Film and television

• California (1927 film), an American Western silent film by W.S. Van Dyke
• California (1947 film), an American Western by John Farrow
• California (1963 film), an American Western by Hamil Petroff
• California (1977 film), an Italo-Spanish Spaghetti Western by Michele Lupo
• California Carlson, a sidekick of Hopalong Cassidy
• Robert California, a character on the American TV sitcom The Office

Music

• California, a 1973–1985 pop rock band featuring Les Fradkin

Other arts and entertainment

• California, a fictitious island in the novel Las sergas de Esplandián
• California (novel), by Edan Lepucki
• California (sculpture), a marble sculpture by Hiram Powers
• California-class starship from Star Trek Lower Decks

Regions and historical territories

• California Republic, a short-lived state declared during the Mexican–American War
• The Californias or Las Californias, a region along the west coast of North America during Spanish and Mexican rule
• Province of Las Californias, a province of New Spain, encompassing the region and further areas
• California Department, a department of the Second Mexican Empire (1863−1865)
• Roman Catholic Diocese of California, formerly a residential episcopal see and currently a titular see of the Catholic Church
• Island of California, an early geographical misconception that the Baja California Peninsula was an island

Municipalities and neighborhoods

Outer space

• California Nebula
• 341 California, an asteroid

Other places

• Baja California peninsula
• Gulf of California, a body of water between the Baja California peninsula and the Mexican mainland

Land vehicles

• Ferrari California, a convertible
• Moto Guzzi California, a motorcycle
• Volkswagen California, a passenger van
• Chevrolet Corvette 305 "California," the version of the 1980 Chevrolet Corvette sold in California
• Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder, aka Ferrari 250 California, a roadster
• Ferrari 365 California, a convertible model of the Ferrari America series

Ships

• SS California, a list of ships
• California, a small sailing ship used during the Northwest Passage expedition of 1746

Chicago Transit Authority stations

• California station (CTA Blue Line)
• California station (CTA Congress Line), an abandoned station on the Congress Line (now part of the Blue Line)
• California station (CTA Green Line)
• California station (CTA Pink Line)

Other stations

• La California station, a station of Caracas metro