Other schools are outpacing USC's price hikes
Tomo Chien
August 27, 2024
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, and I’m reading about the best places to eat near campus. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.
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In case you forgot: You attend the most expensive college in California. But what you might not know is that since 2019, other schools have jacked their prices at a faster rate than USC. Take Loyola Marymount University, whose housing and meal costs have soared by 56%. The San Francisco Chronicle put together a nifty data visualization.
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Health officials said to stay out of the water at a handful of popular LA beaches that are seeing high levels of ocean bacteria. The no-go waters include the popular Santa Monica Pier and Topanga Canyon Beach.
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Century City has become LA’s hot new commercial district, housing flashy Hollywood talent managers and high-powered private wealth offices. It’s a far cry from downtown LA just 10 miles to the east, where nearly a third of offices are empty as real estate companies flee what they see as a derelict district.
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USC is renting private jets to shuttle athletes across the country now that it has joined the largely Midwest-based Big Ten athletic conference. It’s a time-saving measure meant to alleviate concerns that athletes will be stretched thin by the increased travel — as some teams face flying as many as triple the miles they did in the Pac-12.
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The lead singer of a hardcore metal band went on a crime spree for the ages in Yosemite when he assaulted a restaurant staffer, stole a bike, brandished a knife in a luxury lodge, stripped to his underwear, tried to kidnap a store manager, then rammed into a Tesla with a stolen car. His band has released titles such as “God Hates Cops” and “Baptized in Piss and Shit.”
