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Good morning. Here are the USC, L.A. and California stories you need to know for today. |
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1. The Los Angeles City Council voted to censure Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo, along with former Councilmember Nury Martinez for their roles in a conversation containing racist remarks. It was the first time in at least a century that the council censured any of its own members. |
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2. Missed the voter registration deadline? Don’t fret. You can still complete the conditional registration process at early voting locations within walking distance — and the USC free Lyft zone — in the next two weeks before the November elections. |
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3. The L.A. County jail system is failing to meet standards meant to protect inmates with mental illnesses, a court-appointed monitor said. A 2015 settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice — after the county was cited for mistreating inmates with mental illnesses years before — required at least 10 hours of out-of-cell time for some of the jail’s mental health population. The monitor’s report says less than 15% of the jail’s sickest were offered that required time during the first quarter of 2022. |
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4. Firefighters were battling a blaze at a boarded-up commercial building in downtown L.A. Wednesday night. At least 120 firefighters responded to the structure fire in the three-story building. |
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5. USC professor Howard Rodman has a bit of an odd hobby. He tracks a $100 million super yacht as it sails port to port — specifically, Rick Caruso’s $100 million super yacht. The screenwriting professor Tweets daily updates on the mayoral candidate’s yacht with information parsed from public maritime tracking websites. |
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6. The rapper formerly known as Kanye West showed up unannounced at Skechers headquarters in Manhattan Beach, and was subsequently escorted from the building. The self-invite came a day after Adidas ended its partnership with the artist following his antisemitic remarks. |
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7. An attorney for Harvey Weinstein grilled a witness to tears for a lack of evidence that the former movie mogul raped her nearly a decade ago. In the early stages of Weinstein’s L.A. trial, the defense has tried to poke holes in witness testimony and highlight positive Instagram posts that the aforementioned witness made in the days after the alleged rape. |
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Nation / world |
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Tech’s biggest companies are reporting declining or plateauing profits, a worrying sign for the economy ahead. (The New York Times) A judge ordered former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to testify before a grand jury investigating Republican efforts to reverse the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. (Associated Press) A jury convicted three men of aiding a plot to kidnap and murder Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (The Washington Post) Ukraine called for more Western air-defense systems to defend itself against Russian missile and drone attacks. (The Wall Street Journal) Iranian police reportedly fired on protesters in the home city of Mahsa Amini, who died in custody of the country’s morality police. (BBC)
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Other things I’m reading |
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On politics: “The Impeachment of Joe Biden” (The Atlantic). “As mayor trying to revive crumbling town, Fetterman shunned local government” (The Washington Post). On tech: “The Real Reason Elon Musk Wants You to Have More Babies” (WIRED). “Deepfakes of Celebrities Have Begun Appearing in Ads, With or Without Their Permission” (The Wall Street Journal). On education: “Colleges Should Bring Back Testing Requirements” (Bloomberg). “Those math and reading scores were horrible, but beware of the political spin” (Los Angeles Times). Other: “Will the Saudis and Donald Trump Save Golf—or Wreck It?” (The New Yorker).
If you read that Bloomberg column, you’ll see that the author is Michael Bloomberg himself — interesting. I wonder how the newsroom feels about that. |
In case you missed it |
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The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the source of the leaked audio recording that showed city council members making racist remarks. Chief Michael Moore said the investigation was launched at the request of “individuals that were present at that meeting.” Under state law, it’s illegal to record private conversations without the consent of all parties in most cases. |
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The Association of American Universities elected USC President Carol Folt as chair of its board of directors. Folt will now publicly spearhead the association’s projects and act as its leading spokesperson. |
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