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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New public opinion research from LMU suggests Angelenos might support the closure of all airports, shutting down public transit and more. -
These restrictions have a very real impact on the economy. -
That finding comes from a Loyola Marymount Study due to be published Saturday morning. -
You thought parks were already closed? Yes, but in general those closure orders apply only to the facilities and trails. This closure is total. -
Los Angeles County's coronavirus task force gave its daily update on the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the full briefing.
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Los Angeles County shared new preliminary data showing the disease burden across different populations.
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However you look at it, living through this coronavirus pandemic is stressing us all out. -
L.A.'s mayor said the city and county will be on track to complete a total of 36,000 tests by the end of the week. -
Cases in L.A. County could start to level off or
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Eleven more people have died as cases continue to climb here.
