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.
What do you want to know about fires, earthquakes, climate change or any science-related topics?
Jacob Margolis helps Southern Californians understand the science shaping our imperfect paradise and gets us prepared for what’s next.
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We haven't gotten as much precipitation as last year. -
An entire hillside weakened during a particularly wet winter could fail at any time.
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Hundreds of LAUSD buildings may still need to be retrofitted. How can you figure out if your kid's school is safe?
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The parrots, originally from Mexico, are thriving in SoCal.
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Even though we now have an average snowpack, it’s possible we won’t see an average amount of runoff.
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Slides continue to disrupt traffic along Pacific Coast Highway and Topanga Canyon, even though it stopped raining days ago.
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The Swinhoe's white-eye population is exploding across California
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Time to grab a shovel and get digging.
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More than 90% of sea stars — which can grow to 3 feet wide — have been wiped out. This breakthrough is important.
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Images from across the Golden State show how the storm systems have transformed our mountains into winter wonderlands.
