Gilroy, where he lived in a one room shack with his mother, brother, and step-father. For seven years, my grandfather lived in that poor shack, where he had to cover the holes in the walls with newspaper or cardboard just to keep warm during the cold winters. Years later, my grandfather decided to make something out of his life, and enrolled at San Jose City college…

analysis, by themselves they are at best useless. The center of everything, and that which has value, is our Maker and Sustainer. Honoring Him and being thankful to Him not only keep us and preserve us from the corruption that is innate within us, it also sets us on the solid ground of the truth. And that is liberating. God bless you all! Tim Stanley Photo Saratoga Creek Saratoga Creek Epilog The idea of this book came into being…

Vallarta - An Affordable Slice of Heaven Puerto Vallarta, also referred to by locals as just Vallarta, is a resort town on Mexico’s Pacific coast that has been a tropical haven for leisure travelers, celebrities and expatriates for decades. Vallarta offers an attractive year-long climate, with winter temps averaging in the mid 60’s. You see why many snowbirds flock here each year. Beyond a mild climate, Vallarta offers visitors and residents alike a unique blend of colonial charms, stunning…

The secularization of the missions was created during the time when the Spanish had begun to have a fond interest on the new found Californian land. Most importantly, the Spaniards used the missions as a method to impose their imperial control over Indians. The secularization of the missions was significantly in part to convert the Indians to Catholicism and teach them about the European traditions. The secularization of the California missions was a steady and elongated process. In the…

1. Based on your handouts and class discussion, explain in your own words why the hidden mural at Mission Dolores is an important artifact with regard to the nexus between the Ohline people and the Spanish settlers of San Francisco. Hidden murals were painting on the interior wall of the church. Not only it was decorative, but it also shows vital devotional function from worshipers. The mural is very meaning for Ohline people and the Spanish settlers of San Francisco. As we know, the first…