The students are fuming

Good morning, I hope you’re having a good week. Here are the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

Students are furious. Angry. Fuming. But this time it’s not because of tuition hikes or another abhorrent university scandal: USC’s Free Lyft program now offers shared rides instead of private ones — a return to pre-pandemic policy — forcing students to wait longer for rides and make conversation with (or else otherwise ignore) fellow students, not just a driver.

Staff / Annenberg Media

The LA County Board of Supervisors extended its eviction moratorium another two months through the end of March. The move applies to unincorporated areas and cities without their own moratorium — including the city of LA, whose own such policy expires Feb. 1.

Rebecca Ellis / Los Angeles Times

One of every nine tanks of gas, diesel and jet fuel pumped in California come from the Amazon rainforest; in fact, half of all the rainforest’s exported crude comes to this state. Why? The two regions produce similar kinds of heavy oil, which means California refineries are well-equipped for Amazonian crude.

Catrin Einhorn / The New York Times

Prosecutors charged the suspected Half Moon Bay shooter with a raft of felonies, including a special circumstance that opens the possibility of the death sentence. 66-year-old Chunli Zhao is accused of murdering seven people at two different farms with a semiautomatic handgun.

Rachel Swan and Matthias Gafni / San Francisco Chronicle

USC students can’t find eggs. Trader Joe’s in the Village almost never has them — as if that wasn’t already a given — but expect to shell out between five and seven bucks if you manage to scoop a carton at Ralph’s or Target. You can blame the bird flu coupled with rising fuel and packaging costs for the shortage.

Staff / Annenberg Media

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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