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By Tomoki Chien
NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Good morning. Here are the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

1.

University of California faculty are collectively withholding more than 30,000 grades until the academic workers strike ends. The pledge — which some students fear could mean they lose their federal financial aid — comes as seven of the UC’s undergraduate campuses are in the midst of finals week.

Michael Burke / EdSource

2.

An Oakland jury found former Bay Area prison warden Ray J. Garcia guilty of eight counts of sexually abusing female inmates. During his time as warden at the federal correctional institution, Garcia and four other prison staffers allegedly sexually assaulted inmates and forced them to pose naked for photos, among other crimes.

Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times

3.

Local wildlife officials plan to capture and evaluate Griffith Park’s famous mountain lion, P-22. The big cat is well over the typical life expectancy for a mountain lion and has recently shown signs of distress, killing a pet dog last month. Euthanasia is not a likely course of action.

Liorah Goldsmith / LAist

4.

The LA Police Department will retrain thousands of its officers in crowd-control tactics that it’s revised since the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. The department’s response to the protests elicited heavy scrutiny from activists after the use of non-lethal weapons left some protestors with severe injuries.

Josh Cain / Los Angeles Daily News

5.

LA animal control authorities awarded a young girl the first-ever unicorn license. Among the provisions are that — if she should find the mythical creature — she should sprinkle it with nontoxic glitter and feed it watermelon at least once a week.

Staff / Associated Press

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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