Jacob Margolis
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Why Didn’t Last Night’s Alaskan Quake Send A Tsunami To LA?
It was in the perfect spot to send a tsunami down here, so how'd we luck out? → Read More
Sure, It Didn't Take Much. This Is Now The 3rd Wettest July On Record For Southern California
Less than half an inch has fallen and it's already one of the wettest Julys on record. → Read More
Earthquake In LA ? Nope, That Was Was A Sonic Boom That Rattled Your Home’s Windows This AM
People from L.A. to San Bernardino reported feeling an earthquake this morning, but it wasn't plate tectonics that shook their homes, it was a sonic boom. → Read More
Look Up! You Might See A Gorgeous Comet Over SoCal This Week:
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. → Read More
Wildfires In Northern And Southern California
Wildfires are raging rapidly across large parts of California. The blazes have been spreading thick and fast and they're burning perilously close to two of the state's biggest cities. → Read More
Space Spinoffs: The Technology To Reach The Moon Was Put To Use Back On Earth
Project Apollo spurred on a technological revolution — everything from advances in food packaging to computers. Fifty years later, we are still reaping the rewards. → Read More
The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers Recall Tragedy And Triumph
It was the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that came back from the moon. Designing, testing and building it was a monumental task, according to two engineers who were part of the effort. → Read More
Southern California Hit By 2nd Large Earthquake In 2 Days
Southern California was hit by another big earthquake Friday, after one struck the day before. → Read More
How To Prepare For An Earthquake If You Have A Disability:
"We strongly encourage people to plan as though no help is coming to get you." → Read More
How To Get Ready For The Next Big Earthquake. You Asked, We Answered:
History tells us another big earthquake could hit Southern California at any time. Here are some of the questions you asked us about what you need to do to get ready. → Read More
25 Years After The Northridge Earthquake, Is LA Ready For The Big One?
On Jan. 17, 1994, a 6.7 magnitude quake rocked the suburbs north of Los Angeles, leaving 57 dead and causing more than $43 billion in damage. Officials worry LA isn't ready for the next big quake. → Read More
Audio: California's rainy season was pretty dry. Here's what that means for you
While we had a lot of precipitation last year, this year has been below average. What does that mean for our water supplies, considering we're only a year removed from crippling drought? → Read More
Audio: Why SoCal's big, bad storm didn't live up to the hype
Before the storm made landfall earlier this week, it was forecast to dump 10 inches of rain in the Santa Barbara mountains. Where did all of that water go? → Read More
Audio: California was in for one of the driest winters on record. Then March happened
By the end of February, it looked like the state was going to experience one of its driest winters ever. Then storms started to roll in. But will they be enough? → Read More
Audio: Here's what that last storm did for California's water supply
Before last week's storm, this year's winter was on track to be the warmest and driest on record. → Read More
JPL is sending a giant ear into space to listen to the insides of Mars
For the first time, scientists are trying to get a snapshot of the Red Planet's interior, and they're doing it with the first landing probe to Mars in six years. → Read More
Slideshow: CA's coastal marshes could be washed out to sea by 2110
We could lose one of California's most defining, and important, ecological features by the end of the century, due to climate change. → Read More
LA billionaire in talks to buy Los Angeles Times
Patrick Soon-Shiong, L.A. based billionaire, physician and major Tronc shareholder is in advanced talks to purchase the L.A. Times, according to NPR's David Folkenflik. → Read More
This winter is so hot and dry that 'severe drought' has returned to SoCal
You might've thought that last year's rain dump saved us from drought conditions, but Southern California never fully recovered. → Read More
Heads up! What to expect for tonight’s Super Blue Blood Moon
Before dawn on Wednesday, the moon's going to be extra large, quite red and not at one bit blue. Here's what that means. → Read More