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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Work crews digging a relief well intercepted the leaking well on Thursday, allowing them to pump heavy fluids inside, the company said in a statement. -
In 2013, eight LAPD officers mistook the pickup truck of two civilians for that of fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner, opening fire and wounding two women. -
In a rare move to win back clients, library officials say they'll waive the fines on overdue books and other materials if you return them between Feb. 1 and Feb. 14. -
P–46 and P–47, a female and a male, have been implanted with tracking devices like their mother, P–19. -
Daniel Jocz, a social studies teacher at Downtown Magnets High School, has been selected as one of four finalists for National Teacher of the Year. -
On Tuesday, L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer's office announced it is seeking a temporary restraining order against Southern California Gas Co over the gas leak in Aliso Canyon. -
The L.A. Department of Water and Power's new system led to customers being overbilled for late payment charges, calculation errors and other problems. -
The video showed CHP Officer Daniel Andrew straddling 51-year-old Marlene Pinnock, repeatedly punching her while she was on the ground in July 2014. -
By some estimates, Southern California shoppers are expected to buy only slightly more gifts than they did last year, and they'll be making fewer purchases for themselves. -
The City Attorney's Office said Monday it had filed lawsuits against the owners of both properties in response to an uptick in violence and criminal activity over the past year.
