USG wants mandatory "sustainability" module

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and I’m happy to report we’ve landed on the list of “most disappointing” football teams. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.

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You know the mandatory sexual harassment modules you have to sit through every year? Great news: The Undergraduate Student Government wants to cram another down your throat, this time about “sustainability.” Senators insisted that since 18% of students who did the optional module said they liked it, it must be a good idea to make us all do it.

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A sophomore accounting major says she wakes up at 4 a.m. every day to run a burgeoning ready-to-eat chicken startup. For $40, Im’peccable Chicken will ship you a six-pack of chicken breasts ready to eat out of the bag — that last for a month in the fridge.

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One of LA’s top hospitals was slapped with yet another lawsuit alleging it covered up an OB-GYN’s history of inappropriate conduct. One woman said Cedars-Sinai doctor Barry J. Brock told her she was “nice and tight down there.” Another said he sniffed his fingers after performing a vaginal exam.

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All lanes of the southbound 101 Freeway running through Boyle Heights near downtown are closed thanks to a broken water main that flooded the roadway. California Highway Patrol indicated it won’t reopen until around 9 a.m.

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LA Mayor Karen Bass promised a “car free” Olympics, but it’s not clear how that’s going to happen. The city has found funding for just 5.2% of its $3.3 billion list of transportation projects needed to make the games run smoothly, and no city agency has stepped up to lead the charge.