LA: Prepare for Your Atmospheric Closeup with the PBS/American Experience Documentary …

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


Book Cover - 2D - Later Days copy

Strike up the band: here's my next book!  In an evocative…


The Day After

How Licking the Filthiest Air on the Planet Should Fill Us…


Highway Killers in the Land of Concrete

Growing up in northeast LA County, I knew one set of…


The Brown Air Prequel for our Climate Change World

Why the Sky Disappeared, and Why L.A.'s Smog-Choked…


Chip’s Year in Writing & Creating

For me, creativity isn't just what I do. It's who I am, and…


My Fantastic Place – An Essay

Go Further: More Appreciations of Power Pop Squeeze was the…


“The Accidental True Crime Writer” – my Los Angeles Review of Books essay

It wasn’t until one day in 1998, strolling along Hollywood…