Juan Bautista de Anza traveled through Riverside on March 20-21, 1774, 250 years ago. He was the first outsider to document a visit. (Photo by David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) ...

Summary Portrait of Juan Bautista de Anza seated on a rearing horse. He holds the horse's reins in his proper left hand and reaches back with his proper right hand. On his head he wears a ...

Plans for $300,000 in upgrades for Newman Park and its monument to explorer Juan Bautista de Anza in Riverside are becoming more likely after a private donor stepped up. Above, Philip Falcone and ...

Like the park name itself, a historical marker at De Anza Park in Ontario pays tribute to Mexican expeditionary leader Juan Bautista de Anza, who journeyed near that site 250 years ago. (Photo by ...

And the nearby Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is open for hikers eager to get outdoors in a healthy, socially-distant way. But here are three ways to get a taste from home.

Founded in 1967, De Anza College was named after Juan Bautista de Anza — an 18th century Spanish military officer who led two expeditions to California.

But it was just us. In Riverside’s Martha McLean-Anza Narrows Park, Steve Lech points toward the point where Juan Bautista de Anza crossed the Santa Ana River in 1774.

By combining administrative history with narrative biography, Herrera shows that Juan Bautista de Anza was more than an explorer. Devoted equally to the Spanish empire and to the North American region ...