California is a HUGE state.

Winery Tour
Surfing
Wine Tasting
Ride the Cable Cars
Go down Lombard
Have a Ghiradelli Sundae
Go to the Seaquarium
Drive the 17 mile drive
Golf at Pebble Beach
Visit the Redwoods
Visit Lover’s Cove
Go whale watching
Visit Catalina Island
Go to Santa Barbara Mission
Look at all the expensive homes in Montecito
Visit Hearst Castle
Visit the Elephant Seal Haul out beaches
Go to Six Flags
Go to Shambala http://www.shambala.org
Go to Knott’s Berry Farm
Drive Mulholland Drive
Visit Griffith Park Observatory
Drive in the Hollywood Hills
Visit the Troubadour and the Whiskey
Go shopping on Rodeo Drive
Have dinner at Spago
Visit the Derby
Visit the Santa Monica Pier
Visit the 3rd St Promenade
Have a drink at the Beverly Wilshire hotel, the Chateau Marmont, the Roosevelt, the Beverly Hills Hotel, and Skybar.
Drive PCH from Malibu to SJC
Visit & Shop Orange Circle
Visit South Coast Plaza
Enjoy the Balboa Fun Zone
Enjoy Downtown Disney
See a football baseball basketball hockey game
Sightsee at the Crystal Cathedrial
See a movie at ‘the block’ or at the Imax in Ontario
Find the movie shoots and visit them (visitor’s bureau should have a list)
Visit the Children’s Discovery Museum
Visit the various LA Museums
Have brunch on the Queen Mary
Visit the mission at SJC
Visit the USS Midway
Visit Catalina Island
Go to the Wild Animal Park
Stroll the gaslamp district

A LOT

you can go camping, snowboarding, surfing, wine tasting, fruit picking, gold mining (they have places here where you’d pay a small fee and you’re on your own to hunt for golds or other gems!), some find worth thousands of dollars!!! more importantly, great activity for the kids!!! 😉

there are also great theme parks out here besides disneyland… six flags is one of them.. universal studios, knotts berry farm, etc…

hope that helps ^_^