Jimmy John's is coming to the Village
Tomo Chien
April 11, 2025
Good morning. It’s Friday, and I’m reading about the Erewhon roaches. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.
Sorry for missing yesterday’s newsletter. Our team has been battling a cold!
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Jimmy John’s is opening a location at the USC Village, according to a quietly updated listing on the mall’s website. The sandwich franchise will replace Honeybird’s old storefront next to the Simply Nail Bar, which has been vacant since last March.
2.
A new Keck medical office building is set to open in Pasadena this fall. The 100,000-square-foot facility will offer the healthcare system’s “most advanced” outpatient care, including specialized cancer treatment. The four-story building features floor-to-ceiling windows and a “healing garden” on the top floor.
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The LA City Council wants to double (or triple!) your trash fee. The tiered increases depend on the size of your home, but the multi-family units typical of student housing will see monthly rates soar from $24.33 to $55.95. Larger apartment buildings will be unaffected. The rate hikes are part of the city’s effort to close a $1 billion shortfall.
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LA’s wildfire recovery czar is stepping down just 90 days into the job — and he isn’t pleased about it. “They haven’t asked me to do anything in a month and a half, nothing, zero,” developer Steve Soboroff said. It was a fitting end to a tenure that was almost immediately embroiled in controversy.
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A team of four dudes is launching a sperm racing event at the Hollywood Palladium later this month. Yes, it’s actually a sperm race, and no, we don’t know how much tickets to the marquee USC-UCLA race will cost. The founders insist that this is “not just some viral idea.”
Correction: A previous version of this newsletter incorrectly stated that the Keck building is a hospital. Rather, it’s a medical office building.