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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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Temperatures in Los Angeles, and California at large, have been hotter than average this summer.
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And California’s tough fire season is just getting underway.
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A Cal Fire Battalion Chief in Riverside talks about how, like the rest of us, his firefighters are struggling with unrelenting disasters.
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The predawn shaking felt stronger to many Angelenos who woke up when the quake centered near Pacoima hit.
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As part of LA's Green New Deal, Mayor Garcetti wants to plant trees to improve air quality, and cool rising temperatures.
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Trees can beautify neighborhoods, improve air quality and help control heat. But can the city plant enough to meet its own Green New Deal goal?
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On Wednesday, Congress passed the Great American Outdoors Act, a big win for conservationists across the country - including in California.
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As part of the Great American Outdoors Act, our parks could receive some much needed upgrades over the next five years, and even more land could become public.
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If you do, you’ll get to see the comet NEOWISE pass by the only time in your entire life.
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Nothing like looking up at a 4.6 billion-year-old disintegrating ball of ice and dust to help put life on Earth in perspective.
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Hot weather means drier vegetation, which means greater chance of fires.
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The Soledad Fire, which started Sunday afternoon near Santa Clarita, burned 1,300 acres, prompted mandatory evacuations, and shut down Highway 14, leaving people stuck in their cars for hours.
