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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Because of problems with the utility's new billing system, the amount customers owe for past-due bills swelled by $245 million from July 2013 to $681 million in November 2014, an audit finds. -
Monique Jenee Deckard, 43, reportedly stabbed a female patron at a laundromat. Police said the family was aware she was mentally unstable and called them to check up on her hours earlier. -
A runway on the south side of Los Angeles International Airport was shut down Friday, the first of four closures planned between now and 2018. -
The new 4-year contract must now be approved by the union membership and the full City Council. -
Two measures that would shift the timing of local elections received more than 76 percent voter approval on Tuesday night. -
The company said the material as a catalyst that is primarily composed of metal oxides and amorphous silica and said that it could cause irritation to the skin, eyes and throat. -
Some industry observers speculate a shutdown at the Exxon Mobil refinery in Torrance could lead to increases at the pump. -
The California Congresswoman and former L.A. city councilwoman's Facebook page was updated Wednesday morning with a campaign banner for the supervisor's race. -
The iconic spot in East Hollywood is among 10 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed sites that, if approved, would join the ranks of the Sydney Opera House and the Egyptian pyramids. -
The San Jacinto Police K9 was shot while searching for a suspect, who was himself later killed after a standoff with law enforcement officers.
