Just got back from my vacation too. Weather in NorCal was great. A few foggy mornings, clear days, only 1 day of rain in 8 days. Highs in the low 60s (compared to home, in the 90s and humid and pollen and ugh). Did the tourist stuff, did some outdoorsy hiking stuff, brother-in-law got it in his head to rent some motorcycles and ride up 1 along the coast and wrecked at low speed...no harm, but bike hit a subcompact and caused some damage I expect he'll be dealing with for a while. Lovely place to visit but gods I wouldn't want to live there. Just talking to locals and the universal kvetch seemed to be considering where to move as the living cost slowly drives them out. That said there were some lovely towns further north that had reasonable housing prices.