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By Tomoki Chien
NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Good morning. Here are the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

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COVID is spiking in LA: And so is pandemic indifference. Last month’s tripling in hospitalizations again raised the specter of an indoor mask mandate. But in the age of widespread vaccinations, many Angelenos are likely to see masking as a nuisance rather than a life-saving measure as they once might’ve.

Corina Knoll and Sarah Cahalan / The New York Times

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San Francisco supervisors backtracked a policy that would’ve allowed the city’s police force to deploy robots to kill suspects in limited instances. The policy is now up for revision and the supervisors are expected to make a final call next week.

J.D. Morris / San Francisco Chronicle

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All new LA buildings will soon have to run solely on electric power, under a new policy approved by the City Council. Accessory dwelling units and cooking equipment in restaurants are exempt, but all other appliances — e.g., water heaters, clothes dryers and stoves — must otherwise be all-electric.

Eric He / City News Service

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LA Public Library card holders can now check out laptops from any library location. The Chromebooks and internet hotspots are available to any adult patron “in good standing” for long-term use.

Tyler Wayne / LAist

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Officials feared the worst: four possible overdoses, this time on a Moreno Valley middle school campus. Turns out the students were high on cannabis-infused gummies. Three were hospitalized for vomiting and pale complexions but are expected to make a full recovery in an incident that followed a similar scare at Van Nuys Middle School last week — in the context of a string of recent tragic teen fentanyl deaths.

Nathan Solis / Los Angeles Times

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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