California Beaches Blog

It’s the time of year to celebrate wines from some of the finest places on the California coast. The main event at the Vintners’ Festival is held at River Park in Lompoc on Saturday April 17th from 1 to 4pm. The festival features the wines of 130+ members of the Association, live and lively [...]

Oh the finer things in life! Julia Child, fondly remembered as the grand dame of the culinary world, always advised not to spare the butter and eggs. If you do so, the quality of the taste just doesn’t match up. Child’s talents as a creator and chef (even after she’s passed,) are not that far [...]

The Roads that Lead to California’s Culture and Heritage are filled with great promotions, and a wealth of natural resources that are just waiting to be discovered.  If you are interested in promoting your local assets , you may be interested in attending this event January 27-29, 2010 in Chico, California at Bell Memorial Auditorium, [...]

Fullerton’s annual Rag Time Festival is a lively event that brings back the dress, the dance and music of the Rag Time era. Held each year for 10 years in Fullerton, usually on a weekend in October, the joints are rocking with some jazzy sounds and high stepping. This year’s event held Oct. 17 & [...]

Pacifica, Calif.–Pray for fog, and if you get it, than that’s luck! The sky’s the limite as the Pacifica Fog Fest rolls into town like the big fog banks that blanket this San Francisco Bay Area locale which has a reputation for …. fog. Pacifica is a charming seaside city known for beautiful hillside houses [...]

Huntington Beach Happenings was provided by Chris MacDonald, HB, CA
Huntington Gibbs Butterfly Park today and saw my friend, Leslie Gilson’s, there, as usual.  Vandals apparently broke off the tops of young trees at Gibbs Butterfly Park that the Boy Scouts, community volunteers and city workers helped plant at an Arbor Day tree planting. The damage [...]

AMADOR COUNTY - Amador County Fair. Auction Day in this annual fair themed, A Grape Time to Hukilau. Destruction Derby at 7 p.m. Cost: $8/adult (age 13 up); $4 parking. Time: 9 a.m. to midnight. Location: Locus at Empire Street, Plymouth, CA. amadorcountyfair.com
BEAR VALLEY -Bear Valley Music Festival. Bear Valley [...]

Vacaville, Calif.– Vacaville’s upcoming 10th annual Vacaville Jazz Festival features three days of live jazz music, workshops and fun. Vaca Jazz Society is on a toot to preserve the cultural heritage and roots of America’s great music. From Latin Jazz to the rebirth of cool, jazz comes in many shapes and sounds that will be [...]

North San Diego County is blessed with the perfect climate for a variety of crops such as avocados, strawberries, lemons, oranges, and even flowers. While that’s not the entire reason Fallbrook is expanding its Certified Farmers Market from one day to two each week, the growth does reflect a trend that’s happening all over California. [...]

Super funk Wild Magnolias–cherished jewel of New Orleans Mardi Gras–will kick off the 3rd Annual Mount Shasta Music Festival Summer Concert Series August 2.  Time: 4:30 p.m. Location: 1000 Siskiyou Lk., Blvd., Mt. Shasta, CA. positiveproductions.net.