To commemorate our fires anniversary and to celebrate a wet start to our water year, I have posted a website story that chronicles the last few months of weather events and impacts and explores the science that helps us understand them. Plenty of moving parts: www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

If you're in SoCal later on Dec. 6, I will be doing another encore presentation at the Theodore Payne Foundation from 1:30-4:30 that will include a walk with the plants. Scroll down their page to December 6 to find tickets for Selby's weather extremes and plants: theodorepayne.org/learn/classe...

Hey friends of nature and our coast: Join us and other organizations and guest presenters for CASM's Annual King Tides Celebration on Sat, December 6th 8am-10am at Santa Monica Pier! We'll start with a brief tour of Heal the Bay's Aquarium plus light breakfast! www.eventbrite.com/e/santa-moni...

...cont. "Beaver dams and ponds widen water courses and raise water tables to irrigate larger, lusher, more diverse and productive riparian habitats and gallery forests." Just one of our website stories incl. beavers & assisted natural regeneration: rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com/fire-in-the-...

More Beaver Sci: Wildlife officials are working to reintroduce the North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) into waterways across the state. This keystone species is now considered an ecosystem engineer that expands diverse habitats that then increase and improve nature-based ecosystem services.

Regarding beavers: Goldfarb, Ben. 2025. Could beavers be the secret to winning the fight against wildfires? National Geographic. May 13, 2025. Fairfax, E.,and A. Whittle. 2020. Smokey the Beaver: beaver-dammed riparian corridors stay green... Ecological Applications 30(8):e02225. 10.1002/eap.2225.

A wetter-than-normal November proves what a difference a year can make in California, especially following last year’s catastrophic drought and wildfires. I discuss these wild weather pattern swings and related topics in my recent interview with Nancy Pearlman: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJru...

Celebrate autumn' arrival by checking out my end-of-summer story about thunderstorms and lightning. I've included some good tutorials and other informative links, but this story includes awesome images and links to breathtaking haboob videos. [email protected] www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

Geoengineering/weather modification/weather intervention: jet trails, radar, cloud seeding ... basic science clears up misconceptions that continue to spread, fueled by social media and political extremists. Get the facts about such climate change in this story: www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

Lessons from Texas: could similar flash floods impact California? Cal’s history and landscapes have been shaped by such disasters and they are likely to revisit sooner rather than later. Check out our latest story with links to recent research and dramatic videos: rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

Heat waves, droughts, atmospheric rivers, floods, and other weather weirdness: How are California's weather patterns and climates changing and what can we do about it? Join me and Climate Action Santa Monica this Monday June 30, 6:30pm for a review and update: www.eventbrite.com/e/understand...

Didn't sign up for this weekend's Chautauqua and our field events in the eastern Sierra Nevada? You can always look toward next year. Meanwhile, keep up to date by supporting Mono Lake Committee's stories of success throughout the seasons. Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua: www.birdchautauqua.org .

Mono Lake Committee celebrates the solstice weekend again this year (June 19-22) with their Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua, a series of natural science events for nature lovers. You can join me (events 209, 319, & 424) in the eastern Sierra Nevada, but there are dozens of options: www.birdchautauqua.org

How are our plants and landscapes adapting to accelerating climate change? Are you in SoCal this weekend? Join us to support the Theodore Payne Foundation, unveil the science, and learn how there is always hope as long as we are here to hope. Garden walk included www.eventbrite.com/e/understand...

Following a mostly dreary and cool April that kept me busy, spring is finally performing with brilliant sunshine and colorful flowers! Join me for my program with the Cal Native Plant Society, Tues. May 13 at 7pm: Following our Changing Weather Patterns and Climates chapters.cnps.org/lasmm/events/

Interested in a fun week this April in Yosemite, studying (with daily field work) to be a Certified California Naturalist? I'll be helping out, time is running out, so... check it out: www.natureupclose.com/calnat-april... Also look for our natural history updates at rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

After our decades of hard work, the FEDS are now threatening Cal's cherished coastlines. Our best beaches were open to all of you until now; Steve Lopez explains how that could change. Also reserve time for this new evocative doc: www.latimes.com/california/s... www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQNo...

Cutting NOAA and NWS is penny wise and pound foolish on a 1 to 10 ratio: as if we stop changing our engine oil to save money. Such bad science is also bad business. Instead, we make investments to understand the complicated moving variables that help define our world: rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

That was a beautiful essay about Karl the Fog that Marthine Satris posted. How might higher temps AND vapor content affect Cal's coastal fog??? This mystery is part of the larger global experiment we have never run before, but will impact all of us. Stay tuned: splitlipthemag.com/flash/0624/v...

How are recent winds, fires, & our changing weather patterns impacting our native plants, gardens, & ecosystems? If you are in SoCal on Feb 22, join us for this timely and lively event at Theodore Payne Foundation. Bring your curiosity, questions, & walking shoes: www.eventbrite.com/e/santa-ana-...

I have completed the final of three stories that cover our firestorms: before, during, and after. They explain how we backed ourselves into this corner, some natural history behind the heartbreaking scenes, and what to expect next. Please share our stories: www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

Join me at the California Botanic Garden in Claremont for their Biodiversity Science Seminar Series. On this Thursday, Feb 6, I focus on how weather and climate shape our diversity of plant communities and landscapes. Arrive BEFORE 4pm to enter. It’s free to the public! www.calbg.org/biodiversity...

Looking toward February and March, almost ANY atmospheric river will be capable of generating destructive mud and debris flows down SoCal's recently exposed burn scars. Check out the feature article I wrote about ARs in the latest edition of Weatherwise Magazine: www.tandfonline.com/toc/vwws20/7...

Relentless fires are likely to be doused this Sunday with a cold compact storm system focussed over SoCal. See the map and discussion I added to the epilogue of our latest story that explains how our fire weather was connected to your deep freezes farther east: www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

UCLA’s Park Williams & other researchers have teamed up to learn how our catastrophic wildfires might be connected to the bigger climate change puzzle. Click here for their most recent article sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfi... , which I added to my story: www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

The ashes have settled, so ... check out the quotes and images I added to update my story explaining SoCal's firestorms, such as Patzert's "what we are living through now is human carelessness and ignoring the natural climate forces of Southern California." www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

Matt Wright writes, “It’s pretty violent up here right now. ... We’re all fine, but packed and ready to bug out in case of fire in the hills above us.” ... just after sending his photo, which I added to my story. Their house burned that evening in the Eaton Fire. www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

I've updated the fire story with quotes from climatologist Bill Patzert and new NPS videos. Important questions and problems have resurfaced requiring insightful answers and solutions. Too much finger pointing when the answers reflect back to us in our mirrors: rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

I added my friends' series of unedited images, shot as they just barely escaped before the firestorm attacked from the sky and barged into their neighborhood, to the middle of my making sense of the wildfires story. Thanks Tracy! More updates/insights to follow. rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

Check out two new informative stories covering the SoCal fires from what has become a war zone. I explain (with images) why and how the fires grew and spread so quickly and I explore the unprecedented weather patterns that brought us here. Updates to follow. rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

Extreme weather patterns broke more records and made national news again in California this autumn. Check our new website story (supported by a NWS workshop) summarizing heat risk and how our sizzling summer carried into October. Nov/Dec story coming soon! www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

Join us on Dec 14 for an afternoon celebrating the changing weather patterns and climates that shape California's amazing diversity of plant communities. We meet indoors and outdoors at SoCal's premier native plant nursery, The Theodore Payne Foundation. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/weather-cl...

Connecting, supporting, or moving on to UCLA? UCLA FOG is hosting their fall event at Kretz Pavilion this Saturday, Nov 2, 2-5pm, featuring a tour of their botanical gardens and my California Sky Watcher talk, as we follow our changing weather patterns: RSVP Link: forms.gle/Jyp22rW7ECEB...

Why are so many of our ancient redwoods burning? Climate change? Forest management? Follow me as I introduce you to the latest science and guide you into decades of adventures and research projects through our redwood forests before and after the wildfires: www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

California offers more than its share of good, bad, & ugly examples in its energy portfolio. Passive solar remains one of the cleanest, most efficient, cost-saving, practical, and often underrated energy options. Why? Check out our latest evolving website story at rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

Join me and a raucous crowd this Tuesday night, August 20, for LA's official Nerd Nite at the Brewyard Beer Company. We have only a half hour to fly across California during each season searching for changes in our cloud formations, weather patterns, and climates: la.nerdnite.com

I'm posting a few new informative stories on our website that you might enjoy, including one that follows Cal's recent inland heatwave. And my new book (now available) got a nice review in Sunday's July 21 LA Times. Check them out! www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Join us for a fun evening with food, drink, and a weather Sky Watcher show on June 25 at Back on the Beach. Donations go to Sustainable Works as they continue to help students, residents, and businesses save natural and fiscal resources AND the planet. Tickets: www.heydaybooks.com/event/willia...

Have you noticed how spring often blows in with the wind? So, what's up with all that wind and how is it shaping our world? Check out my most recent website story that will keep you watching for the wind: rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

Join us at the annual California Geographical Society Conference in Redding, CA, April 25-26, 2024. It is a diverse bunch of students, faculty, researchers, and other folks who want to learn about our changing environments. I'll be there with weather and climate updates: calgeog.org/conferences

Here's another chance to dive deeper into nature. The Topanga Canyon Docents will hold their annual Field Ecology Weekend at Malibu Creek State Park on April 27-28, 2024. Scientists and naturalists (including Selby!) will be training current and future docents. www.topangacanyondocents.org

You can reconnect to nature by participating in the numerous docent programs offered at parks and nature centers around the state. Here's just one example in the Pasadena area, where I will be helping to train future docent volunteers next week: www.ecnca.org/volunteer/

This year's King Tide celebration in Santa Monica is on Friday, Feb 9. We will meet at Heal the Bay Aquarium at Santa Monica Pier around 7:30am, but wherever you are along the coast, the high tide peaks after 8am: www.instagram.com/climatecorps...

Follow our historic California storms as we use satellite images, weather maps, and photos to reveal the science behind all of the drama: www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

What's up with the big waves that have been pounding the California coast this year? Check out our story that helps explain (with images and videos) the science behind such awesome displays of power: www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

How have cars shaped California lives and landscapes? Check out our new website story that weighs the good and bad about cars: www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com

You can reserve a space in my natural history bike tour event in my previous post at: climateactionsantamonica.org/2023/11/17/s...

Here's a fun bike ride event that should interest folks interested in natural history: weather and climate, geology, coastal geomorphology, human impacts, environmental science, all on the beach along Santa Monica Bay.

Follow our California weather and climate, natural history, and geography stories and updates at: www.rediscoveringthegoldenstate.com