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Jessica P. Ogilvie
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Former associate editor
Stories by Jessica P. Ogilvie
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In tonight's Extra, Extra, LA film shoots get a bump, "Star Wars" fans band together, gang members double as movie actors and a Bell city official's house hits the market. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.
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After having his license revoked by the Medical Board of California, the doctor that provided Nadya Suleman with in vitro treatments resulting in her 14 children is appealing the decision. Dr. Michael Kamrava filed a petition in an LA court today asking the court to let him keep his license past the July 1 date of revocation, reports the AP.
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As skateboarders turned out in droves for "Wild in the Streets," an event put on by clothing and shoe company Emerica, cops were at the ready to ticket mischievous skaters, should there be any. And indeed, there were. KABC reports that, "Skateboarders blocked streets, congested traffic and hung onto cars...Dozens of citations were issued. Some of the skaters were handcuffed, but there were no arrests made and no vandalism was reported."
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After reportedly pulling a young girl into the back room of a yogurt shop and sexually assaulting her, a Tutti Frutti store employee is in custody. According to the Long Beach Press Telegram, the alleged incident took place on Saturday in Signal Hill. Two girls, age 7 and 8, reportedly went in to the store to use the bathroom.
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After allegedly exposing himself to multiple women on hiking trails and leaving pictures of his dick on car windows, former Huntington Park police Chief Paul Lawrence Wadley has managed to avoid having to register as a sex offender by accepting a plea deal. The OC Register reports that Wadley's difficulties began when pictures of male genitalia were found on the ground on Oak Canyon Road in east Anaheim last November.
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The hallowed practice of leaving cars on the street with "for sale" signs slapped in the windshield may soon become a banned activity in some neighborhoods, reports the Pasadena Star News. Tomorrow morning, the LA County Board of Supervisors will consider an ordinance introduced by Supervisor Gloria Molina that would effect cars parked on streets primarily in the east and north parts of the county.
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In tonight's Extra, Extra, find your local beer garden, yarn takes to the streets, no 4th of July fireworks for one LA neighborhood, and Frank McCourt speaks...sort of. Plus: Keep up with us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter: @LAist @LAistFood @LAistSports.
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After reviewing the budget passed last week by the California legislature, State Controller John Chiang found that it was unbalanced, and that legislators will therefore forfeit their pay and living expenses. In a statement, Chiang said that “My office’s careful review of the recently-passed budget found components that were miscalculated, miscounted or unfinished. The numbers simply did not add up, and the Legislature will forfeit their pay until a balanced budget is sent to the Governor.”
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Here is a life lesson: if you steal a police badge, don't sell it on Cragslist. I wish no one had to learn that lesson the hard way, but indeed someone may have. KCBS reports that Nathan Hohnstein, 25, and Salah Godfrey, 36 were arrested by police after meeting up with undercover officers who had responded to the ad they posted on the website.
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Some crimes are committed in anger, some in greed, some in jealousy. But apparently, some are also committed just to annoy people, and that appears to be the case in East LA, where dozens of cars had their tires slashed overnight. KABC reports that by 5:30 this morning, residents were waking up to find their tires flat.
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Following in the alleged footsteps of one Dominique Strauss-Khan, a man in Orange County has been arrested after being accused of raping a woman he hired to work as a housecleaner. The OC Register reports that Michael Delgado, 27, enlisted the cleaning services of a woman who is only being identified as "in her 40s" through an ad she posted on Craigslist.
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When you spring for organic cosmetics, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that it's because you expect them to be organic. And you'd be right to expect that -- the California Organic Products Act of 2003 requires that cosmetics and personal care products that are labeled "organic" contain at least 70% all-natural ingredients.