Man arrested in LA bishop murder

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

Authorities arrested a 65-year-old man in connection to the killing of David G. O’Connell, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles found dead with at least one gun shot wound in his home on Saturday. Security footage linked Carlos Medina — the arrested suspect and husband of O’Connell’s housekeeper — to the scene.

Michael Levenson and Christine Chung / The New York Times

USC graduate student workers secured a milestone victory Friday, winning the right to unionize and engage in collective bargaining with the university. A decisive 93% of the 1,721 ballots cast were in favor of unionization. All teaching assistants, assistant lecturers, research assistants, students funded through training grants and fellows in STEM disciplines are eligible to join the union.

Tomoki Chien / Daily Trojan

Federal prosecutors charged 28-year-old Jaime Tran with hate crimes Friday after they say he shot two Jewish men walking home from LA synagogues in separate incidents. Both shootings were nonfatal, but nonetheless left the Jewish community reeling after a spate of anti-semitic rhetoric last fall and as the shadow of the Monterey Park shooting still looms over the city.

Rachel Treisman and Giulia Heyward / NPR

California Assemblymember Mia Bonta — wife of state Attorney General Rob Bonta — recused herself from matters pertaining to the Department of Justice as part of her role chairing the subcommittee that oversees her husband’s budget. The Bontas had previously faced backlash for the arrangement.

Staff / Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom blindsided UCLA officials last month when he directed the university to implement a guaranteed community college transfer program — or else lose $20 million in state funding. Since then, critics have been left questioning why Newson would single out UCLA and whether a guaranteed admission program based on grades will actually be in service of equitable admissions.

Teresa Watanabe / Los Angeles Times

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