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Updated: August 22, 2008 7:05:20 PM PDT
Hearst Castle
(Eric Noland)
Eccentric Hearst had his castle on a hill

SAN SIMEON -- Nearly a century ago, when publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst conceived a summer dwelling for a ridge top on California's Central Coast, he wanted it to make an unequivocal statement about himself. 
Cycling and sipping on a Napa Valley tour
CALISTOGA -- The route to Vincent Arroyo Winery wasn't nearly as convoluted as it might sound: over a wood-slat bridge that clattered beneath our tires, through the parking lot of the Home Plate Cafe, alongside a golf course, across a one-lane stone bridge built in 1904, and down a dirt lane flanked by leafy green grape vines. 

Sonoma wine country has kids' stuff, too

PETALUMA -- Vacation with kids in California's wine country? Sure. There are lots of activities that appeal to families.

This past June I took my two grandchildren -- Cierra, 10, and Connor, 6 -- to visit family in Sonoma County and looked for activities that were inexpensive, not too time-consuming and suited to their ages and interests. I'd say we mostly succeeded.

 

Southern California

Updated: December 19, 2008 2:11:32 PM PST
Grammy Museum L.A. Live
(Ric Francis / Associated Press)
Travel Local: Los AngelesThe Grammy Museum rocks L.A. Live

Enter the new Grammy Museum and run head-on into 160 musical genres, photos and footage from 50 years of awards ceremonies, historic costumes and instruments, plus dozens of interactive displays that illuminate popular music's origins and cultural impact through the decades.  
Winter resorts seek to buck the economic trend
Like everyone else, skiers and snowboarders are facing some cold economic realities 

Palms and pines welcome Palm Springs hikers
PALM SPRINGS -- On the west side of Palm Springs, the San Jacinto Mountains don't so much rise from the desert floor as stab skyward. From an elevation of 150 feet in the city, the terrain soars to the 10,834-foot summit of Mount San Jacinto in just six linear miles -- one of the steepest escarpments in the United States, according to ranger Adrienne Fitzgerald of nearby Joshua Tree National Park. 

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