Good morning. It’s Tuesday, and I can’t stop watching Mark Zuckerberg try to dap up a UFC champion ahead of a fight in Anaheim over the weekend. Sorry Zuck. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

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Developers broke ground on a 1,284-bed luxury apartment near USC that’s expected to open in August 2026. The Standard at Los Angeles will feature a resort-style rooftop pool, outdoor grilling stations, Jumbotron, study lounges, mini market, a “clubroom” and 24-hour fitness center. The new property sits a few blocks south of campus and will host 429 units in addition to five renovated townhomes. Pro tip: Don’t sign a lease before the place actually opens. 

Kristin Harlow / REBusiness Online

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Yet another storm is dousing California, though it hasn’t caused as much damage as the one earlier this month — thus far. Many of the mountains surrounding LA were under a flash flood warning Monday as Southern California bore the brunt of the storm, and Ventura and Santa Barbara counties saw as much as 10 inches of rain. Further north, thunderstorms with a chance of hail swept through the Central Valley while forecasters warned of strong gusts and a weak tornado landing south of San Francisco. Expect more rain today.

Staff / The New York Times

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Police are searching for four protestors who allegedly committed hate crimes against members of the Turkish consulate when they spoke at USC in September. The suspects allegedly pushed, punched, kicked and threw water at the officials as they left a panel discussion in Wallis Annenberg Hall. The event had spurred a heated protest and clashes with police when students turned out to criticize the university’s decision to host members of the Turkish state — which denies the Armenian genocide — while Azerbaijan launched an offensive against the majority-Armenian state of Nagorno-Karabakh. 

Christina Chkarboul / Daily Trojan

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Something sells faster than fentanyl in San Francisco’s open-air drug markets: sugar. Every night, vendors flood the streets with sacks — and sometimes wheelbarrows — full of candy and sodas. They sell out in minutes. Studies have shown a strong correlation between opioid use and sugar consumption, possibly because the two activate similar pleasure centers in the brain. “Some of this shit might get you higher than dope,” said a dude selling Kit Kats named Jay Dog, who also claimed to be a Marin County crip.

David Sjostedt / The San Francisco Standard

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In 1875, a crew of explorers climbed a 5,968-foot peak on the south end of the San Gabriel Mountain range, hoping to survey the tallest mountain in the region. The going was rough: There were no trails, so they had to bushwack their way up the thorny chaparral with heavy equipment in tow. Imagine their dismay when they reached the summit, looked east, and spotted a taller peak just a half-mile away. Oops! The forlorn surveyors named the peak “Mount Disappointment,” and the name has stuck ever since.

Erin Rode / SFGate