Huell Burnley Howser
October 18, 1945 - January 6, 2013
was an American television personality best known for California's Gold, his travel show based in Los Angeles at KCET for California PBS stations.

California's Gold highlights small towns, landmarks, events or places of interest throughout California which are not well known to the general public, with Howser conducting informal interviews with the locals. He also produced derived shows including California's Golden Parks, California's Water, Visiting... with Huell Howser, Our Neighborhoods, The Bench, Road Trip, "California's Golden Fairs," and various specials.

His distinctive style as host of his various travel shows led to him being impersonated and lampooned by many different comedians and radio personalities, such asAdam Carolla, Dana Gould and James Adomian.

On November 27, 2012, the Sacramento Bee reported that Huell Howser was retiring from making new shows. Howser died on January 6, 2013 of natural causes after battling what his long-time friend Ryan Morris described as a "long illness"