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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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Kizzee's death comes amid a months-long reckoning over police killings sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.
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Questions are being raised about the tactics used by two sheriff's deputies who fatally shot an African American man in South L.A. on Monday afternoon. KPCC Law Enforcement reporter Frank Stoltze examines those tactics.
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Surveillance video shows Dijon Kizzee struggle with a Sheriff's deputy, but it is inconclusive about the deputies' crucial claim: that they opened fire because Kizzee was reaching for a gun that had fallen on the ground.
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'According to their own story, he did not have a gun when they killed him,' said Black Lives Matter leader Melina Abdullah.
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The fatal incident started as a traffic stop of a man riding a bicycle.
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The federal class action suit accuses deputies of using unreasonable force against hundreds of protesters in the weeks following the police killing of George Floyd.
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The legal settlement with outgoing County CEO Sachi Hamai alleges "severe and pervasive harassment, defamation, malicious prosecution and hostility" by Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
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“Everything we do is subject to oversight. Everything we do follows the rule of law," said Sheriff Alex Villanueva.
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"This was an injustice," said Andres Guardado's sister. The Sheriff's Department said he flashed a gun and ran away from deputies on patrol.
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Chief Michel Moore said the proposal from several city councilmembers created "a great opportunity."
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The sheriff plans to eventually outfit more than 5,000 of his 9,000 deputies.
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The state Judicial Council had imposed the program to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the jails; it's ending it June 20.
