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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This map shows cumulative confirmed cases, deaths and recoveries and is updated in near real-time throughout the day. -
The rain may seem light, but it's this steady, consistent drip that can trigger mudslides. As such, the county has issued a mud and debris flow forecast… -
Newsom said the guidelines he laid out were intended to protect the state's most vulnerable populations. -
Officials stress that there is no evidence of widespread infection, but all public schools are being advised to close as a precaution. -
City and county leaders provided the latest updates on their response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, as three new cases were announced in L.A. County -
The travel restriction, which will last 30 days, does not include the United Kingdom. -
The latest vote tallies for key races in Los Angeles city and county.
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Watch the announcement from Santa Clara County health officials live. -
We're looking into reports that multiple Curry House locations have closed. -
Voter outreach at California public colleges and universities, plus free Metro rides for the March 3 primary, and an exploration of L.A.'s Afro-Latinx community.
