Former Elks Lodge in downtown Ventura to become Hotel San Buena in San buenaventura (ventura)

Former Elks Lodge in downtown Ventura to become Hotel San Buena

Hotel San Buena is expected to open in July. The hotel will have a lobby, a bar with outdoor courtyard, 32 guest suites, two private units and a rehabilitated event space upstairs. The transformation ...

Father Serra comes home: Controversial statue delivered to Mission San Buenaventura

A 3,000-pound bronze statue of St. Junipero Serra dangled from a crane Thursday on its return to Ventura nearly four years after it was removed in the dark of night from its long-held post in front of ...

Wet Christmas: Late December storms flood Ventura County, damage mission

Father Tom Elewaut, pastor of Mission Basilica San Buenaventura, was up late on Christmas Eve, but not in preparation for the ...

Father Serra finds home: Controversial statue delivered to Mission San Buenaventura

VENTURA, Calif. - An iconic religious statue removed from Ventura City Hall four years ago is back. The 3,000-pound bronze statue of St. Junipero Serra was craned back into place in Ventura this week.

California missions spotlight: See how San Buenaventura in Ventura conquered fire, earthquake

This was the last of the nine missions founded by Father Junípero Serra. Destroyed by fire in 1793 and rebuilt after an 1812 earthquake, the church was dramatically modernized in the 1890s, then ...

Beyer's Byways: San Buenaventura Mission is a complex, historical place

A boy was born on Nov. 24, 1713, in the small hamlet of Petra on the island of Mallorca off the coast of Spain. His name was Miquel Josep Serra i Ferrer – later to be known simply as Father Serra. The ...