Jack Ross

3 weeks ago | lapublicpress.org | Jack Ross

This article was produced by the nonprofit journalism publications Capital & Main and KCRW. It is co-published here with permission. In the neighborhoods surrounding the Santa Monica Airport, homeowners know little peace. Every few minutes, the whine of a jet engine intrudes on the suburban soundscape. But relief is coming. In 2017, locals won a more than seven-decade fight to close the airport. It is scheduled to shutter once and for all on Dec. 31, 2028.

4 weeks ago | laprogressive.com | Jack Ross |Rob Maurer

A campaign to build housing on the site of the soon-to-be-shuttered airport is drawing pushback from opponents of new development. In the neighborhoods surrounding the Santa Monica Airport, homeowners know little peace. Every few minutes, the whine of a jet engine intrudes on the suburban soundscape. But relief is coming. In 2017, locals won a more than seven-decade fight to close the airport. It is scheduled to shutter once and for all on December 31, 2028.

1 month ago | capitalandmain.com | Jack Ross

This article was produced in partnership with KCRW. In the neighborhoods surrounding the Santa Monica Airport, homeowners know little peace. Every few minutes, the whine of a jet engine intrudes on the suburban soundscape. But relief is coming. In 2017, locals won a more than seven-decade fight to close the airport. It is scheduled to shutter once and for all on Dec. 31, 2028. Santa Monica residents voted in 2014 to build a park on the site of the airport.

Feb 6, 2025 | hothouse.substack.com | Jack Ross |Cadence Bambenek

Hello, dear Hothouse readers,I’m still digesting the new administration and the devastating L.A. Fires. I imagine I’m not alone. Given everything January threw at us, I’m working to pull together a dispatch to help us navigate the months ahead. In the meantime, before current events entirely eclipse recent memory of the L.A. Fires, I wanted to share this critical story by Capital & Main. This reporting previews lessons from the housing crunch unfolding now in Los Angeles County following the fires.

Jan 31, 2025 | lapublicpress.org | Jack Ross

This article was produced by the nonprofit journalism publication Capital & Main. It is co-published here with permission. It wasn’t the images of flames ripping through neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades and Altadena this month that really triggered Jordan Hocker’s anxiety. It was the flood of social media posts about rent-gouging in nearby Los Angeles County communities that appeared in the days that followed.