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SI IOWOI TIII WITK when it was known as Ye'ba Buena through the Gold Rush and Barbary Coast until the great earthquake and fire of 1906. The program deals with various facets of San francisco's storied past, including its posit. on as the financial center of the West Wili'am Ralston and his Bank ot California and A P. Giannmi and his Bank of Italy, known today as Bank of America. "California Dreams" is a series of histori- cal programs on California which began last year with the highly regarded film on bringing water to Los Angeles "Thirsty City." Its producers are Patrick Griffin and Trancis Gladstone, who produced some of the finest programs on the "Nova" series In the works now are programs or1 Jhe life of Jack London and on John Muir.

The series is underwritten by the First Interstate Bank of California Foundation )f liff fiT il' c- iffV: california preams: 'golden city: -the dream of don Wednesvld," 7 30 SO) 8 (16) (24: Wy these two separate historic Jl pMduced, va KOGF Channel 50 -I) Hun'r Beach, ae o'tered on the PBS tack-to-pack sur prismy. also sjpr why are offered in chror.oiopica order "Don Guadaiupe" snoiild Come Ul It's the story cf Gen Valejo. ieader if the hand of hidalgo, wno rebelled against Mexico and the distant government of Spam ana formed the California, the great land barons and soldiers who ruled the territory until gold brought the Americans swarming in. Don Mar.ano Guadalupe Vallejo ruled an empire of 175.000 acres stretching north from San Francisco Bay. His artisans constructed a pueblo on his land called Sonoma and nearby fie lived in the grandest hac enda of ail the Califomios.

He lost his hacienda and most of his land when the Supreme Court refused to recognize his family's ancient land grant title. In his declining years, he wrote a five-volume history of early California from tfje missions of Father Junipero Serra to statehood, and this program is to a great extent based on his writings Alejandro Rey narrates the program and Edward James Olmos is the voice of Vallejo. "Golden City," narrated by Tom Bosley, is the story of San Francisco, which really begins with the downfall of Vallejo and the Cal-ifornios. Incorporating vintage photographs and rare movie footage, the program traces the development of the city from the days "California Dreams: Golden City," a special on the history of San Francisco from the Gold Rush to the IW6 earthquake, airs Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. 50t, l2Hi 1151 124).

UPDATE Lee Margulies ON THE COVER: Merlin Olsen plays the bogus priest Father Murphy in the new series of that title that began with a two-hour chapter on NBC last week (Tuesdays at 8 p.m., Channels 4 and 39). In the premiere, written and directed by Michael Landon, we met John Michael Murphy, a drifter in a wild mining town in the Old West, who opens an orphanage in an abandoned saloon and pretends to be a priest to win community support. In this week's chapter, also written and directed by Landon, a genuine priest is outraged by Murphy's pretense. Co-starring in the series are Moses Gunn, Katherine Cannon and young Timothy Gibbs. Olsen, former football star of the Rams and an NBC sportscaster, played farmer Jonathan Garvey for the last three seasons on "Little House on the Prairie." He has a master's degree in economics from Utah State.

of 198 1's major artistic events, from the Rodin exhibit at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.. to the opening of "Nicholas Nickleby" on Broadway Mike Wallace, already a regular on "60 Minutes" and "Up to the Minute," will be seen in a new series of shows entitled "The Mike Wallace Profiles." The intent is to offer fresh looks at interesting people. The first, due Nov. 17, is about the late actress Jean Seberg. On the local parade front, the 34th annual Huntington Park Christmas Lane Parade will be televised on KHJ-TV Channel 9 Dec.

5, from 6 to 8 p.m. It will be repeated Dec. 25 at 11 a.m. Bill Burrud and Meredith MacRae will host. CBS is planning a three -hour special the morning of Nov.

26 to televise highlights of parades in New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Detroit and Hawaii. Stars from various CBS series will be deployed across the nation to host the events among them Patrick Duffy, Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark and Robert Reed. Remember Disney movie "The Love The studio is making a new installment for CBS that could lead to a series if it's well received. Dean Jones, who starred in the original film and its sequel. "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo," will star again in the TV version, which is entitled "Herbie, The Matchmaker." It will air later this season on CBS' Saturday night Disney show.

George C. Scott will play Fagin in a new version of "Oliver Twist" that is being filmed in London for future telecast on CBS. Also starring is Tim Curry (from "The Rocky Horror Picture who'll play Bill Sykes, with Timothy West, Eileen Atkins, Oliver Cotton and Michael Hordern. And while we're on the holiday beat, station WNET in New York is producing a two-hour special that is due to air on the Public Broadcasting Service New Year's Day. "The Show" is intended to provide a retrospective TELEVISION FIVE.