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Jessica P. Ogilvie

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Former associate editor
  • Police are searching for a driver who slammed into a mother and son as they were walking across the street on Sunday, leaving both victims in critical condition. According to a statement from the LAPD, the incident happened at about 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of 80th Street and Western Ave in the Manchester Square neighborhood.
  • In tonight's Extra, Extra, smokin' hot lady real estate agents, football stadium talks move forward, a drinking game for foodies, and Kim Kardashian's wedding may have pissed off some neighbors. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.
  • When a man was stabbed recently on the Metro, it so happened that standing five feet away from him was Todd Martens, a music reporter with the LA Times. Martens has recounted what he saw to numerous media outlets already, including the LA Times. The victim and attacker, he said, were engaged in a shouting match when the victim grabbed a chain and began swinging it over his head.
  • Yesterday, L.A.'s Board of Public Works voted to deny a permit for Sunset Junction. The decision was made based on the fact that the organizers hadn't coughed up $142,000 to pay for this year's city services, including police, fire and transportation services. But organizers for the festival, which is scheduled to take place this weekend, aren't giving up just yet.
  • In today's Extra, Extra, Octomom goes boxing, Pasadena officials address hateful graffiti, a do-gooding grandmother is profiled, and a list is complied of some of the priciest Malibu homes. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.
  • Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding nine suspects involved in the beating and shooting death of a 24-year-old man in South Los Angeles. According to a statement released by the LAPD, Miguel Casteneda was confronted by a Hispanic man in his mid-20's at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, while walking near Southwest Drive and 5th Avenue.
  • Two fires broke out this afternoon beside the I-15 freeway, near the Cajon Pass in San Bernadino, reports NBC Los Angeles. The fires have burned over 250 acres collectively, and destroyed one mobile home.
  • Authorities are looking for the public's help in finding information relating to the murder of 31-year-old Javier Hernandez Rojas. Rojas' body was found on Friday on the Pala Indian Reservation in Pala, CA, alongside Pala Temecula Road, according to a statement released by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. Radio station 760 AM notes that there were no obvious injuries on the body.
  • In 1988, President Ronald Reagan declared August 21 National Senior Citizens Day. He intended it to be a day when we recognize the contributions of our elders, spend a little time with them, and generally be good people, because those are the kinds of things that good people do.
  • IT'S THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR: Kim Kardashian married her Prince Charming, Kris Humphries, at a private estate in Montecito last night. As we all recall, Humphries, a professional basketball player who played last season for the Nets, gifted Kardashian with a 20-carat, $2 million ring in May. The two had been dating only six months, but Kim, of course, has been dying to get married for years now.
  • Here is an example of air travel going awry. According to KNBC, an American Airlines flight going from Boston to Los Angeles made not one, but two emergency landings in the course of its westward trajectory. The first stop was at the Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, after a female passenger suffered a medical emergency.
  • Check out links from around the -ists, with a sad flash mob in Chicago to Anonymous' protest in San Francisco, to President Obama's contentious vacation in Massachusetts.