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Ten New California Books I’m Excited About
I’m always keeping an eye out for new California books. Books can be a treasure trove for new ideas to write about, new ways to see the world around you. I read a lot of non-fiction, and I constantly find small details buried in a chapter h...
California’s Ocean Is Getting Weird
An olive ridley sea turtle on the beach near Seal Beach in September 2026. Two females nested on Orange County beaches that month, the first confirmed natural sea turtle nesting on the U.S. West Coast. (Photo: Huntington Beach Fire Departme...
The Places We Thought Would Last
A large crack in the coastal bluff along Pacific Coast Highway near Laguna Beach. (Photo: Erik Olsen)
Nearly every day now, my Instagram feed is showing me scenes of large chunks of the Southern California coast slipping into the ocean. A...
The Complicated Legacy of Founders Grove and the Save the Redwoods League
Founders Tree, a 346-foot coast redwood in Founders Grove, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, along California’s Avenue of the Giants. (Photo: Erik Olsen)
I recently took one of those great California road trips that reminds you just how astoni...
The Night a Tidal Wave Erased Downtown Crescent City, California
Debris blankets a downtown Crescent City street after the March 1964 tsunami, which devastated 29 blocks and killed 11 people.
I just got back from a weeklong drive down almost the entire length of our lovely state, collecting stories for...
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California, explained. Science, landscapes, and hidden systems of the Golden State, by former New York Times journalist Erik Olsen. New stories weekly...or thereabouts.
Creator of California Curated Substack. LA-based journalist and producer. Formerly with The New York Times, ABC News, and Quartz. Drone pilot and visual storyteller with a fascination for ocean exploration, including dives in research submersibles.
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