I do not live in California. But i can tell you that when i moved to south fForida from NY, it took some time to find a real hobby store so i was not limited to freakin Petsmart! I found 2 in my immediate area, 1 about 20 minutes away, and 3 about 45 minutes away in the next county. It takes some time.. some driving around and some internet research to find them. Yellowpages will pull up alot, you just have to take the time and have the patience to check out all of them!