Historian of environment/climate/disaster/cities/culture. Also public history & urban/enviro/recreation public policy. UCLA Bruin.
Book: The Frontier of Leisure: SoCal and the Shaping of Modern America; writing on climate & history in US & North America.
Lawrence Culver
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Just checking back in on the Reflecting Pool, one coat of blue paint and $14 million later . . .
“Nowhere else on the planet has such a large swath of ocean been studied as thoroughly and for so long, and much of our modern approach to oceanography and weather forecasts can be traced back to this hidden gem in marine science.”
Lyndon B. Johnson: Who the [unprintable] is Joe Rogan? Hey, what happened to the Rose Garden? It’s full of umbrellas. And where’s the Voting Rights Act?
OMG they just refilled it and it’s already SO GREEN
youtu.be/rRZ-IxZ46ng?...
A great reminder that a city dismissed as having no history has plenty—and you can visit it!
Adobe homes preserve histories of Indigenous labor, agriculture, Californio families, Mexican & California history, and profoundly influenced US architecture, from Mission & Spanish Revival to Ranch Houses.
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President Trump is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season. n.pr/4us6kSh
President Trump is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.
💯 @lawrencecphd.bsky.social!!
And here are a few photos from the California State Parks' display for the #PioPico State Historic Park in #Whittier:
NPR
RIP David Hockney! “Calling himself ‘an English Los Angeleno,’ Hockney immortalized the city’s sparkling swimming pools, palm trees and beautiful young men,” LAT. www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...
#DavidHockney (& his poster) at the ARCO Center for Visual Art exhibit of #1984Olympics posters:
Another profitable frontier for climate disaster capitalism. It helps explain why the administration wants to defund NOAA and NWS to privatize weather forecasts for profit.
And what’s more grimly fitting than homeowners placing bets on hurricane or fire damage because they can’t afford insurance?
Accelerating climate costs force difficult choices:
“City piers provide coastal access to people who can’t swim or walk on the beach…and tend to serve a broad swath of their communities.
[But] they keep getting beat up by the ocean and costing taxpayers millions of dollars to repair or replace.”
Today at 10am: “The San Fernando Valley Historical Society is hosting ADOBE DAYS, a gathering of 13 Southern California Adobe organizations in one location – our own Andres Pico Adobe.” sfvhs.org/2026/05/adob... #LAEvents #CaliforniaHistory
Days after Trump’s $14.2 million renovation for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, the water is neon green with algae blooms
The Interior Department has been saying the algae is “residual” from supply lines that were dormant for eight weeks during construction
Lawrence Culver
Five Summer Outfits That Will Make You Look Like A Sexy Little Reflecting Pool
'Like taking a pulse of the ocean': The oldest and longest-running marine ecosystem monitoring program in the world is based right off the coast of Southern California.
@rosannaxia.bsky.social explains this hidden gem of ocean science: www.latimes.com/environment/...
Theodore Roosevelt: And the president is going to fight in the arena, you say?
Buchanan: No, he is going to watch while other men fight, and talk critically about them.
Roosevelt: (Tosses down his hat and stamps on it.) That is the worst thing he could do! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
@LAhistory
Nowhere else on the planet has such a large swath of ocean been studied as thoroughly and for so long, and much of our modern approach to oceanography can be traced back to this hidden gem.
El Niño turns crumbling California pier into climate battleground over what to save — and who pays
Hugo Lowell
derek guy
A great reminder that a city dismissed as having no history has plenty—and you can visit it!
Adobe homes preserve histories of Indigenous labor, agriculture, Californio families, Mexican & California history, and profoundly influenced US architecture, from Mission & Spanish Revival to Ranch Houses.
Ian James
Prediction markets are a hot topic lately, but media coverage is overlooking some important angles re weather & climate markets. I have been following this for a year & a half--here is how I see it:
1. Media focus on insider trading has oversimplified the story 1/
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rep. Sam Liccardo wants to rebuild the Pacifica pier with help from the federal government. But does investing in this kind of infrastructure make sense?
Took a 20 mile bike ride this morning to check out the Reflecting Pool
Alexandra Petri
Los Angeles Times
Lawrence Culver
Today at 10am: “The San Fernando Valley Historical Society is hosting ADOBE DAYS, a gathering of 13 Southern California Adobe organizations in one location – our own Andres Pico Adobe.” sfvhs.org/2026/05/adob... #LAEvents #CaliforniaHistory
Jamie Dupree
Jamie Pietruska
@LAhistory
From Kalshi and Polymarket to niche scientific platforms, traders are predicting the weather — and climate experts are debating the results.
