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Asian Art Museum

Asian Art Museum

The Academy Awards

The Academy Awards © bananawacky

Sleeping Beauty Castle

Sleeping Beauty Castle © amylynne.

Sleeping Beauty Castle, Disneyland

Sleeping Beauty Castle, Disneyland © Robert Holmes/CalTour

Spring flowers in the Anza-Borrega Desert

Spring flowers in the Anza-Borrega Desert

Bat Ray at the Aquarium of the Bay

Bat Ray at the Aquarium of the Bay

Starfish at the Aquarium of the Bay

Starfish at the Aquarium of the Bay

Asian Art Museum

Asian Art Museum

Avalon Port

Avalon Port

Barack Obama

Barack Obama © transplanted mountaineer

Griffith Park and Observatory

Griffith Park and Observatory © Marcy Reiford

La Brea Tar Pits

La Brea Tar Pits © MoToMo

Los Angeles Zoo

Los Angeles Zoo © Xurble

Magicopolis

Magicopolis © Gentleman of Sophistication and Refinement

Pottery kids

Pottery kids © Aine D

Roller coaster kids

Roller coaster kids © sanbeiji

Free hugs at Mardi Gras

Free hugs at Mardi Gras © Bengt Nyman

Golden Gate Bridge from Alcatraz

Golden Gate Bridge from Alcatraz © David Paul Ohmer

Shamu at Sea World

Shamu at Sea World © Stig Nygaard

Puppet

Puppet © Erin!

San Diego Street Scene

San Diego Street Scene © Catchpenny

Uncorked...

Uncorked... © warrenski

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Walt Disney Concert Hall © Phillip Ritz

Balboa Park

Balboa Park © James Blank, San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau

Big Sur

Big Sur © John Rabold

Arcade game

Arcade game © goodrob13

Hotel del Coronado

Hotel del Coronado © Hotel del Coronado

Gaslamp Quarter

Gaslamp Quarter © Judith Duk

Coastal green

Coastal green © ClatieK

California surfer

California surfer © M@mad

Cannery Row, Monterrey

Cannery Row, Monterrey

Catalina port

Catalina port

Children's Fairyland

Children's Fairyland © Waves

San Francisco's Chinatown

San Francisco's Chinatown © Don Danz www.DanzFamily.com

The entrance to San Francisco's Chinatown

The entrance to San Francisco's Chinatown © Don Danz www.DanzFamily.com

Chinese New Year Festival

Chinese New Year Festival © juan23

San Francisco

San Francisco © David Paul Ohmer

Coit Tower

Coit Tower

Lombard Street

Lombard Street © Don Danz www.DanzFamily.com

Mammoth Mountain and village

Mammoth Mountain and village © Mammoth Mountain Ski Area

Zabriskie Point, Death Valley

Zabriskie Point, Death Valley © National Park Service

The Doo Dah Parade

The Doo Dah Parade © thesunhums

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival

San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival © Clearwaters

The Exploratorium

The Exploratorium

Fisherman's Wharf crab

Fisherman's Wharf crab

Getty Center

Getty Center

Getty Villa

Getty Villa

Ghirardelli Square

Ghirardelli Square © prayitno

Haight Street

Haight Street

Courtyard of Mann's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood

Courtyard of Mann's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood © Judith Duk

Hollywood sign

Hollywood sign

Homewood Mountain Resort, Lake Tahoe North Shore

Homewood Mountain Resort, Lake Tahoe North Shore

Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe

International Beer Festival

International Beer Festival

Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park © gtall1

Thrilling rollercaoster at Knott's Berry Farm

Thrilling rollercaoster at Knott's Berry Farm © Smart Destinations

La Jolla cove

La Jolla cove © Bob Yarbrough, San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau

Lale Tahoe

Lale Tahoe © Ski Lake Tahoe

Los Angeles Lobster Festival

Los Angeles Lobster Festival

Lombard Street

Lombard Street © Phillie Casablanca

Los Angeles

Los Angeles © Thomas Pintarik

Mission Santa Barbara

Mission Santa Barbara © tkksummer

Muir Woods National Park

Muir Woods National Park

Napa

Napa © star5112

North Beach

North Beach

North Beach Festival

North Beach Festival

Ring-tailed lehmurs at Oakland Zoo

Ring-tailed lehmurs at Oakland Zoo © The Consortium

Pier 39

Pier 39 © www.freedigitalphoto.net

San Francisco port

San Francisco port

San Diego port

San Diego port

Randall Museum

Randall Museum © SkilliShots

California Redwoods

California Redwoods

Inside the museum

Inside the museum © nagobe

Tournament of Roses

Tournament of Roses © doctor_noe

Cable car, San Francisco

Cable car, San Francisco © San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau

San Diego at twilight

San Diego at twilight © D.Hilgart

Palace of Fine Arts

Palace of Fine Arts © National Park Service

San Diego Bay

San Diego Bay © Bob Yarbrough, San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau

La Jolla Cove, San Diego

La Jolla Cove, San Diego © Bob Yarbrough, San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau

Alcatraz, San Francisco

Alcatraz, San Francisco © San Francisco CVB

Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge © San Francisco CVB

San Francisco at sunset

San Francisco at sunset © San Francisco CVB

St Joseph's Cathedral, San Jose

St Joseph's Cathedral, San Jose © San Jose Tourist and Convention Bureau

Sausalito

Sausalito

Painted Ladies

Painted Ladies © David Fair

Aquarium by the Bay

Aquarium by the Bay © David Fair

Costumed parade

Costumed parade © 72213316@N00/2462102150

San Francisco MOMA

San Francisco MOMA © David Fair

San Francisco Gay Pride

San Francisco Gay Pride

Tijuana

Tijuana

Union Square

Union Square

Venice Beach

Venice Beach

Humpback whale tail

Humpback whale tail © Rob Gale

California wine country

California wine country © Remote Sky

Half Dome at sunset, Yosemite

Half Dome at sunset, Yosemite © National Park Service

Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park © 1suisse

Small falls in Yosemite National Park

Small falls in Yosemite National Park © Alaskan Dude

 

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