What Ka bands should I be running in CA?

[jdong]

Have you seen band 8 on freeways outside of the Bay Area but inside of California? And if so, was it CHP running it?

Yes, I've seen confirmed 35.5 from the U.S. Park Police inside Yosemite, as well as the blue DHS federal police vehicles near Golden Gate Bridge. They also sometimes run radar from Suburbans on 101 near SF. Those vehicles have the white conical Kustom antennas.