California's Gold(1991)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1991-01-06
Average Runtime: 30m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 24
Episodes: 116
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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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Living History
Air Date: 1991-01-06
No episode overview available.
E03
Inaugural Special
Air Date: 2017-10-26
Huell Howser spends this special episode focusing his attention on the inauguration of governors of the state of Cali...
E05
National Special
Air Date: 2017-10-26
Huell Howser spends this episode travelling to beautiful, natural locations in California along highway 395. Location...
E30
Trees
Air Date: 2016-04-29
The theme of this episode is trees! Join Huell as he looks back at two episodes showcasing the beauty of tree-themed ...
E41
Coachella Music Festival
Air Date: 2009-05-07
This episode is all about the world renowned Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio. Each spring, this ann...
E42
Desert Adventures
Air Date: 2009-04-07
In this special, Huell goes back and revisits episode featuring some of his desert adventures. The first half of this...
E43
John Muir Special
Air Date: 2017-02-24
Join Huell on this special episode where he meets and speaks to John Muir*, the Scottish-American naturalist who was ...
E44
Farallon Island
Air Date: 2009-11-08
Join Huell as he spends the day with the biologists who live on the Farallon Islands and learns about this wild and b...
E45
Hearst Ranch
Air Date: 2009-09-07
Join Huell as he gets a tour of the 80,000 acre Hearst Ranch. He learns about its history and that it is actually sti...
E46
In-N-Out Burger
Air Date: 2010-05-31
Huell takes us on an hour-long California’s Gold special which looks at the history of In-N-Out Burger. This is the f...
E47
Mount Wilson
Air Date: 2010-06-08
Founded in December 1904 by George Ellery Hale, Mount Wilson Observatory would quickly rise to dominate astronomy wor...
E48
Kaiser Steel
Air Date: 2012-03-25
Huell meets the retired employees of Kaiser Steel in Fontana. Built in 1942, the mill supplied steel to the Kaiser Sh...
E49
B-2 Bomber Update
Air Date: 2012-08-12
In this one hour special, Huell takes us back in time to 1997, when he visited Northrop Grumman, where the B-2 Stealt...
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