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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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If Sheriff Alex Villanueva is a no-show Thursday as he has stated, it will mark the fourth time he has defied subpoenas from the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission and the Office of Inspector General.
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L.A. voters gave the Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission subpoena power; Villanueva has not once complied.
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Opponents of L.A. DA George Gascón conceded defeat Thursday in their effort to gather enough signatures for a recall vote, but promised they will try again at the end of the year.
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In announcing he will not enforce any vaccine mandate for his employees, the sheriff toes the line of the anti-vaccination movement.
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A RAND report finds about 17% of the department’s nearly 10,000 sworn personnel responded to the survey, which also found significant support for subgroups.
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Bean founded the Minority AIDS Project and a church for the Black LGBTQ community.
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Vera had once been a favorite of the sheriff's. Now the department says the sheriff has the right to remove top-level officials "whose views do not align with his own agenda."
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A city ordinance requires employees to get their first Pfizer or Moderna shot by Tuesday, and their second shot — or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine — by Oct. 5.
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Thirty-year-old Nina Cohen of Long Beach was arrested for attempted murder and is being held on $1 million bail.
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According to the suit, Black people were arrested for roller skating, jaywalking and merely driving in the city of Beverly Hills.
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It's only the third time in more than 20 years that a law enforcement officer in L.A. County has been charged with a crime for shooting someone.
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The deputies — based at the East L.A. station — face a felony charge each of filing a false report, and one faces a felony charge of assault under the color of authority.
