Huell Howser is retiring, and California is the worse for it

The Sacramento Bee reported today that roving reporter Huell Howser — the host and soul of such much-beloved, sometimes-mocked public-television series as "California's Gold," "California's Green," "Downtown," "Road Trip" and "Visiting" — is retiring. The newspaper quoted an email from Ryan Morris, who works for Howser's production company, in which Morris stated, "Huell is retiring from making new shows but does not want to make any formal announcements about it."

By Robert Lloyd

November 27, 2012