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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The wrongful death suit claims the pilot, who was also killed, was negligent for failing to abort the flight in cloudy conditions, according to the AP. -
Today is a day of mourning in L.A. We'll have ongoing coverage of Kobe Bryant's public memorial. -
In his annual State of the State address today, Gov. Gavin Newsom called the homelessness situation in "the richest state in the richest nation" a… -
Senate Republican Caucus Chair Brian Jones criticized Newsom on issues of transparency and accountability while asking him to explain an increase in the state's homeless population even as those numbers have otherwise decreased nationwide. -
A resident was permitted to kill mountain lion P-56 after local livestock kept turning up dead. Now comes the backlash. -
A resident was permitted to kill mountain lion P-56 after local livestock kept turning up dead. Now comes the backlash. -
Today we bring you a very special report on California's housing crisis. -
We talk to locals who were quarantined on a cruise because of the coronavirus, plus two new voter guides and a roundup of choice grilled cheese sandwiches from around the city.
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Surely you didn't miss the Oscars? If so, or if you just want to relive every memorable moment, then go ahead. I'll wait. I'll even help you out by…
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Damage to the rotor blades and to nearby trees showed signs the helicopter was still under "powered rotation at the time of impact," according to the latest investigative update.
