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 River Bottom Fire was expected to continue to burn heavily on Wednesday, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Department. -
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association Board made the announcement from Tokyo during the orchestra's first tour of Asia under Gustavo Dudamel. -
The suit alleges that Gipson's false and misleading campaign tactics caused "great damage to Prophet Walker's public standing and prospects for employment." -
SunCal, a developer of master-planned communities, on Tuesday closed a deal for an Arts District property the size of 11 football fields. -
Boeing got the attention of a lot of tech blogs Monday when it was discovered the aerospace company had patented what looks to be a science fiction-inspired force field. -
With California facing one of the worst droughts ever, we're all thinking about how to save water. But you may not be doing the right thing. -
A county audit in February substantiated claims that test materials were being circulated among staff via email and, in some cases, passed along to potential applicants. -
The actress's decision to press charges over tweets that contained abusive and sexually threatening language has tapped a nerve online. -
Phillip Washington, CEO of Denver’s Regional Transportation District since 2009, has been picked to oversee the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. -
Whoever wins in the April general election will become Pasadena's first new mayor in 16 years. The current mayor, Bill Bogaard, announced last fall he would not seek a record fifth term.
