Brian Frank
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I'm the new media editor for SoCal Connected, KCET's half-hour weekly television news magazine. I also write a segment called "The Vault" on KPCC 89.3's Town Hall Journal. Before changing careers and nabbing a master's degree in online journalism from USC's Annenberg School, I was an educator of sorts, spending a year in Japan as an assistant English teacher and otherwise providing intensive intervention for at-risk and special needs students in literacy and language comprehension.
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LAUSD beat first lady Michelle Obama to the punch by serving healthier meals starting last fall. But has the new menu worked?
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- Food Fight
- Burger Binge
- Filling A Need
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Last week the Obama administration announced a plan to make school lunches healthier. We look back at an early grassroots effort to do the same.
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By land, sea and air, the military is exploring ways to wean itself off fossil fuels. Here are 10 techs it hopes will help it reach its goal.
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The fatigues aren't the only things that are green in the military. Correspondent Brian Rooney shows how the military is adopting sustainability and going green.
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Val Zavala tags along on a Dumpster Diver tour and learns how some people are preventing waste by rescuing discarded food from the trash.
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- Military Goes Green
- Extreme Green: Dumpster Divers
- Unger: OMG Facebook, I Quit!
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Don't try to friend commentator Brian Unger. He is done with Facebook.
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The sun provides enough energy in one hour to power all of society for a year...if we can catch it. Here's a look at current technologies.
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Medical debt can lead to delays in care and even bankruptcy, and it's on the rise. How bad is it? We look at the numbers.
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Brian Unger has shed a few tears recently over his mom. No, she doesn't have cancer. She's looking for a man.
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Moyers on crony capitalism, Occupy Wall Street and Obama's own contribution to the economic crisis. Plus, a deeply personal story about his son.
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Our funny man's take on a ban on the sale and buying of fur in West Hollywood. He lets us know what you are still allowed to do in WeHo.
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Greuel noted the authority pulls in more than $15 million a year in profit from outside agencies it contracts with to manage low-income housing in L.A.
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In this special presentation, Roy Firestone talks with legendary producer, songwriter, and record company executive David Foster.
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Ken Simmons is no longer the CEO of HACLA, but he still had to face the wrath of a City Council outraged by the agency's spending.
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It's visible for miles across the Los Angeles Basin — a beacon, beckoning to tourists. But how do you get there?
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Council members and city controller Wendy Greuel called for a deeper audit to include organizations the housing authority contracts with.
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The mayor will recommend that the general manager of the Los Angeles Housing Department, Doug Guthrie, be named interim CEO of the Housing Authority.
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- Government Gone Wild: Update
- Giants in Danger
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Ship strikes off the coast of Southern California are leaving these giants of the deep maimed, and often, dead.
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Announcement comes after revelations that executives there had approved hundreds of thousands of dollars in questionable expenses and a pricey severance package for fired former chief.
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KCET's SoCal Connected has learned that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa not only knew about but authorized a $1.2 million settlement package for fired housing authority chief Rudolf "Rudy" Montiel, according to city officials.
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In a memo obtained by SoCal Connected, CEO Ken Simmons tells employees no more parties and less money for travel.
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Search through receipts and credit card statement items from HACLA officials and staff over the past few years. Lavish spending? You decide.
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The senior care program that allowed Leamon Wilder to live at home was set to be canceled. But a legal settlement just changed that.
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Two million Angelenos have no access to a doctor or dentist. Judy Muller shows us what they endure to get the most basic care.
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Meet a father and daughter who have a lot more to lose if benefits for the elderly are cut any further.
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Brian Unger offers an alternative to Christmas this year.
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- Filling A Need
- Taking Care of Dad
- Unger: Axe Xmas
Recent Actions from Brian Frank
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LAUSD beat first lady Michelle Obama to the punch by serving healthier meals starting last fall. But has the new menu worked?
-
- Food Fight
- Burger Binge
- Filling A Need
-
Last week the Obama administration announced a plan to make school lunches healthier. We look back at an early grassroots effort to do the same.
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By land, sea and air, the military is exploring ways to wean itself off fossil fuels. Here are 10 techs it hopes will help it reach its goal.
-
The fatigues aren't the only things that are green in the military. Correspondent Brian Rooney shows how the military is adopting sustainability and going green.
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Val Zavala tags along on a Dumpster Diver tour and learns how some people are preventing waste by rescuing discarded food from the trash.
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- Military Goes Green
- Extreme Green: Dumpster Divers
- Unger: OMG Facebook, I Quit!
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Don't try to friend commentator Brian Unger. He is done with Facebook.
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The sun provides enough energy in one hour to power all of society for a year...if we can catch it. Here's a look at current technologies.
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Medical debt can lead to delays in care and even bankruptcy, and it's on the rise. How bad is it? We look at the numbers.
