Exploring California Book

	How to use this book	4
	Contents	5
	My California	8
	California is	10
	The golden state	10
	Economy	12
	Sports	13
	Ecology	14
	Communities	16
	Cults	18
	Alternatives	19
	California was	20
	Prehistory	20
	Native Americans	22
	European discovery	23
	Disputed	24
	The Gold Rush	26
	The boom years	28
	Hollywood	30
	The radical years	32
	A-Z
	San Francisco	34
	Focus On
	Gay life	45
	Walks
	Chinatown	46
	The financial district	47
	Golden Gate Promenade	47
	North Beach	50
	The Bay Area	74
	Focus On
	Cuisine	78
	Alcatraz	80
	Bay Area ecology	82
	Politics	84
	Theme parks	87
	Recreational parks	89
	Drive
	Marin County, the North Bay and the East Bay	79
	Central Coast North	90
	Focus On
	Writers and poets	94
	Inland parks	97
	Monterey	99
	Coastal parks	101
	Drive
	The Monterey area	98
	Central Coast South	102
	Focus On
	Beaches	106
	Hearst Castle	109
	Missions	110
	Drive
	The Santa Ynez Valley	114
	Walk
	Santa Barbara	112
	Los Angeles	116
	Focus On
	L.A. communities	119
	El Pueblo	120
	Architecture	122
	Spectator sports	125
	Exposition Park	127
	Music	132
	Drives
	A tour around Griffith Park	126
	Coastal route from Marina del Rey to San Pedro	134
	Walks
	Los Angeles downtown	121
	Long Beach	130
	Around Los Angeles	150
	Focus On
	Art	154
	Disney & Co.	160
	Forest Lawn	165
	Drive
	The San Gabriel Valley	159
	Walk
	Pasadena	159
	San Diego	166
	Focus On
	Buildings	170
	Sea and sand	174
	La Jolla	179
	Drive
	Highways 76 and 78	177
	The Deserts	182
	Focus On
	Death Valley	187
	Deserts	194
	Drive
	"The Rim of the World"	186
	Around Palm Springs	191
	Sierra Nevada	196
	Focus On
	Adventure sports	199
	Geology	202
	Lake Tahoe	205
	Walks and lakes	207
	Yosemite	208
	Drives
	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	201
	Mammoth Lakes	206
	Gold Country and Far North	210
	Focus On
	Gold Mining	216
	Sacramento	221
	Hiking trails	226
	Drive
	Jamestown to Placerville	214
	Walk
	Sacramento	222
	The North Coast	228
	Focus On
	The redwoods	232
	San Andreas fault	239
	Redwood National Park	243
	Drive
	The Lost Coast	237
	The Wine Country	244
	Focus On
	Spas and springs	247
	Wine	250
	Parks	253
	Drive
	Calistoga-Clear Lake Loop	248
	Travel Facts	256
	Accommodations and Restaurants	266
	Index	282
	Acknowledgments	288
	Maps
	California IFC
	California	10
	California in 1851	20
	San Francisco	34
	San Francisco Walks	47
	The Bay Area	74
	Central Coast North	90
	Central Coast South	102
	Santa Barbara Walk	112
	Los Angeles	116
	Los Angeles Walks	121
	Los Angeles Drives	126
	Around Los Angeles	150
	San Gabriel Valley Drive	159
	San Diego	166
	The Deserts	182
	Desert Drives	186
	Sierra Nevada	196
	Sierra Nevada Drives	201
	Gold Country and Far North	210
	Sacramento Walk	222
	North Coast	228
	Lost Coast Drive	237
	Wine Country	244
	The Bay Area IBC