California is the world most popular place to be visited.
Los Angles is the movie entrainment center of the world; San Diego is right next to the boarder of Mexico with lots of pre-Spanish Latino flavors and most of all is the Las Vegas - the Sin City is within 4~5 hours of driving distance away from both cities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada
San Francisco Bay Area is where my entire family live here. Not much going here, except we have the best weather in the United States. San Francisco is known for having hilly city landscape with beautiful coastline, while San José – the Capital of Silicon Valley is the largest city in the San Frqancisco Bay Area, located approximately 40~50 miles south of San Francisco.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area
The “California State Route 1” driving experience could spice up your boring life to another notch. You may want to drive up or down depending on you are coming or going from Los Angeles or San Francisco.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_1