LOS ANGELES—City officials announced today that Father Junipero Serra’s name will be removed from a downtown park near Union Station for Indigenous People’s Day. The City of Los Angeles replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day in 2017. Serra was a Catholic priest from Spain who established California’s mission system and sought to baptize Native…

LOS ANGELES—City officials announced on Oct. 11 that Father Junipero Serra’s name will be removed from a downtown park near Union Station for Indigenous People’s Day. The City of Los Angeles replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day in 2017. Serra was a Catholic priest from Spain who established California’s mission system and sought to…

LOS ANGELES—City officials announced on Oct. 11 that Father Junipero Serra’s name would be removed from a downtown park near Union Station for Indigenous People’s Day. The City of Los Angeles replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day in 2017. Serra was a Catholic priest from Spain who established California’s mission system and sought to…