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 order from the county public health officer includes bathrooms, piers, promenades, and bike paths. Closures last until at least Apr. 19. -
The announcement that all beaches would be closed came as the county reported outbreaks in at least three assisted living facilities. -
Los Angeles County's coronavirus task force is giving its daily briefing. Watch live.
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The L.A. mayor also said the city is looking into converting major venues, including sports facilities like Staples Center, into mass sick bays with beds for coronavirus patients. -
The mortality rate is 1.5% nationwide and 1% in L.A. County, according to public health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer.
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Non-essential businesses that refuse to comply with the city's order to close during the coronavirus pandemic could face a misdemeanor — or have their water and power shut off. -
One of those who died was younger than 18.
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti made the announcements during his daily update on the city's response to coronavirus. -
The new numbers bring the county's total coronavirus-related fatalities to seven and confirmed cases to 536.
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The latest numbers on COVID-19 cases on L.A. County, the U.S. and worldwide.
