We're on our way to the Golden State Stunt Championships in Fresno, CA. My guess is that trees in this picture are a small clump of Monterey Cypress that is found naturally-growing only on the Central Coast of California. The natural distributional range of the species during modern times is confined to two small relic populations near Carmel, and at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach and nearby Point Lobos. Historically during the peak of the last ice age, Monterey cypress would have likely comprised a much larger forest that extended much further north and south.