Aaron Schrank
As LAist’s Health and Housing reporter, I aim to help Southern Californians understand the impact of the housing crisis on public health — how where people live can affect their overall well-being. I will also hold public officials accountable for serving the most vulnerable among us, including unhoused people and families.
I grew up in Phoenix, and I’ve covered many topics for public radio outlets in the Western U.S. — including education in Wyoming and religion in Los Angeles. My work has earned multiple Edward R. Murrow awards, and I served as senior producer for the Mobituaries with Mo Rocca podcast.
Please reach out to me with any story ideas, questions or feedback. You can contact me at aschrank@scpr.org or on the website formerly known as Twitter: @aaronschrank.
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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. -
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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Students at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove shared disturbing footage on social media last year of students doing a Nazi salute and singing an old Nazi song. But school officials did not address the incident publicly until The Daily Beast published the video this week.
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A white supremacist fired 70 rounds at the North Valley Jewish Community Center on Aug. 10, 1999. Twenty years later, as mass shootings have escalated, survivors and their families are at the forefront of the gun violence prevention movement.
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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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Many detainees have no one here to turn to, so some are signing up for visits from volunteers -- just so they have someone to talk to.
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Across the L.A. Archdiocese, immigrant communities hold regular services in more than 40 languages. That diversity was on full display Saturday at the Archdiocese of LA's annual Celebration of Cultures Mass.
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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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La Luz is the largest evangelical church in Mexico and the second largest religious body after the Roman Catholic Church. It has branches and followers here in L.A.
