Five injured in San Pedro beach shooting

Good morning, I hope you had a good weekend. Here are the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

At least five people were injured in a shooting at San Pedro beach Saturday night. Authorities said some remained hospitalized in critical condition. The suspect is believed to have used a semi-automatic handgun and fled the scene in a gray sedan, though no arrests have been made.

Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times

Student activists are pushing the University of California system to allow students who are undocumented and ineligible for a work permit to get jobs on campus. The UC Regents appeared open to making such a change, though attempting to do so could make for an uphill battle in the courts.

Adolfo Guzman-Lopez / LAist

Forecasts show that yet another atmospheric river could hit Northern California by the end of the week, though it won’t be as strong as January’s storms. Experts cautioned that the rain could melt parts of the Sierra snowpack — which is at its highest level in a century for the start of March — and result in downstream flooding.

Jessica Flores / San Francisco Chronicle

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis paid Southern California a visit this weekend in what appeared to be a campaign-like donor swing. In a statement, Gov. Gavin Newsom sardonically welcomed the likely presidential candidate to the “real freedom state,” not to be outdone by the “Ron DeFascist” graffiti that Simi Valley authorities had to scrub off the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library’s entrance sign.

Nicholas Kerr / ABC News

A Huntington Beach man earned the Guinness World Record for most consecutive visits to Disneyland. Jeff Reitz, 50, visited the Anaheim theme park every day for eight years, three months and 13 days: a streak that began while he was unemployed and gifted an annual pass to the park.

Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian

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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