California’s historic missions are falling down. So the US House of Representatives has passed a bill to spend $10 million on repairs. “The missions have been ravaged by the passage of time and the invasion of natural pests, such as the beetles that are gnawing their way through the redwood beams and statuary in San Francisco’s Mission Dolores. Two centuries of California earthquakes have left many of the buildings with seismic troubles. Irreplaceable artwork desperately needs preservation work.”