by burtkauf | Nov 16, 2013 | calgold, California's Gold, holidays, Huell Howser
WOur good friends at KVIE have come up with something that might be able to help you with your holiday shopping list: kvie.org/shop/2 new podcasts up on iTunes or calgold.com (scroll down). 1st a RoadTrip to #VEGAS then its a search for the...
by burtkauf | Nov 14, 2013 | 4th Bore, Berkeley Tunnel, Broadway Tunnel, Caldecott History, Caldecott Tunnel, Fourth Bore, Grand Opening, Oakland Tunnel
Eastern portal of the Broadway High Level/Kennedy Tunnel. (Courtesy of Lafayette Historical Society) Caldecott Tunnel Timeline:BEFORE THE CALDECOTT THROUGH TODAY’S NEW FOURTH BOREAs we all eagerly await the opening of the new Fourth Bore of the...
by burtkauf | Nov 12, 2013 | Bay Area Backroads, CA, Cemetary, Grieving, Lafayette, Lafayette Crosses, Memorial, Memorial Day, Veterans Day
‘LAFAYETTE CROSSES’ PROVIDE DIFFERENT PLATFORMS FOR DIFFERENT EXPRESSIONSSome years ago a Lafayette couple took liberty to erect hundreds of crosses on a hillside they owned yet which fronted a busy street , freeway and subway...
by burtkauf | Oct 27, 2013 | Bay Area Backroads, California's Gold, Central Coast, Dunites, Huell Howser, Motel Inn, Pozo's Saloon, Road To Success, San Luis Obispo
by burtkauf | Sep 26, 2013 | Bay Area, CA, Charlie Chaplin, Diesel Trains, Early Hollywood, Florence, Movies, Niles, Niles Railway, Northern California, Steam Trains
Labor Day Weekend , September 2013, Niles Canyon Railway and the Train Museum offered their bi-annual Steam Train Day, a rare opportunity to not only see a vintage steam engine and train in action but to ride it. We also visited the historic burg of Niles (near...
by burtkauf | Sep 18, 2013 | Country, Country and Western, Country Music, Dolly Parton, Huell Howser, Huell Retro, Nashville, Tammy Wynette, Tennessee
When Huell Howser Met Dolly Parton | TV News | TV Talk | KCETclickTV NEWSWhen Huell Howser Met Dolly Partonby Drew Mackieon January 23, 2013 4:02 PMBelieve it or not, Huell Howser had a life before he arrived in California. For fans of his public TV work in...
by burtkauf | Sep 18, 2013 | Chapman College, Chapman President, eulogy, Howser, Huell Howser, Innocense, Natural, NBC, news, Tribute
We thought this article from NBC written by Sharon Berstein and Jonathan Loyd summed up a good part of the story behind the unique and one-off personality of California’s Gold’ HUELL HOWSER . Its ironic that the man didn’t...
by burtkauf | Sep 18, 2013 | Huell Howser, Matt Gruening, simpsons, Tribute
SHuell Howser even became a character on the Simpsons TV show. It turns out creator Matt Gruening was a big fan of Howser and California’s Gold . Gruening says that Howser was the first person to acknowledge and accept his role in the show, according to...
by burtkauf | Sep 15, 2013 | CA, California's Gold, Frank Sinatra, Huell Howser, HUELL HOWSER'S GREATEST HITS, Old Palmsprings, Rancho Mirage, Sinatra, Sinatra gravesite, Sinatra home, Sinatra's Palm Springs Home
Get ready for a one-time glimpse into the private life of Frank Sinatra from the vantage point of Sinatra’s favorite place, his home of 40 years in Palm Springs, California. They say it’s the first time – and maybe last – ever that the...
by burtkauf | Sep 2, 2013 | Beach, BEACH BOYS, Boardwalk Concerts, Giant Dipper, Laughing Sal, Oldies, PAPA DOO RUN RUN, Retro, Roller Coasters, Santa Cruz, SANTA CRUZ BOARDWALK, Surf, Surf Music
SANTA CRUZ (CA) BOARDWALK- West Coasts Oldest and Only Active Seaside Amusement Park – Surf Concert on the Beach SANTA CRUZ, CA – Santa Cruz Boardwalk is purportedly the last original, full time operating boardwalk on the West Coast and top...
