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CALIFORNIA — California is dotted with cottages and mansions, homes built beach -side or perched on a cliff. The mountain getaway shown above is in Idyllwild. You can drop $80 million on a gleaming home in Beverly Hills that is grander than hotels that most of us have stayed in, or your perfect home could be a suburban abode with party lights strung over the backyard patio. This week's California wow houses cater to varied tastes. Are you looking for a home with a swim-up bar? One's available in Pleasanton. How about a stage to perform karaoke, or to practice your TED Talk? Check out the home in Berkeley. If your dream home is only complete with a backyard art studio , look at the home in La Mesa. Beach houses are featured in Aptos, La Jolla and Palos Verdes ($40 million!). And Patch editors had a thing about staircases this week. We didn't plan it, but scroll through the photos below to unleash your inner Scarlett O'Hara. Exquisite Equestrian Estate With Koi Pond ...

In November, we looked at the top residential properties on the market in each of Oregon's 36 counties. The homes ranged from historic Victorians to new construction, set in an urban settings to rural acreage, and from $24 million in Deschutes County 's Sisters to $240,000 in Gilliam County 's Arlington. Where are they now, six months later? Many are still on the market, some were pulled without being sold and some sold. There are also new top listings. Here's an update: Baker County, on the market for 756 days : 46601 Foothill Road in Haines is listed at $2.35 million. The three-story, log-style house, built in 2008 on 195 acres, has a floor-to ceiling natural stone fireplace , vaulted ceiling s in the great room and kitchen, four bedrooms, five baths and 6,000 square feet (the listing price breaks down to $392 a square foot). The listing agent is Garrett Zoller of Oregon Land and Wildlife Real Estate . Median list price for the county: $169,000, up from $156,000 ...