Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson and the University of South California (Credit: iStock) A hotel may soon stand where affordable housing was once planned. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to advance a project that would bring a 167-room Courtyard Marriott hotel to a lot on the western border of the University of Southern […]
At Least One Person in L.A. Is on Lori Loughlin’s Side in the College Admission’s Scam
Despite compelling evidence that Lori Loughlin forked over an ungodly sum to scam her daughters into USC as members of the school’s crew team, the Full House actress and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli pleaded not guilty to charges including mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Loughlin could be (but probably won’t […]
Protestors Pitch Tents at USC to Protest Displacement (and Everything Else)
For the past nine years, USC has hosted the L.A. Times Festival of books, a staple of the springtime social calendar, without incident. On Saturday, as in the years before, thousands of Angelenos poured onto the university’s campus, which is transformed into an amusement park for bibliophiles. But even as visitors sought a weekend diversion, […]
The Daughters Lori Loughlin Allegedly Committed Fraud for Would Rather Be Influencers Than Students Anyway
Some young people spend their high school years toiling away, striving to make the good grades, high test scores, and lengthy list of approved extracurricular activities that, altogether, might give one a slim shot at admission to an elite college, assuming they happened to be on the top of the stack of thousands of other […]
Handcuffing of Cyclist by USC Public Safety Raises Questions about Tactics, Oversight, Accountability
Although the University of Southern California (USC) recently instituted a certificate program aimed at improving law enforcement’s ability to conduct community policing, its own public safety officers still appear to struggle on that front. At least, depending on the community they’re policing. As Estuardo Mazariegos left his office just after 8 p.m. on February 11, […]