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I suddenly realized
I was in California.

—Jack Kerouac

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Go west,
paradise is there.

—Natalie Merchant

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Made up my mind
to make a new start
Goin’ to California with an achin’
in my heart

—Led Zeppelin

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Welcome to the Hotel California.

—Eagles

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California dreamin'
on such a winter's day.

—Mamas and the Papas

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Is the city I live in
the City of Angels?
Lonely as I am
together we cry.

—Red Hot Chili Peppers

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You pretty little town,
you sad flower in the sand.
You pretty little town,
give me some of you.

—Deconstruction

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I want to get back
to my city by The Bay.

—Journey

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California love.

—Pac & Dre

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Poem: California

Poem: California Hills in August

Poem: California Coast

Poem: My California

Poem: The Changing Light

Indigenous Peoples of California

An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873

Sogorea Te’ Land Trust

African Americans in California

Asian American Studies: Made in California

Californios

Black Panther Party

City Lights

27 books to read if you’re California dreamin’

The books that explain California

Yosemite

Highway 1

Big Sur

Big Sur Coast Highway

Henry Miller Memorial Library

Castro Theatre

Los Angeles Plays Itself

101 California songs

West Coast hip hop

Bay Area bands

L.A. bands

‘Metallica mansion’

Steph

Somewhere in California

Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas

Fog rolling over San Francisco

San Francisco fog

Karl the Fog

San Andreas Fault

Notable California earthquakes

California Earthquake Authority

California State Parks

California National Parks

Garrapata State Park

Salt Point State Park

Point Pinole Regional Shoreline

Bear Valley Trail to Coastal Trail

Shell Ridge

Tilden

Tahoe

Redwood Regional Park

Pirate’s Cove

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Butterfly Grove

Planet California

California

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