A very nice article by Tom Stienstra of the San Fracisco Chronicle on the best of California. A text file with the list is attached in case the link to the article eventually dies.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/08/SPG8VOH5ST1.DTL&type=travelbayarea

bestofcalifornia.txt