About California View
A closer look at California.
California View is a website about the places, landscapes and everyday life that make California what it is.
From the Pacific coast to the Sierra Nevada, from busy cities to small towns, we bring together stories and practical guides for people who want to know the state better.
The site
California, in more detail.
Some readers arrive with a trip in mind. Others live here, are thinking about moving, or simply want to understand a place they’ve heard about. California View brings those interests together in one place.
Our coverage includes beaches, national parks, counties, cities and life in California. Alongside destination guides, you’ll find maps and reference lists that help put each place in context.
The aim is straightforward: make California easier to understand, and give its smaller places a place alongside its best-known landmarks.
The state
There is more than one California.
California can mean a foggy morning beside the Pacific, a street full of restaurants in Los Angeles, an orchard in the Central Valley or a trail beneath the Sierra peaks. Its deserts, forests, farmland and cities belong to the same state, but each tells a different story.
That variety is what gives this website its subject. The famous places matter, but so do the communities between them, the county boundaries that help explain the map, and the everyday details that make one destination different from the next.
We want California View to be useful whether you’re discovering the state for the first time or looking more closely at somewhere familiar.
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Meet Brett Conner
Brett Conner is part of the story behind California View.
If you have a question about the site, a correction to a guide or a California story to share, you can get in touch through our contact page.
Get in touchKeep getting to know California.
Read about its counties, explore its coast or spend some time with its national parks. There’s always another part of the state to understand.