Latter-Day Saint Church - LDS
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints aka Mormon features uniform traditional family-centered religious worship at many located in the area. Special programs include women's relief society, youth groups, scouting, welfare services, family history centers, sports and cultural events, and daily religious study groups (seminary and institute). The LDS Church is the third largest religious denomination in America (coming behind Catholics and Protestants).

LDS Adventures by Region

Antelope Valley * Bakersfield * Central Coast * Contra Costa * Fresno * Humboldt * Imperial Valley * Inland Empire * Lake Tahoe * Long Beach * Los Angeles * Marin Co * Mendocino * Merced * Modesto * Modoc Co * Mojave Desert * Monterey Bay * Mount Shasta * Napa Valley * North SD * North Valley * Oakland * Orange Co * Palm Springs * Plumas * Roseville * Sacramento * San Diego * San Fernando * San Francisco * San Gabriel * San Jose * San Mateo * Santa Barbara * Santa Clarita * Shasta Lakes * Solano Co * Sonoma Co * Stockton * Ventura * Visalia

LDS Arts & Culture - California
Check the calendar for special Christmas, easter and summer series performances.
Southern California Mormon Choir - 120-voice choral ensemble organized under the auspices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Since its formation in 1953, the choir has been performing concerts of classical, sacred, folk, patriotic and popular choral music throughout the Southern California area.
Orange County Mormon Choral Organization - Performing Arts ensembles include choir, womens chorus, high school concert choir, childrens choir, sunbeam choir and orchestra. All ensembles perform in three concerts per year, including concerts in the new Segerstrom Concert Hall at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.

Mormon Battalion Visitors Center -
Old Town San Diego
Mormon Battalion Commemoration [4th Sat of Jan] - Annual Military Parade and Dutch Oven Bakeoff in San Diego Old Town State Park - Children's crafts and games, pioneer music, living history reenactments, wagon rides.

LDS YSA California Conference Series - August
Conference Website - All California LDS young single adults (ages 18-31) includes speakers, workshops, a humanitarian project and social activities, at 11 locations across the state. First conference was the first weekend in August - 2009. Will this repeat in 2010?

Heritage Farms Oak Glen
Mormon Pioneer Trek Reenactment
Several Working Living History Farms and Apple Orchards are located near scenic Oak Glen, high in the hills above Yucaipa. The farms grows apples, blackberries, cherries, pumpkins and raspberries. Several homesteads host a wide range of living history festivals and themed dinner shows from the civil war, colonial era, pioneer era and other great legends.

Family Search - Google Books
Researching your Early Family History in California - try Google Books:

Church History for LDS Families Quality Bound Family Night Edition Valetta - Shadow Mountain Press; The beautifully illustrated book is designed for anyone wanting to understand more clearly the history of the Church and its ties to the Doctrine and Covenants. The format – with word helps, illustrations, photos, maps, explanations, and brief commentaries – will be familiar to all who d the perennial bestseller Book of Mormon for LDS Families New Testament for LDS Families Old Testament for LDS Families Beautiful Hardcover Bookcraft Edition includes large print, multiple illustrations, commentaries and explanations.

California Saints A 150 Year Legacy in the Golden State From aiding in the early development of San Francisco, San Diego and Sacramento to the ministry of Howard W Hunter as the first President of the LDS Church from California, Cowan and Homer share with us California's rich LDS history.

Gold Rush Saints California Mormons And the Great Rush for Riches Owens & Bagley - University of Oklahoma Press; From 1846 to 1857 Mormons played a crucial role in shaping events in California and the West. They were the first American settlers of San Francisco, and without them, John Sutter might not have built his sawmill and thus discovered gold in 1848. In Gold Rush Saints, Kenneth N. Owens combines narrative history and documentary accounts to reveal a hidden wealth of California and Mormon history. The first-person accounts of pioneer Mormons, both men and women, offer new perspectives on myths and realities of gold rush California.

La Jolla Hyatt Regency One Block from San Diego Mormon Temple The Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine is San Diego's landmark destination and a Mobil 4-Star and AAA 4-Diamond Award winner.