Jacob Margolis
Science Reporter
(he/him)
Jacob Margolis is a science reporter and podcast host whose work currently focuses on climate change and disasters.
He 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.
He 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."
Before disasters, his reporting took him all across our galaxy, as he dove deep on space exploration.
When he’s not reporting, he’s in the garden and spending time with his family in Los Angeles, where he grew up.
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Homeowners with State Farm insurance policies could see a 22% rate hike. -
Temperatures into the 90s are expected to hit Wednesday through Friday. LA and the rest of SoCal should be closer to normal April weather by Sunday.
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An LAist investigation found toxic heavy metals in samples of fire retardant collected from the Palisades, Eaton and Franklin fires. Here's what that means.
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Spring's here, which means it's time to plant some tomatoes.
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As predicted, rainfall rates peaked between late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
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This week's rain storm is expected to be strong enough to cause debris flows in and around recently burned areas.
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Snow levels could drop to 4,000 feet, potentially affecting the Grapevine, as storms move through Southern California this week.
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The L.A. County Board of Supervisors approves changes to some landfill rules to allow wildfire debris to be sent to sites in Calabasas, Sylmar and Lancaster.
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Even the region's coastal communities are going to bake.
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It's not the total amount of rain that's a concern. It's how hard that rain is going to fall.
Stories by Jacob Margolis
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