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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Los Alamitos was at risk of losing its license over the deaths this year of 29 horses. State regulators have voted to allow it to continue with additional oversight. -
The county reported the highest numbers of both hospitalizations and new cases, along with a sharp rise in deaths.
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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti notes the county has now seen more coronavirus cases than all of Canada.
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"Whether we continue on this recovery journey is debatable. COVID-19 is taking control, and we need to take control back," the mayor said.
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Nursing homes have seen the majority of LA County's coronavirus-related deaths since the pandemic began.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti announced an executive order directing the city to prepare a raft of policies on affirmative action, but it relies on the California Senate, and then voters, to repeal Proposition 209, which outlawed such programs in 1996.
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The head of the police union said cuts to the LAPD will result in slower 911 response times and generally make the community less safe.
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The director of the union representing L.A. police called the mayor's mental health into question and criticized his leadership during a time of crisis for the city.
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A magnitude 5.5 earthquake in Searles Valley in the Mojave Desert shook Southern California.
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The city is waiving some fees and providing certain cleanup services for free.
