Brian Frank
I'm a journalist with a product mindset, combining data, automation, and storytelling to engage and inform the community. I help to oversee our daily and breaking news coverage while shepherding some of our larger initiatives, including the development of interactive tools that have allowed readers to explore the health of our bridges, track wildfires, and navigate elections.
I've relished the sage and chaparral scents of Southern California since I was a boy, but like so many Angelenos I only landed in L.A. as an adult. I stay for the city's rugged trails and creative energy, the inimitable color of its light, the pink donut boxes and kaleidoscopic flavors, the neighborhoods without any signs in English, the way its denizens tattoo their truths on the streets, and for all the people who tirelessly defy both labels and expectations.
In a previous life, I taught English as a second language in a tiny seaside town in Japan and oversaw a program for at-risk youth on the edge of the Alaskan bush.
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New voting equipment, more properties lost to development, the health of our firefighters, and a solid cup of café de olla.
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Welcome to Monday (or as we're thinking of it: Oscar Nominations Day). -
Welcome to Friday. It'll be sunny and 67 degrees today with an overnight low of 47. We're now 53 days out from the March 3 primary election and we still…
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Buck Henry was probably best known as the writer of The Graduate, but he was also co-creator of the spy comedy Get Smart.His wife, Irene Ramp, told the… -
With dangerous weapons, ammunition and chemical storage at risk, California's intensifying wildfires are worrying military leaders. -
Welcome to Thursday. It's another wintry day in L.A. (aka sunny and below 70 degrees), and the political forecast no longer warns of war with Iran. What… -
The fire started just after 6 p.m. on South Mountain and exploded to 4,000 acres in the first four hours. As of late Thursday, the Maria Fire 0% contained. -
California is on fire again. So LAFD and other SoCal fire departments are bringing a supercomputer to a firefight. -
Here's where to get your arts and culture fix for free in L.A. on Saturday. -
A new exhibit at The Museum of Tolerance spotlights the often misunderstood religious group, which holds equality and service to humanity in the highest esteem.
