As the Occupy movement peacefully left the parks near L.A. City Hall this A.M., there’s marching to a different beat this weekend in California. From boat parades in Santa Cruz, Oakland, Petaluma, and L.A. Harbor to street parades in nearly 100 cities, people are out celebrating with lighted floats, lighted boats, and Santa Claus.

California Holiday Parades A to G for the weekend of December 1-4, 2011 (check tomorrow’s installment for H – Z!

• AUBURN Festival of Lights Parade, It’s a Wonderful Life…In Lights! Saturday, December 3, 2011, 5:30 p.m. Cherry Ave. & Lincoln Way Auburn, CA (530) 885-5616 auburnchamber.net
• BAKERSFIELD Christmas Parade December 1, 2011 Time: 6 – 8 p.m. Downtown Bakersfield 321 21st Street Bakersfield CA, (661) 637-2323 bcparade.com
• BURLINGAME Holiday Parade December 2, 2011, 6 p.m. Parade begins at El Camino Real & Burlingame Ave. Burlingame , CA (650) 304-4065 burlingame.org
• CALISTOGA Lighted Tractor Parade, December 3, 2011, 7 p.m. Parade route: Lincoln Ave. from Cedar to Fairway Calistoga, CA 94515 (707) 942-6333 calistogachamber.com
• CORNING Hometown Christmas & Light Parade December 3, 2011, 5:30 p.m. Downtown Corning Solano Street between 3rd and Houghton Ave Corning, CA (530) 824-5550 corningchamber.blogspot.com
• CORONADO Christmas Parade with Merchant Open House & Snow Mountain Friday, December 2, 2011, Orange Ave. Coronado, CA coronadochamber.com
• ENCINITAS Encinitas Holiday Parade December 3, 2011, 5:30 p.m. Parade route: from D St. on the Coast Highway to J St. Call (760) 633-2760 cityofencinitas.org
• EXETER Christmas Parade December 2, 2011, 6:30 p.m. Parade route: downtown on Pine St. (559) 592-5262 exeterchamber.com
• GLENDALE Glendale – Montrose Christmas Parade December 3, 2011, 6 p.m. Route: Honolulu Avenue from Orangedale to Verdugo Road. montrosechristmasparade.com
• GRANADA HILLS Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce Holiday Parade Sunday, December 4, 2011, 1:30 p.m. Parade route: Chatsworth Street from Petit Park to Zelzah Ave. (818) 368-3235 granadachamber.com
• GRIDLEY Christmas Light Parade Thursday, December 1, 2011, Call (530) 846-3142 gridleyareachamber.com
• GROVER BEACH Magical Holiday Memories Holiday Parade Saturday, December 3, 2011, 10 a.m. Parade Route: Begins at 16th Street, travels west down Grand Avenue and finishes at the Ramona Garden Park Center Ramona Garden Park Center 993 Ramona Avenue Grover Beach, CA (805) 473-4580