California Babylon,9780312263850

California Babylon

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ISBN13: 9780312263850
ISBN10: 0312263856
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-11-11
Publisher(s): Griffin
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Summary

REVIEW: "Informative....Well researched." (Library Journal)REVIEW: "A brisk read, complete with with detailed directions and off-the-wall factoids." (San Francisco Examiner)REVIEW: " California Babylon delivers the dirt. .... Provides details on visiting some of the oddest corners of our oddest state." (Dallas Morning News)REVIEW: "....a thoroughly entertaining, wonderfully morbid guide to the Golden State."(New York Post)REVIEW: "California Babylon is the real thing....A kick to read." (Los Angeles Times)REVIEW: "....makes for fascinating reading....A sick little tome."(Pittsburg Tribune Review)

Author Biography

Native Californians Kristan Lawson and Anneli Rufus are the authors of several successful travel guides, including Weird Europe for St. Martin's Press, and America Off the Wall: The West Coast. They live in Berkeley, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
Before You Begin xvii
San Diego Area
San Diego
1(3)
San Ysidro
1(1)
Coronado
2(1)
Downtown
2(1)
El Cajon
3(1)
Elsewhere in San Diego County
4(3)
Rancho Santa Fe
4(1)
Carlsbad
5(1)
Escondido
6(1)
Borrego Springs
6(1)
The Desert
Palm Springs Area
7(3)
Cabazon
7(1)
Palm Springs
8(1)
Cathedral City
8(1)
Rancho Mirage
9(1)
La Quinta
10(1)
Mojave Desert Region
10(5)
Landers
10(2)
Joshua Tree
12(1)
Calico
12(2)
Lancaster
14(1)
Orange County
Cypress
15(1)
Buena Park
16(1)
Anaheim
17(1)
Garden Grove
18(1)
Newport Beach
19(1)
San Clemente
19(1)
Yorba Linda
20(1)
Los Angeles
Hollywood
21(32)
Hollywood Boulevard
21(9)
Above Hollywood Boulevard
30(4)
Sunset Boulevard
34(10)
Lower Hollywood
44(9)
West Hollywood
53(14)
Sunset Strip
53(6)
Near the Sunset Strip
59(2)
Santa Monica Boulevard and Nearby
61(5)
Elsewhere in West Hollywood
66(1)
Fairfax/Melrose Area
67(4)
Beverly Hills
71(13)
Rodeo Drive District and the Flats
71(5)
Above Santa Monica Boulevard
76(8)
Hollywood Hills
84(5)
Griffith Park and Nearby
84(3)
Mulholland Drive and Elsewhere in the Hills
87(2)
Bel Air and Nearby
89(4)
Holmby Hills
89(2)
Benedict Canyon
91(1)
Bel Air
92(1)
Brentwood
93(4)
Pacific Palisades
97(5)
Malibu
102(2)
Santa Monica
104(2)
Venice and Marina del Rey
106(4)
Venice
106(3)
Marina del Rey
109(1)
Culver City
110(4)
West Los Angeles
114(4)
West L.A. and Century City
114(2)
Westwood
116(2)
Silverlake and Los Feliz
118(3)
Downtown and Nearby
121(8)
Downtown
121(5)
Outskirts of Downtown
126(2)
Northeast of Downtown
128(1)
Hancock Park/Koreatown Area
129(3)
West Adams/Olympic Park Area
132(3)
South and Central Los Angeles
135(5)
Vernon
135(1)
South-Central Los Angeles
136(1)
Watts
136(1)
Downey
137(1)
Inglewood
137(1)
Hawthorne
138(1)
Carson
139(1)
Beach Towns
140(3)
Manhattan Beach
140(1)
Hermosa Beach
141(1)
Torrance
142(1)
Peninsula and Harbor Area
143(5)
Palos Verdes Peninsula
143(1)
San Pedro
144(2)
Catalina
146(1)
Wilmington
146(1)
Long Beach
147(1)
San Fernando Valley
148(14)
Glendale
148(2)
Burbank
150(2)
Universal City
152(2)
Studio City
154(1)
North Hollywood
155(1)
Van Nuys
156(1)
Tarzana
157(1)
Calabasas
158(1)
Northridge
158(1)
Mission Hills
159(1)
Lakeview Terrace
160(1)
Tujunga
161(1)
Chatsworth
161(1)
San Gabriel Valley
162(4)
Altadena
162(1)
Pasadena
163(1)
San Marino
163(1)
Arcadia
164(1)
Sierra Madre
164(1)
La Puente
165(1)
City of Industry
165(1)
Outer Los Angeles County and Nearby
166(3)
Agua Dulce
166(1)
La Verne
166(1)
San Bernardino
167(2)
The Central Coast
Ventura/Santa Barbara Area
169(5)
Simi Valley
169(1)
Santa Barbara
170(1)
Santa Ynez
171(1)
Los Olivos
171(2)
Guadalupe
173(1)
Santa Maria
174(1)
San Luis Obispo County
174(3)
San Luis Obispo
174(1)
San Simeon
175(1)
Cholame
176(1)
Monterey Bay Region
Monterey Coast
177(3)
Big Sur
177(1)
Carmel and Pebble Beach
177(1)
Pacific Grove
178(1)
Monterey
179(1)
Salinas/Hollister Area
180(3)
Castroville
180(1)
Salinas
181(1)
San Juan Bautista
181(1)
Hollister
182(1)
Santa Cruz Area
183(2)
Santa Cruz
183(1)
Aptos
183(2)
The Central Valley
Stockton
185(1)
Sacramento
185(2)
Oroville
187(1)
Chico
188(1)
The Gold Country and the Sierras
The Gold Country
189(2)
Coloma
189(1)
Columbia
190(1)
Jamestown
190(1)
The Sierras
191(3)
Truckee
191(1)
South Lake Tahoe
191(1)
El Portal
192(1)
Lone Pine
192(2)
San Francisco
Financial District/Embarcadero
194(4)
Union Square Area
198(3)
Civic Center and the Tenderloin
201(3)
Civic Center
201(2)
The Tenderloin
203(1)
Nob Hill
204(3)
Chinatown
207(7)
North Beach
214(5)
Russian Hill
219(3)
The Marina and Pacific Heights
222(4)
The Marina
222(2)
Pacific Heights
224(2)
Western Addition and Nearby
226(4)
Haight-Ashbury
230(3)
South of Market and Potrero Hill
233(2)
The Mission and the Castro
235(2)
Richmond District and the Presidio
237(2)
Sunset District and the Southwest
239(2)
Excelsior and Hunter's Point
241(2)
The Bay Area
The Peninsula and Silicon Valley
243(5)
San Jose
243(1)
Los Altos
244(1)
Palo Alto
244(1)
Woodside
245(1)
Hillsborough
245(1)
San Bruno
246(1)
Colma
246(2)
East Bay
248(9)
Oakland
248(2)
Berkeley
250(4)
Concord
254(1)
Livermore
255(2)
Marin County
257(5)
Angel Island
257(1)
Larkspur
258(1)
San Rafael
259(1)
Olema
259(1)
Point Reyes
260(1)
Novato
261(1)
The Wine Country and Nearby
262(5)
Vallejo
262(1)
Napa
263(1)
Petaluma
264(1)
Santa Rosa
264(1)
Monte Rio
265(1)
Bodega Bay
265(2)
Far Northern California
Benbow
267(1)
Ferndale
267(1)
Weaverville
268(1)
Newell
269(1)
Tulelake
269(2)
Selected Bibliography 271(5)
Index 276

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