UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND

EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) ~~March~~May 201, 2006

CALIFORNIA OIL & GAS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

333-50375

(Commission File Number)

98-0389524

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

#312, 407 – 2nd Street SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 2Y3

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

403-261-1965

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

~~#1156 – 145 Tyee Drive, Point Roberts, WA 98281~~N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 15.0102. ~~Entry~~Departure ~~into~~of aDirectors ~~Material~~or ~~Definitive~~Principal ~~Agreement~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

~~Item~~On ~~3.02~~May ~~Unregistered~~1, ~~Sales~~2006, ofwe ~~Equity~~appointed ~~Securities~~Mel Trethart to our board of directors.

OnMr. ~~March~~Trethart ~~20,~~has ~~2006,~~in weexcess ~~closed a private placement with two offshore investors for an aggregate~~ of ~~2,220,000~~35 ~~units,~~years ~~with~~experience ~~each~~in ~~unit~~engineering ~~consisting~~operations ~~of one common share~~ and ~~one-half~~management of ~~one~~domestic ~~common~~and ~~share~~international ~~purchase warrant, at a price of $0~~projects.~~45 per unit, for gross proceeds of $999,000.~~ Each full warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one additional common share at a price of $0.55 per share for a period of one year. The form of subscription agreement is attached as exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K.

WeAfter ~~intend~~graduating tofrom ~~use~~ the ~~proceeds~~University of ~~the~~Manitoba ~~private~~with ~~placement~~a ~~towards~~Bachelor ~~the~~of ~~acquisition~~Science degree in Civil Engineering, Mr. Trethart spent 30 years in increasingly responsible engineering and ~~immediate~~management ~~development~~positions with Amoco Production Company subsidiaries in Canada, Trinidad and the Congo (Brazzaville). His responsibilities included all aspects of ~~oil~~drilling, production, engineering and ~~gas~~maintenance ~~projects~~including heading up Canada’s Heavy Oil Engineering Group, ~~both~~and ~~domestically~~serving as President and ~~internationally~~General Manager of Amoco Congo Exploration Company.

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~~The~~From ~~subscription~~1995 ~~agreements with respect~~ to ~~these private placements were delivered and signed outside of the United States~~1999, ~~and~~he ~~the~~was ~~units will be issued outside of~~ the ~~United~~in-country ~~States~~Operations toManager ~~two~~for ~~persons~~Arakis ~~who~~Energy’s ~~are~~subsidiary ~~not~~State ~~U.S.~~Petroleum ~~persons~~Corporation ~~(as that term is defined~~ in ~~Regulation~~Sudan, Sduring ~~promulgated under~~ the ~~Securities~~formative ~~Act~~stage of ~~1933). In~~a ~~entering~~project ~~into~~now ~~these~~producing ~~subscription~~350,000 ~~agreements~~barrels ~~and~~of inoil ~~issuing~~per ~~the securities we are and will be relying on the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933~~day.

Mr. Trethart worked with Scimitar Production Egypt Ltd. a subsidiary of Rally Energy Corp. as the in-country General Manager, Egypt Operations from 2002 through 2005. Mel is currently Operations Manager for National Petroleum Company in Cairo, Egypt.

On May 1, 2006, we appointed Norman S. Johnson as our chief financial officer.

Mr. Johnson has over 30 years of energy sector experience and has held senior managerial positions in both financial and administrative roles with publicly traded and privately held corporations.

Mr. Johnson is currently the Chief Financial Officer for Highview Resources Ltd. a publicly traded oil and gas company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr Johnson was formerly an officer of a number of publicly traded companies including Constellation Oil and Gas Company and Arakis Energy Corp.

Mr. Johnson graduated from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in 1975 with an Accounting & Business Administration Diploma, Accounting Major. In 1978 Mr. Johnson received his Certified Management Accountant designation (“CMA”). Mr. Johnson is currently a member in good standing of the Certified Management Accountants of Alberta.

The news release announcing the appointments of Mr. Trethart and Mr. Johnson is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Our board of directors currently consists of Messrs. John McLeod, Ernie Pratt and Mel Trethart.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

10.1	Form of subscription agreement.
99.1	News Release dated March 6, 2006.

99.1	News Release dated May 4, 2006.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CALIFORNIA OIL & GAS CORPORATION

/s/ John McLeod

John McLeod,

President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director

Date: ~~March~~May 214, 2006

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