USA(California) - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara (Spanish for "Saint Barbara") is the county seat of Santa Barbara County in the U.S. state of California. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline. The building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, which moved their U.S. headquarters to Baltimore,Maryland, but it is still associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo. Designed by architect William Pereira and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, at 853 ft (260 m), on completion in 1972 it was the eighth tallest building in the world.

Preceded by	Bank of America Center
Surpassed by	Salesforce Tower(2017)
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Commercial offices
Location	600 Montgomery Street San Francisco,California
	Coordinates: 37.7952°N 122.4028°W
Construction started	December 1969
Completed	1972
Cost	US$32,000,000
Owner	Transamerica Corporation
Management	Cushman & Wakefield
Height
Roof	853 ft (260 m)
Top floor	695 ft (212 m)
Technical details
Floor count	48
Floor area	530,000 sq ft (49,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators	18
Design and construction
Architect	William L. Pereira &Harry D. Som
Structural engineer	Chin & Hensolt, Inc. Glumac International Simonson & Simonson
Main contractor	Dinwiddie Construction Co.

USA(California) - San Francisco

San Francisco officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural center and a leading financial hub of the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. San Francisco is located on the West Coast of the United States at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula and includes significant stretches of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay within its boundaries. Several picturesque islands—Alcatraz, Treasure Island and the adjacent Yerba Buena Island, and small portions of Alameda Island, Red Rock Island, and Angel Island—are part of the city.
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait, the mile-wide, three-mile-long channel between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, to Marin County, bridging both U.S. Route 101 andCalifornia State Route 1 across the strait. 

Maintained by	Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District[1]
Designer	Joseph Strauss, Irving Morrow, and Charles Ellis
Design	Suspension, truss arch & truss causeways
Material	Steel
Total length	8,981 ft (2,737.4 m),[2] about 1.7 mi (2.7 km)
Width	90 ft (27.4 m)
Height	746 ft (227.4 m)
Longest span	4,200 ft (1,280.2 m)[3]
Vertical clearance	14 ft (4.3 m) at toll gates, higher truck loads possible
Clearance below	220 ft (67.1 m) at Tide
Construction begin	January 5, 1933
Construction end	April 19, 1937

Nature in California

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USA(California) - San Diego

San Diego is a major city in California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, approximately 120 miles (190 km) south of Los Angeles and immediately adjacent to the border with Mexico. San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California and is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the U.S. Navy, and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
View from San Diego.

Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) urban cultural park in San Diego, California, United States. In addition to open space areas, natural vegetation zones, green belts, gardens, and walking paths, it contains museums, several theaters, and the world-famous San Diego Zoo. There are also many recreational facilities and several gift shops and restaurants within the boundaries of the park. Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreational use. Balboa Park is managed and maintained by the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of San Diego.

Nearest city	San Diego
Area	1,200 acres (490 ha)
Built	1868
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Spanish Colonial Revival, Mission Revival, Pueblo Revival

USA(California) - Encinitas

Encinitas is a coastal beach city in San Diego County, California. Located within Southern California, it is approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of San Diego inNorth County and about 95 miles (153 km) south of Los Angeles. Encinitas lies on rugged coastal terrain. The city is bisected by a low lying coastal ridge that separates New and Old Encinitas. In the north of the city, the coast rises in elevation and the land is raised up in the form of many coastal bluffs. The city is surrounded by Batiquitos Lagoon and San Elijo Lagoon to the north and south, respectively.
This temple is a branch of Self-Realization Fellowship, a worldwide religious organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920 to teach scientific techniques of meditation that will lead to a direct, personal relationship with God.

Nature in California.

The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are located in the United States, along the coast of northern California. Comprising Redwood National Park (established 1968) and California's Del Norte Coast, Jedediah Smith, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Parks (dating from the 1920s), the combined RNSP contain 133,000 acres (540 km²)

USA(California) - Burbank

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Billed as the "Media Capital of the World" and located only a few miles northeast of Hollywood, many media and entertainment companies are headquartered or have significant production facilities in Burbank, including The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Warner Music Group, Nickelodeon, NBC, and Insomniac Games. The city is also home to the Bob Hope Airport.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, also known as Disney Parks, originally Walt Disney Attractions, is one of The Walt Disney Company's five major business segments. It is responsible for the conception, building, and managing of the company's theme parks and vacation resorts, as well as a variety of additional family-oriented leisure enterprises. It was founded in 1971 after the opening of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida, joining the original Disneyland in California. In 2013, the company's theme parks hosted approximately 132.5 million guests, making Disney Parks the world's most visited theme park company, ahead of the second-most visited rival Merlin Entertainments.

The Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary or United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island (often just referred to as Alcatraz) was a maximum high-security Federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, USA, which operated from 1934 to 1963.

California Coast.