The California Highway Patrol says the 40-year-old driver holds a learner's permit and was with a licensed driver when she lost control of the car.
"Instead of hitting the breaks, it sounds like she hit the gas, turned right, accelerated and lost control, forgot to take the steering out and drove it into the front of the house," Sgt. Craig Hinch of the CHP said.
No one was injured in the accident, but both the car and house suffered minor damage.
