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Jacob Margolis
What I cover
I cover science, with a focus on environmental stories and disasters, as well as investigations and accountability.
My background
I created, wrote and hosted the LAist Studios podcasts, The Big One: Your Survival Guide and The Big Burn: How To Survive In The Age of Wildfires. I was part of the team that won the 2021 Investigative Reporters and Editors Audio Journalism Award for the series "Hot Days: Heat’s Mounting Death Toll On Workers In The U.S. "Most recently, I’ve published investigations into large scale illegal dumping in L.A. County and previously unreported heavy metal concentrations in fire retardants.
My goals
To uncover how science, policy, and power intersect — so people have the information they need to hold decision-makers accountable and protect their communities.
Best way to reach me
You can reach me by email: jmargolis@laist.com. Or for encrypted communications, I'm on Signal: @jacobmargolis.1.
Stories by Jacob Margolis
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They just begun refilling it for the first time since 2019.
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The move comes more than two years after the controversial clearing of hundreds of unhoused people.
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We have the latest on damage and clean up from the heavy rains, winds and tornadoes that hit the region this week.
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The National Weather Service confirmed the extraordinarily rare weather events.
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Southern California's latest winter storm is on its way out.
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It’s scary and tragic when collapses happen, but we’ve built a whole lot of homes on hills that are being slowly eroded by the sea.
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The multi-family homes were red tagged by authorities late Wednesday.
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With the storm expected to park itself over L.A., dangerous debris flows and flooding are still a concern across SoCal.
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Our soil is so saturated this year that debris flows are a concern across SoCal.
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Forecasts put much of the state at risk for flooding over the next 1 to 7 days — although most of that danger is north of Los Angeles.
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National Weather Service reports rain is expected to return Thursday — with the heaviest showers north of L.A.
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It was so nice to see white sprinkled on the hills around our valleys.
