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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An audit from the city controller's office finds the program isn't cost effective and falls short on fairness and cost effectiveness. -
The changes follow three separate audits the city launched when it discovered an employee had embezzled more than $6 million over 11 years. -
The new policy is being piloted at locations around the U.S. and is intended to benefit servers, hosts and bartenders, in addition to guests. -
Burns, 62, has won or been nominated for numerous awards for his signature documentaries, many of them focused on subjects from U.S. history. -
Edward Tucker was awaiting transport in the back seat of a patrol car when he somehow managed to escape and flee on foot, sheriff's officials said Wednesday. -
Between five and 10 acres of San Bernardino National Forest's Upper Big Falls will remain closed as officials look for ways to reduce the number of injuries and rescues. -
Hurricane Patricia has become the strongest hurricane ever recorded for the eastern north Pacific Ocean and has the potential to do catastrophic damage. Here's how you can help. -
A UC Davis team has created an interactive map that pinpoints exactly which pieces of farmland could absorb some of the rainfall expected in this year's El Niño. -
Pasadena city leaders on Wednesday evening will hold the first of a pair of public discussions on a possible minimum wage increase.
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Metro published new survey numbers in August that showed only a slight dip in the number of sexual harassment incidents reported on its trains and buses.
