Some of the elements, such as francium and californium, were named to honor the places where they were discovered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elements] Reference

The two transuranium elements most recently discovered, berkelium and californium, correspond to terbium and dysprosium in the lanthanides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951 - Presentation Speech] Reference

You need some germanium crystals, a pinch of molybdenum, a teaspoon of californium ... and working with those short-lived superheavies is a royal pain, I'll tell you.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference

Don't expect much, after all these are the people behind elements like californium and einsteinium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Something Awful] Reference

The artificial elements berkelium, californium, and americium were produced at Berkeley, California.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4] Reference

Tossing a lump of californium on the moving train improved the accuracy 10-fold, according to the scientists.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discover Blogs] Reference

The Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory has produced a dozen superheavy elements called transuranics and bear such names as berkelium, californium, lawrencium and seaborgium.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories]

The person who discovers the element gets to name it, which is why there are elements called berkelium and californium - for a while, UC Berkeley was the place to be for element hunters.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Entertainment] Reference

In 1941, the National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C. In 1950, scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced they had created a new radioactive element, "californium.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports] Reference

There's sulfur, californium and fermium, berkelium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Qulog 2.0] Reference