CHIP’S LATEST STORIES

“Earth Wind and Wire: Going Beyond Solar Panels,” The Los Angeles Times, Feb. 7, 2010. Link

“Recession May Forge Housing Shift in California,” The Los Angeles Times, Sept. 13, 2009. Link

“Air of Deceit. Was Convicted Smog-Credit Swindler Anne Sholtz Part of Shady International ‘Money Repatriation’ Schemes?” Pasadena Weekly, Aug. 20, 2009. Link

“House Hunting? It’s Not a Buyer’s Market Everywhere,” The Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2009. Link

“A Strong Signal on Global Warming,” The New York Times, Jan. 26, 2009. Link

“Prepare for a Quake? L.A.’s too Busy,” The Los Angeles Times, Sept. 24, 2008. Link

“Up in Smoke,” Pasadena Weekly, May 1, 2008. Link

“Wheel N’ Deal,” The Los Angeles Times - April 27, 2008. Link

“Taking Care,” Pasadena Weekly (syndicated nationally) - March 12, 2008. Link

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 BOOK NEWS

* Smogtown awarded co-silver medal, best book on the environment, ecology or nature, at the Independent Book (IPPY) awards, co-silver medal, best non-fiction work, at the Green Book Festival and winner, local impact award, for the Green Prize for Sustainable Literature. Booklist magazine names Smogtown one of the top 10 environmental books for 2009. 

* C-SPAN Book TV’s broadcast of the panel on Los Angeles’ unknown and forgotten history at the L.A.  Times Festival of Books. Chip spoke about smog’s influence on the region. Here’s the L.A. Times’ coverage of the panel. Chip and co-author William J. Kelly also appeared on KCRW’s “Which Way LA?” with Warren Olney in July.

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*SMOGTOWN: THE LUNG-BURNING HISTORY OF POLLUTION IN LOS ANGELES
Released Oct. 14, 2008.
By Chip Jacobs and William J. Kelly.
- Publisher: Overlook Press & Penguin Group USA
- Overlook book page - link
- Amazon.com: link

- BOOK REVIEW ROUNDUP: Los Angeles Times, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Slate, Kirkus, Sustainablog, Bookforum,  Library Journal, amazon.com

- SMOG BLOG: link

- AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: C-Span Book-TV at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Patt Morrison’s show on KPCC 89.3-FM (NPR station), “Deadline L.A.” on KPFK 90.7-FM (Pacifica Radio), KRLA 870-AM Talk Radio and KCRW’s “Which Way LA?,” KTLA Morning News.

- AUTHOR APPEARANCES: West Hollywood Book Fair , Book Soup, Vroman’s, Coalition For Clean Air, Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Los Angeles Central Library Aloud Series, Authors@Google

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*WHEELING THE DEAL: THE OUTRAGEOUS LEGEND OF GORDON ZAHLER, HOLLYWOOD’S FLASHIEST QUADRIPLEGIC
Released Feb. 15, 2008.
By Chip Jacobs
-Publisher: Behler Publications
- Behler book page - link
- Amazon.com: link

BOOK REVIEW ROUNDUP: Foreword Magazine, Midest Book Review, Internet Review of Books, bookcrossing.com, amazon.com

- Chip’s blog - link
- Recent interviews: “Coping with Caregiving” with Jacqueline Marcell on WS Radio, a web station. Link
- Author interview with Foreword Magazine. Link

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*VOICES OF THE U.S. LATINO EXPERIENCE
(Chip’s profile of Richard Alatorre is part of the anthology.)
Released Aug. 30, 2008.
- Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
- Greenwood book page - link
- Amazon.com: link

- BOOK REVIEW ROUNDUP: Greenwood site, Library Journal, Authortree, Gale

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VIDEOS

WHEELING THE DEAL: The Outrageous Legend of Gordon Zahler, Hollywood’s Flashies Quadriplegic YOUTUBE Channel page

A STAR IS BOUGHT: CNN/Entertainment Weekly expose on Johnny Grant and the Hollywood Walk of Fame - 1999. Youtube cut.
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