Jessica P. Ogilvie

Occidental College at night.; Credit: Jason Bache

Ex-Officer Says Occidental Sat on Anonymous Reports of Sex Assaults

Jessica P. Ogilvie
A former campus safety officer at Occidental College tells L.A. Weekly that from 2009 to 2013, administrators never gave him any reports of sexual assaults made anonymously - yet college officials are required by federal law to give these reports to the safety office. "Nothing ever came to our department," Edward Cunje says, raising questions......
Anah "Hoopalicious" Reichenbach; Credit: Span Productions

A Movie About L.A.'s Hooping Subculture

Jessica P. Ogilvie
Filmmaker Amy Goldstein is describing her new documentary, The Hooping Life, and she's getting animated. "All these characters go through a lot of difficulties," she says, referring to a group of people who've managed to eke careers out of hula hoop dancing. "But in the end, what they get back is way......
Britney; Credit: Jessica P. Ogilvie

Stagecoach 2014: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Jessica P. Ogilvie
After two weeks of Coachella came Stagecoach, held this past weekend at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Attendees dressed in their finest Western-meets-Forever 21 attire - ass cheeks hanging out of Daisy Dukes, their legs coming to an abrupt end in cowboy boots. Men sported a uniform of jeans,......
USC Jazz Quintet performing at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena in 2012; Credit: Christina Limson O’Connell

Levitt Pavilions Staffers Were Told to Program Less Latin Music

Jessica P. Ogilvie
Eddie Cota and Carlos Rodriguez had been working for Levitt Pavilions for several years when they began to sense change in the air. A nonprofit organization aimed at building community and supporting diversity, Levitt Pavilions was established in 1972 by philanthropists Mortimer and Mimi Levitt. Each of its six venues......
Credit: Photo by Jessica P. Ogilvie

10 Infuriating Parking Tickets We've All Gotten

Jessica P. Ogilvie
As residents of Los Angeles, we all have to endure certain indignities. There's the permanent smog belt within 500 feet of all freeways darkening our lungs, the traffic (405/Caltrans haters unite) keeping us from ever getting anywhere on time and the myriad people who somehow enjoy juice cleanses. But the......