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California's Gold with Huell Howser
Vandenburg
Season 8
Episode 811
Huell visits Vandenberg for a first-hand look at this huge base which covers over 98,000 acres and is literally filled with reminders and remnants of our space heritage. Huell is taken on a tour that includes stops at sites of the first satellite launches from California, and an early Thor missile launch facility that is now listed as a National Historic Landmark.
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Huell meets with West Coast Turf and learns all about the grass that they install at sports venues.
26:00
Huell visits the Los Angeles Public Library to see the "forgotten Los Angeles photographs" taken by Ansel in 1940 for a Fortune Magazine article on pre-war L.A.
22:56
Huell visits Newport Beach to learn about two “boats” that are very historic.
26:00
Huell visits the Upper Newport Bay to see what is being done in to keep this area green.
27:19
Huell visits Costa Mesa and sees how far its come from its start as a bean field.
28:19
"Doctors” of the Gold Rush did the best they could to care for California's immigrants.
27:13
Huell visits the Pacific Asia Museum, whose mission is to further Asian cultural awareness.
26:39
Huell visits the Kern River Preserve with its natural beauty, wildflowers, and wildlife.
27:44
In Long Beach, Calif., there’s a 42-acre collection of oilfield islands.
27:06
Huntington Beach is known as “Surf City”, but this adventure doesn't approach the ocean.
27:20
Huell visits a massive archaeological site with millions of fossils.