Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and I’m reading about how an AirBnb “tenant from hell” finally moved out of a Brentwood guesthouse after refusing to pay rent for 570 days. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

Content warning: This newsletter includes discussion of sexual assault and suicide.

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Lyft confirmed that the man who allegedly raped a USC student last week was in fact working for the rideshare platform and has been permanently banned. The company previously said it couldn’t confirm the alleged perpetrator was one of its drivers. Other details were still scarce: The LA Police Department didn’t clarify whether it has made an arrest, and said the investigation is ongoing.

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Four current and former LA Sheriff’s Department employees died by suicide in a 24-hour span this week, prompting a plea from Sheriff Robert Luna for deputies to check on the well-being of their colleagues. Studies have shown that, in recent years, more police officers have died by suicide than those killed in the line of duty: a problem some experts attributed to the stresses of the job, recent public scrutiny and easy access to firearms.

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The pro-Palestinian demonstrator involved in a confrontation with a Jewish man who died after a Thousand Oaks protest called 911 and cared for him while awaiting first responders, police said. Authorities are still piecing together what happened. The coroner said 69-year-old Paul Kessler died of a head injury consistent with the backward fall witnesses reported, but it’s unclear whether he fell as a direct result of the confrontation. Police warned the public not to jump to any conclusions before the investigation is complete.

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More than 1,000 maintenance workers in the California State University system will strike for one day next Tuesday, a move that’s expected to halt all work orders across 22 of CSU’s 23 campuses. The union accused the university system of failing to bargain in good faith just a week after a separate union of professors, lecturers, librarians and coaches authorized — but didn’t actually call — a strike.

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LA County plans to reuse sediment scooped out of flood control channels and dams to augment beaches losing their sand to erosion. The Board of Supervisors, which unanimously approved the proposal, will seek state and federal grants to fund the effort. The dredged sediment currently gets trucked to the Angeles National Forest or dumped in gravel pits and regional landfills.

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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