Welcome from Salinas, CA. The rules here on FMDF are quite simple for fellow CA hunters: You pay me 30% of all your finds (I accept paypal).
There's multiple So. CA area hunters who you will see chime in on the show & tells here. And also a CA specific forum called "kinzli", with several So. CA hunters who chime in. And there's a brick & mortar club in Riverside, if I'm not mistaken.
You are right at the foot of the hills there, which was the "play-land" of yesteryear valley floor L.A. dwellers. So you might research old camps, defunct picnic spots, etc..... Good luck !