California's Gold (1991)
California's Gold is a public television human interest program that explores the natural, cultural, and historical features of California. The series ran for 24 seasons beginning in 1991, and was produced and hosted by Huell Howser in collaboration with KCET, Los Angeles. The series ceased production when Howser retired in November 2012, shortly before his death on January 7, 2013, although episodes continue to be shown on KCET and are featured on the page at the station's website about his shows. The show's theme song varies between several renditions of "California, Here I Come", but was most often played on the series by local musicians Eddie Enderle and Richard Chon.
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Episodes
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- 1 1. FDR’s Boat2011-11-10 · 29mHuell takes an inspirational voyage upon Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Presidential Yacht, the U.S.S. Potomac. Now stationed at Jack London Square in Oakland, the ship is operated by a s
- 2 2. Chavez Center2012-01-12 · 30mHuell travels to the Tehachapi Mountains to visit The Cesar Chavez Foundation. Set on 187 acres, the buildings where once home to a tuberculosis hospital and then it’s where Cesar
- 3 3. S.S. Catalina Update2012-04-10 · 29mHuell traces the history of the S.S. Catalina, which carried 24 million passengers to-and-from Catalina Island from 1924 to 1975. Considered by many to be the West Coast’s most sto
- 4 4. Sea Shadow2012-07-07 · 30mSea Shadow was the Navy’s “Stealth Ship,” a futuristic vessel built in 1984 to test new naval technologies, especially Signature Control, better known as “stealth”. Follow Huell to
- 5 5. Cabrillo’s Ship2012-07-05 · 29mHuell travels to Point Loma to learn about the history of Juan Cabrillo’s ship, the San Salvador, which arrived at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542. We then meet the builders an
- 6 6. Jacaranda2012-07-06 · 26mHuell, with the help of his friends from the Braille Institute, learns about the history of jacaranda trees in California, which dates back to the 1890s when horticulturalist Kate
- 7 7. Spam2012-08-10 · 29mThis episode is all about Spam! Huell revisits an old episode where he attended the “Best Spam Recipe” contest at the Los Angeles County Fair.
- 8 8. Hot Dog on a Stick Update2012-08-20 · 28mIn this update episode, Huell revisits his segment on Hot Dog on a Stick. Huell goes off to Santa Monica Beach to the site of the very first Hot Dog on a Stick stand, where he gets
- 9 9. Watts Towers Update2012-09-19 · 28mJoin Huell as he looks back to when he first visited the Watts Towers in Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, back in the 1990s. He revisits the historic landmark, now
- 10 10. Classic Arts Showcase2012-09-19 · 27mHuell tours the Glendale office of Classic Arts Showcase, a free cable TV program comprised of video samples from the worlds of ballet, opera, and theater. The program was the visi
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