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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Climate change protests, DMV glam shots and more. -
A charter school fight, more handwringing over the homeless situation in Orange County, how our speed limit laws are set, and, of course, your weekend events.
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Public health officials said four new cases were confirmed in county residents "who were exposed to an unimmunized, international visitor who was infectious with measles while in Los Angeles County." -
It's Wednesday and, we'll be honest, it already feels like a long week. President Trump addressed the nation in the annual State of the Union address last…
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One down, 49 to go. Surprising no one, President Trump was quickly projected the Republican winner of the Iowa caucuses. And then... well, chaos ensued as…
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Vote-by-mail ballots for the March 3 primary go out today. We'll have more on the election, plus a closer look at Cal State University's $4 billion maintenance backlog.
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A newly discovered mountain lion, the first Malibu home built post-Woolsey fire and the Lakers are back on the court for the first time since Kobe Bryant's death. -
The first debate with all three candidates for L.A. County District Attorney got pretty spicy. Plus, an update on Cal State admissions, and a Britney Spears pop-up.
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From olive oil to elections, here's what's on our list for Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. -
Welcome to Tuesday. We're continuing to follow the Kobe Bryant crash investigation, the local impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
