L.A.
I am a hairstylist as well. However to practice in California, you must also have a nail license too I just found out. You may want to contact the comission and see about the new requirements.
Anyways, I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I love this church and the feeling the Spirit has blessed my life. The Lord's work is truly found here.
I have visited several in California (Pamona, Thousand Oaks, San Diego) and they are typically the same everywhere. Of course every meeting is going to have some people that are odd, but that's how all churches go, and every meeting has those people that you just love too. Well, to find a location and meeting time for your area see here:
http://mormon.org/question/worship/1,8578,797-1,00.html
The site also has questions they will answer and you can email them a question too if you don't see an answer on the site.