For 50 years, a statue of Junipero Serra watched over cars cruising by on Interstate 280 in San Mateo County, but now it's gone. Caltrans removed the 26-foot-tall statue back in August. Since then, ...

A giant statue of Saint Junipero Serra towered over I-280 in Hillsborough for five decades. Without any big announcements, California Department of Transportation crews suddenly removed and demolished ...

For decades, anyone driving along Interstate Highway 280 in Hillsborough could look up and see a giant statue of Father Junípero Serra watching over the Peninsula next to the Crystal Springs rest stop ...

HILLSBOROUGH, Calif. - A statue that greeted Peninsula drivers for decades has been removed. Caltrans took down the statue of Junípero Serra in Hillsborough along Interstate 280 earlier this summer.

California officials quietly removed a 26-foot statue of Father Junípero Serra from a Highway 280 rest stop in San Mateo County after nearly five decades, the state’s transportation agency confirmed.