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California's Gold with Huell Howser

Barack Obama's California College Days

Season 10 Episode 1016

Join Huell as he gets the presidential tour of Occidental College in Eagle Rock, where Barack Obama spent his freshman and sophomore years. He'll visit his dorm room, talk to some of his old professors, and learn how his two years there helped to shape him. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Obama described Occidental as "a wonderful, small liberal arts college."

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In-N-Out Burger
57:39
Huell looks at the history of In-N-Out Burger.
Shasta Dam
27:17
Huell and Luis get a behind the scenes look at this engineering marvel of Shasta Dam.
See's Candy
25:41
It started back in 1921 and quickly became one of California’s “sweetest” success stories.
Blue Angels
26:52
Huell Howser accepts an invitation to spend a couple of days with the Blue Angels and ends up not o
Cotton
24:13
Huell spends a day in Buttonwillow, which calls itself the “Cotton Capitol of California.”
Snow and Ice
27:41
Huell meets up with historian Tom Macaulay, who takes him to a frozen lake in the Sierra.
Vandenburg
26:17
Huell visits Vandenberg for a first-hand look at the over 98,000 acre base.
Mule Days
25:47
Citizens of Bishop, California, set aside an entire week to pay tribute to… the mule.
Santa Rosa Island
27:16
Huell visits Santa Rosa Island for the rich natural and human history.
Nitt Witt Ridge
26:16
Huell Howser travels to the Central Coast in search of historic Nitt Witt Ridge.
Fire Lookout
27:44
Travel with Huell to Sequoia National Forest to visit historic Buck Rock Fire Lookout.
Erle Stanley Gardner
27:35
Huell strolls the grounds of the former home of Erle Stanley Gardner.
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