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Pebble Beach is famous for its golf. The town has seven public and private courses, including Spanish Bay, Spyglass Hill, Poppy Hills, and the eponymous Pebble Beach Golf Links. The AT&T Pro-Am is held here every year in February. Another famous Pebble Beach attraction is the annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance auto show. It focuses on classic cars, but manufacturers have lately begun introducing new luxury car models there.

The Shasta Cascade region of California is located in the northeastern and north-central sections of the state bordering Oregon and Nevada, north of the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The area is centered on Mount Shasta in the California Cascade Range, near the Trinity Alps. Mount Shasta is a dormant volcano; nearby Lassen Peak is recently active.

The San Diego/Tijuana Region typically refers to San Diego, Chula Vista and Imperial Beach in the United States and Tijuana and Tecate in Mexico. The area constitutes a continuous metropolitan region with development on both sides of the border. The area is economically integrated, and with the ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the area has seen more rapid economic development.

Orange County is a county in Southern California with population of 3,083,894 (as of July 1, 2006) is larger than that of 20 states. It is the second most populous county in California, and the fifth most populous in the US. It is also famous as a tourist destination, as the county is home to such attractions as Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm, as well as sandy beaches for swimming and surfing, yacht harbors for sailing and pleasure boating

There are sub-divisions West and East Los Angeles. West Los Angeles or the Westside is generally considered to be the portion of Los Angeles, California. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the northwest by Ventura County, on the north by the San Fernando Valley, on the east by Hollywood district and the Wilshire area, and on the south by South Los Angeles and South Bay.
Eastern Los Angeles Eastside is the portion of the City of Los Angeles, California that lies east of the Los Angeles River and Downtown Los Angeles, west of the San Gabriel Valley and the unincorporated area of East Los Angeles, California and City Terrace, south of the Crescenta Valley, and north of Vernon and City of Commerce.

The Inland Empire refers to the region in Southern California located in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in the United States. The Inland Empire is centered on the oldest cities in the region: Ontario, San Bernardino, and Riverside. These cities were established at about the end of the 19th century and were major centers of agriculture including citrus, dairy, and wine-making. The name "Inland Empire" was first used in the 1950s to distinguish the region from the communities of the Los Angeles area, and Los Angeles itself.

The Sierra Nevada (Spanish for "Snowy Range") is a mountain range that is almost entirely in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of California. The range is also known as The Sierra and The Sierras. The Sierra Nevada stretches 400 miles (650 km), from Fredonyer Pass in the north to Tehachapi Pass in the south. It is bounded on the west by California's Central Valley, and on the east by the Great Basin.

Gold Country (also Mother Lode Country) is a region in the central-and-north-eastern part of the U.S. state of California. It is famed for the mineral deposits and gold mines which attracted waves of immigrants, known as the 49ers, during the 1849 California Gold Rush.
The Gold Country is generally considered to lie along the route of California State Highway 49, stretching from Mariposa County in the south, to Sierra County in the north. It includes parts of ten California counties: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra and Tuolumne.

Recreation - Popular recreation activities in the Desert Region include: swimming, boating, fishing, horseback riding, climbing, hiking, road biking, mountain biking, skiing, picnicking, and camping.
The Desert Region lies in southeast California, stretching from Death Valley National Park south to the Mexican border. The region includes the communities of Barstow, Needles, Palm Springs, Blythe and El Centro. The main highways accessing this region are Interstates 15, 40, 10 and 8.The desert region's climate experiences typically clear days with with low precipitation and humidity. Temperatures are most comfortable in the spring and fall, with an average high/low of 85 and 50 degrees respectively. Winter brings cooler days, around 60 degrees, and freezing nights. It occasionally snows at the higher elevations. Summers are very hot, over 100 degrees during the day and not cooling much below 75 degrees until the early hours of the morning. Bring sunblock, sunglasses and a hat with a brim.

About 6.5 million people live in the Central Valley today and it is the fastest growing region in California. There are 10 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) in the central valley. Tthey are listed by (MSA) population: Sacramento Metropolitan Area (2,042,283), Fresno Metropolitan Area (1,002,284), Bakersfield Metropolitan Area (756,825), Stockton Metropolitan Area (664,116), Modesto Metropolitan (505,505), Visalia Metropolitan Area (410,874), Merced Metropolitan Area (241,706), Chico Metropolitan Area (214,185), Redding Metropolitan Area (179,904), Yuba City Metropolitan Area (156,029)

Collections of VR panoramas of the American cities outside the state of California

Watsonville is a city in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 44,265 at the 2000 census. Like neighboring Salinas in Monterey County, Watsonville produces a variety of fruits and vegetables, primarily strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and table mushrooms. Martinelli's, a producer of sparkling apple cider, is headquartered there, as are Driscoll's Strawberries, Sweet Darling Strawberries and West Marine.