A team of undergrads launched an app called “Mist” on Monday, where users anonymously compliment others on campus and then have the option of connecting via direct message. Personally, my question is whether this will turn out to be a compliment-disguised-as-booty-call app, or a genuine form of social media. (Staff report / Annenberg Media)
USC took the spotlight during a televised L.A. mayoral debate where Rep. Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso each traded barbs about the opposing candidate’s involvement in USC scandals. (Hillel Aron / Courthouse News Service)
🌴 In L.A.
A 15-year-old male student at the STEM Academy of Hollywood overdosed from pills that police believe were laced with fentanyl. He was found unconscious by his mother in their home, though he was treated at the hospital and is expected to survive. The boy is the seventh teen this month to overdose in L.A. County, including a 15-year-old Bernstein High School girl who died last week. (City News Service)
L.A. County saw an increase in reports of crimes against street vendors over the summer, although that trend could be partially attributed to an increasing level of comfort on the part of the vendors in reporting the offenses to law enforcement. (Carter Hyde / Crosstown)
Sheriff Alex Villanueva and retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna engaged in a heated L.A. County Sheriff’s debate, where Villanueva painted his opponent as a soft-on-corruption and puppet candidate, while Luna criticized the sitting sheriff for his controversial raid of county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl’s home. (Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times)
🌅 California
A 2021 car crash in Avenal, Calif. prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to call for alcohol-impairment detection systems in all new cars. The board has made similar recommendations in the past. (Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times)
In an extraordinary move, the state attorney general booted the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department from a politically charged investigation into county Supervisor Sheila Kuehl. Last week, the sheriff’s department carried out an early morning raid of Kuehl’s home as part of a purported investigation into whether Kuehl pushed L.A. Metro to award a contract to a close friend’s nonprofit. Kuehl — a vocal critic of Sheriff Alex Villanueva — alleged that Villanueva is using a secretive public corruption unit to hit his political enemies. (Jason Henry / Daily News)
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