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By Tomoki Chien
NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Good morning, I hope you had a good weekend. I had the chance to visit the Getty Center and Getty Villa, both of which I’d highly recommend if you haven’t already gone.

Admission is free, but parking is $20 at both museums. And now, onto the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

1.

An estimated 46,000 LA County residences didn’t have power as of Sunday night — many of them since Friday. The LA Department of Water and Power said it was working through the “time-consuming” process of restoring equipment damaged by the heavy rain and wind in this weekend’s historic storm.

Laura Newberry / Los Angeles Times

2.

Trucking advocates are worried that California’s ambitious decarbonization goals are going to put small trucking companies out of business. The state wants all drayage trucks — vehicles that make short trips to and from seaports — to be zero-emissions within 12 years. But the cost of such trucks and their charging stations is prohibitively expensive for small and independent operators.

Gabriela Aoun Angueira / Grist

3.

USC will pay $13.05 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the school mismanaged faculty and staff retirement plans by billing duplicate service costs and offering underperforming investment choices. The plaintiffs first filed the suit in 2016, accusing the university of violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, which protects the rights of participants in retirement and health plans.

Hank Yang / Daily Trojan

4.

California mass transit systems are asking the state for a bailout. Post-pandemic ridership is still lagging far behind former levels, gutting revenue as $69 billion in federal pandemic emergency funding to keep public transit operating is expected to run out within two years. State legislators will have their work cut out for them in finding room in the budget while staring down a $22.5 billion deficit.

Christine Mai-Duc / The Wall Street Journal

5.

Road rage is on the rise in LA. Official incidents reported to the police — typically assault with a weapon because of something that happened while driving, not just a middle finger — were up 21.1% in 2022 from the previous year, the highest count in over a decade. Men are overwhelmingly involved in the incidents, which likely won’t come as a surprise to any of us.

Carter Hyde / Crosstown

You’re all caught up. Thanks for reading Morning, Trojan, and have a good day. Anna Hsu copy edited this newsletter.

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