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Frank Stoltze
What I cover
I cover how well democracy is working, how various social and political movements seek to improve the lives of Angelenos and how national conversations are affecting local decision making.
My background
I arrived in L.A. in 1991, the year four LAPD officers beat Rodney King and a year before the riots/rebellion. I’ve covered everything from fires and floods to police corruption and political scandal. My work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, the L.A. Press Club and the Associated Press.
My goals
I seek to listen to a wide variety of community voices as I hold powerful people accountable and to reveal how seemingly small policy changes have large-scale ripple effects on the people of L.A.
Best way to reach me
I would love to hear your feedback, questions and ideas. You can reach me by email at fstoltze@laist.com, or if you have a tip you’d like to share more privately, you can reach me on Signal. My username is @frankstoltze.
Stories by Frank Stoltze
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After failing to secure enough signatures to place a recall on the ballot earlier this year, the DA's critics say this time around they have already lined up $2.5 million in donor commitments to fund the effort.
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The sheriff faces a tough re-election battle next year, with eight challengers seeking to unseat him.
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More than $338,000 in goods were stolen from stores and malls.
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Claiming Alex Villanueva has created "dysfunction and chaos" in the Sheriff's Department, Robert Luna joins five others seeking to oust the incumbent.
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The company the county hired to conduct the testing also challenges the sheriff's claim that it will share employees' genetic data with China.
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Liu was on duty when he shot and killed Francisco Garcia, 26, at a gas pump at a 7-Eleven in Norwalk in 2016.
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Nearly 80% of officers and civilian employees are fully vaccinated so far.
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Andrew Cachu was 17 when he killed Louis Amela in 2015. The Amel family's lawyer says his relatives feel "betrayed" by the DA.
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This is the first trial of an L.A. County law enforcement officer in more than two decades.
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The sheriff based his claim largely on the fact that nearly half of his deputies have either stated they are not vaccinated or have so far refused to reveal whether they are. But there's no indication those deputies will end up defying the county’s vaccine mandate en masse and leave or be fired.
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He was charged three years ago for the 2016 killing of an unarmed motorist at a Norwalk gas station.
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Sheriff Alex Villanueva claims he could lose up to 44% of his workforce, which he says would cause an “imminent threat to public safety.”
