He tested the free-diving self-propelled submersible - one of only two in existence at the time - on increasingly deep dives off the California coast.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

His eighteen sixty-six painting "Yosemite Valley" gave many people on the East Coast their first introduction to California's beautiful mountain area.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

It also found improvements in the northeastern United States and the California Current that flows south along the West Coast.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The protests were especially bitter on the pacific coast where thousands of Chinese immigrants were settling in California.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

One example of this is found in California, on the West Coast of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Norma Jean was born that day in the West Coast city of Los Angeles,California.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

And it looks like we are coming up on the coast of California."

VOA: special.2009.06.24

The first was a huge oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara,California.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

So,I said,'Sure.'" The Denver resident bought a board and wetsuit, and embarked on a surfing journey from Southern California down the coast of Mexico.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

When an old friend moved to Huntington Beach,California - a Pacific coast city nicknamed Surf City,USA - he realized it was time to live his dream.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04