Chip Jacobs

"Later Days" originated between the release of my debut novel, "Arroyo," and pandemic lockdowns, when I drove out to interview the widow of a classmate who’d vanished from our…

"A diamond is formed through tectonic pressure, and I have felt that, whether it was homework or a test, or later in life death, divorce, accidents. I wanted to write a story of…

"Clearing the Air: The War on Smog." Premieres on Tuesday, August 26.

Strike up the band: here's my next book!  In an evocative follow-up to his Los Angeles Times bestselling Arroyo, Chip Jacobs returns with a gripping tale of brotherhood,…

How Licking the Filthiest Air on the Planet Should Fill Us with Hope

Growing up in northeast LA County, I knew one set of numbers were so incendiary they were practically fighting words. 7-1-0.

Why the Sky Disappeared, and Why L.A.'s Smog-Choked Atmosphere Can Be Our Lodestar Today.

For me, creativity isn't just what I do. It's who I am, and my most reliable bulwark against glum emotions polluting my otherwise optimistic view of things.

Mercury Media has optioned its inaugural title, the underdog story of a teenage daredevil who rose from his deathbed to reinvent himself into a mini-Hollywood kingpin and…