Yeah, us Californians bitch and gripe about our gun controls, our weird politicians, and all of the fruits and nuts, but I am here to say why I love this state. Went out of Newport to send off ashes of a relative who died at 96 years of age. He was a WWII B-17 and B-29 pilot and hero, and spent the last 70 years freediving for lobsters and abalone. Here are some pics: