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A city councilman has announced a public memorial for the late Huell Howser for fans to honor the PBS host.View photos Tom LaBonge told KCBS-TV Wednesday that the gathering will be held at the ...

Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John ...

Huell Howser, folksy enthusiast for all manner of local gems in the Golden State and long the host of travel show “California’s Gold,” died of natural causes in Palm Springs early Monday morning. He ...

Technically, Vibiana is the patron saint of Los Angeles, but you could make a solid case for Huell Howser. The guy had more outright love for the city–and the state as a whole–than practically anyone, ...

Whenever I drive through Monterey Park, I feel like kicking myself. For years my friend Huell Howser was intrigued by the Cascades, a low-slung waterfall that is a landmark in my hometown. He wanted ...

Spend five minutes watching most any episode of a Huell Howser-helmed travel series and you're bound to hear someone's name called by the outgoing host. Nope, it isn't the name of the inventor of the ...

APPLE VALLEY — After 12 years as Huell Howser's camera and sound man, Luis Fuerte had much to tell a standing-room only crowd at Redeemer Church on Thursday. The event, attended by well over a hundred ...

Huell Howser made a career out of showcasing California's hidden gems, and his travels led him to a dog dish built into the wall of the La Plaza building in downtown Palm Springs. For fans of the late ...