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Aaron Schrank
Health & Housing Reporter
What I cover
I cover the impact of the housing crisis on public health in Southern California and how where you live affects your well-being. My coverage focuses on homelessness.
My background
I’ve been a public radio reporter and audio producer for more than a decade, reporting on homelessness, religion and other topics for local and national audiences.
My goals
I want to track how public officials spend taxpayer money and whether they deliver on their promises to the L.A. region, especially to unhoused people and working families.
Best way to reach me
Please reach out to me with story ideas, questions or feedback. You can email me at aschrank@laist.com or call or text by phone or through the Signal app at 602-515-1699.
Stories by Aaron Schrank
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In November, several members of Garden Grove's Pacifica High School boys' water polo team played a Nazi-era marching song through speakers at an off-campus event, hoisting their right arms in 'Sieg Heil' salutes. It wasn't the first Orange County high school to make headlines recently for hateful student behavior - or the last.
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The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles held a special mass this weekend, in solidarity with the immigrant community. The 8th annual service took place Saturday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown L.A. But a group of Catholics from Orange County began a 3-day, 52-mile walking pilgrimage there Thursday morning.
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When India gained independence from Great Britain in 1947 and split into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan, caught-in-the-middle Kashmir chose to join India, under the condition that Kashmiris could keep governing themselves. Kashmir’s autonomy was enshrined in the Indian Constitution, until earlier this month, when the Indian government scrapped that provision.
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This woman has lived in the region for 66 years, but she doesn't feel safe at home after two huge earthquakes.
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California’s largest immigrant detention center is out of sight, out of mind for most angelenos, but not all.
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Since Naason Joaquin Garcia was arrested last week and charged with human trafficking and other crimes, many members in La Luz Del Mundo have been quick to support him.
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Southern California has the largest Armenian population outside of Armenia or Moscow. Now, a century after the genocide, younger Armenians are working to connect with their cultural identities in new ways.
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A longtime interfaith activist is using musical theater to bring her message to a mainstream audience.
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Tens of thousands of Narendra Modi supporters have mobilized at local Hindu temples in Norwalk and Anaheim.
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Armenians across Los Angeles marked the 104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide with marches and vigils.
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A female caller threatened to blow up the Anaheim headquarters of the Council on American Islamic Relations.
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As their homeland in northwest China descends into a police state, Uighur expats in Los Angeles are teaming up with other groups to put more pressure on Beijing.