Vanessa Franko
@vanessafranko.bsky.social
Now: Doing audience things at the L.A. Times
Then: Editing Entertainment and Features at SCNG (The Press-Enterprise, OC Register, +9)
❤️: Plants, music, Ravens, Baltimore
BU alum. She/her
Probably talking loudly about sports and/or power pop.
Then: Editing Entertainment and Features at SCNG (The Press-Enterprise, OC Register, +9)
❤️: Plants, music, Ravens, Baltimore
BU alum. She/her
Probably talking loudly about sports and/or power pop.
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Took my kid’s pet 🐀 to the nonprofit Odd Pet Vet.
Mid apt kid says “um, why is there a tortoise walking down the hall?”
Vet: oh that’s Bling, he’s had free rein of this place for 14 years
Me: protecc bling at all costs 😍
Mid apt kid says “um, why is there a tortoise walking down the hall?”
Vet: oh that’s Bling, he’s had free rein of this place for 14 years
Me: protecc bling at all costs 😍
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Took my kid’s pet 🐀 to the nonprofit Odd Pet Vet.
Mid apt kid says “um, why is there a tortoise walking down the hall?”
Vet: oh that’s Bling, he’s had free rein of this place for 14 years
Me: protecc bling at all costs 😍
Mid apt kid says “um, why is there a tortoise walking down the hall?”
Vet: oh that’s Bling, he’s had free rein of this place for 14 years
Me: protecc bling at all costs 😍
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You know what? Shoutout to Terry for calling these refs out tonight. Turning on his own kind for the greater good.
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
You know what? Shoutout to Terry for calling these refs out tonight. Turning on his own kind for the greater good.
Hard to believe it has been 10 years since the Dec. 2 terror attack in San Bernardino.
Powerful story here from @jeffhorsemanscribe.bsky.social that’s well worth your time.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/30/1...
Powerful story here from @jeffhorsemanscribe.bsky.social that’s well worth your time.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/30/1...
10 years later, memories of San Bernardino terrorist attack still fresh
On Dec. 2, 2015, 14 were killed and 22 wounded at a San Bernardino County employee training session.
www.pressenterprise.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Hard to believe it has been 10 years since the Dec. 2 terror attack in San Bernardino.
Powerful story here from @jeffhorsemanscribe.bsky.social that’s well worth your time.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/30/1...
Powerful story here from @jeffhorsemanscribe.bsky.social that’s well worth your time.
www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/30/1...
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The 249 rushing yards the Steelers gave up today is tied for the second most of the Mike Tomlin era, per TruMedia. It's tied with the 2021 week 18 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, and both are behind the 2020 week 8 loss to the Ravens
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The 249 rushing yards the Steelers gave up today is tied for the second most of the Mike Tomlin era, per TruMedia. It's tied with the 2021 week 18 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, and both are behind the 2020 week 8 loss to the Ravens
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the Bears being the number 1 seed in the NFC is bananaland.
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
the Bears being the number 1 seed in the NFC is bananaland.
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You can never tell what kind of game the Panthers are gonna play
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
You can never tell what kind of game the Panthers are gonna play
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A couple of of dashing young lad’s Hard Day’s Teatle.
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A couple of of dashing young lad’s Hard Day’s Teatle.
You know, my Thanksgiving football experience really peaked with Jack White. (Why do the Ravens hate me when all I do is love them?)
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
You know, my Thanksgiving football experience really peaked with Jack White. (Why do the Ravens hate me when all I do is love them?)
Booooooo. We should have gotten to see the whole Lil Jon performance.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Booooooo. We should have gotten to see the whole Lil Jon performance.
My father apparently has just discovered Jack White via this halftime performance.
Andy Franko: I like him. This is my kind of music.
Me: Of course it is. It has guitars.
Andy Franko: I like him. This is my kind of music.
Me: Of course it is. It has guitars.
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My father apparently has just discovered Jack White via this halftime performance.
Andy Franko: I like him. This is my kind of music.
Me: Of course it is. It has guitars.
Andy Franko: I like him. This is my kind of music.
Me: Of course it is. It has guitars.
And Jack White wins for the best halftime show ever on Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
And Jack White wins for the best halftime show ever on Thanksgiving!
Apparently Tom Brady only thinks dads and uncles play backyard football on Thanksgiving. 😑
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Apparently Tom Brady only thinks dads and uncles play backyard football on Thanksgiving. 😑
My sister is at our parents’ for Thanksgiving this year and I am not. I have encouraged her to send all of her dispatches from the place where I would answer the landline as “Franko House of Baklava and Crazy” as captain’s logs.*
*There was no baklava.
*There was no baklava.
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
My sister is at our parents’ for Thanksgiving this year and I am not. I have encouraged her to send all of her dispatches from the place where I would answer the landline as “Franko House of Baklava and Crazy” as captain’s logs.*
*There was no baklava.
*There was no baklava.
Here’s a tip from your old journalist pal Vanessa: If you are reporting on rumors of say, the sale of a big attraction, you might want to reach out to the representatives of said attraction to get a comment.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Here’s a tip from your old journalist pal Vanessa: If you are reporting on rumors of say, the sale of a big attraction, you might want to reach out to the representatives of said attraction to get a comment.
The Mariachi Rams playing Ozzy’s “Crazy Train” is an unexpected treat tonight at SoFi
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Mariachi Rams playing Ozzy’s “Crazy Train” is an unexpected treat tonight at SoFi
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Actually, have we tried turning the LIONS off and back on again?
Have we tried turning the Ravens off and back on again?
November 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Actually, have we tried turning the LIONS off and back on again?
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Art critic Christopher Knight is retiring from the @latimes.com at the end of the month. A huge loss for us. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Exclusive: The Huntington acquires Civil War-era Winslow Homer masterwork: L.A. arts and culture this weekend
The Huntington acquires the Civil War-era Winslow Homer masterwork, "The Sutler's Tent"; Robert Therrien at the Broad; and "Dungeons & Dragons" hits the stage at the Montálban.
www.latimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Art critic Christopher Knight is retiring from the @latimes.com at the end of the month. A huge loss for us. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Kendrick's half time show was THIS YEAR. It's been a long year
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Kendrick's half time show was THIS YEAR. It's been a long year
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that turducken is *art*
The coin for next week’s Lions-Packers Thanksgiving game
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
that turducken is *art*
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My hot take is that the nfl should make the cowboys/raiders game an annual tradition during thanksgiving. I even wrote a newsletter all about it featuring prominent paisa scholars like @randradefranco.bsky.social in 2021.
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
My hot take is that the nfl should make the cowboys/raiders game an annual tradition during thanksgiving. I even wrote a newsletter all about it featuring prominent paisa scholars like @randradefranco.bsky.social in 2021.
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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Sometimes in L.A., a Marty Supreme blimp flies over your house.
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Sometimes in L.A., a Marty Supreme blimp flies over your house.
SNF does not miss with the music. Pink and then the Roots with Cody Chesnutt. Would love some Dave Hause and/or the Loved Ones to rep Philly.
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
SNF does not miss with the music. Pink and then the Roots with Cody Chesnutt. Would love some Dave Hause and/or the Loved Ones to rep Philly.
Can’t tell who is yelling louder about the Ravens’ terrible O-Line play: Charming Husband in the living room or my mother on the phone from Baltimore.
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Can’t tell who is yelling louder about the Ravens’ terrible O-Line play: Charming Husband in the living room or my mother on the phone from Baltimore.
Mark Andrews now the all-time Ravens receiving leader!!!!!
a man in a ravens jersey holds a football in front of a tunnel
Alt: Mark Andrews spikes a football in front of a tunnel
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Mark Andrews now the all-time Ravens receiving leader!!!!!
Ecstatic that this is the last Sunday I have to wake up at 6 a.m. to panic about my lineup because there’s an international game. (That Jaylen Warren scratch haunts me and I didn’t even have a team with him on it.)
November 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ecstatic that this is the last Sunday I have to wake up at 6 a.m. to panic about my lineup because there’s an international game. (That Jaylen Warren scratch haunts me and I didn’t even have a team with him on it.)