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 company is rolling out a new non-discrimination policy and said it will offer more assistance for those who say they have faced discrimination from hosts, among other changes. -
On a 3–2 vote, the City Council approved on first reading an ordinance that would regulate businesses that grow and manufacture medical cannabis within city limits. -
The crosstown rivalry continues as we rack up Olympians in Rio by university affiliation. Which school's athletes are bringing home more medals? We've done the math. -
A wildfire burning out of control in the mountainous Cajon Pass was heading toward the community of Wrightwood Tuesday, U.S. Forest officials said. -
The nonprofit River LA first took on design and construction of a horse and bike bridge to connect Griffith Park and Atwater Village more than five years ago. -
In an act of clemency of near historic proportions Wednesday, the president cut the sentences of 214 federal prisoners. Ten were from California, and half of those were serving life in prison. -
Each night this week, all lanes in at least one direction will be shut down at Maple Street as part of the 91 Project. See a map of closures and suggested detours. -
California has extended its statewide alert, asking consumers to conserve energy through Thursday amid the sweltering heat wave in Southern California. -
As of early Thursday, more than 220 flights had been canceled nationwide, and the company was urging travelers to get to the airport early to make time for long lines. -
Police officers across Southern California are wearing black bands across their badges to mourn the deaths of five of their colleagues in Dallas.
