Good morning. It’s Tuesday, and I’ve been loving the teen bike terror Notion. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.

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USC is in a financial crisis. But its highly paid executives are offloading so-called austerity measures onto rank-and-file employees, three professors argued in a guest column. “If USC’s executive ranks are truly committed to our community, they will take the same pay cuts they took during the COVID-19 crisis,” the professors wrote.

Howard Rodman, Christina Dunbar-Hester, and Laura Isabel Serna / Morning, Trojan

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A UC Irvine astrophysicist will serve as Dornsife’s next dean. James Bullock, who currently leads UCI’s school of physical sciences, will take the helm of USC’s largest school during a fraught time in higher education. Luckily, he seems like a chill guy.

Katie Simons / Annenberg Media

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The USC basketball recruit who last week was in a coma after a car crash is now in “much better” condition. Alijah Arenas, 18, is expected to be released from the hospital soon with no major injuries.

Staff / ABC7

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Over 50,000 LA County workers walked off the job yesterday in a move that could cripple services like libraries and healthcare clinics until the strike ends Wednesday night. The workers are protesting what they called unfair bargaining practices on the part of the county.

Jaimie Ding / The Associated Press

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Burglaries in Altadena have surged 450% since last year, as thieves target homes that survived January’s wildfires. But in Pacific Palisades, which still benefits from National Guard checkpoints, there hasn’t been a similar spike. “Why can’t we get the same type of security that Palisades is getting?” one Altadena resident asked.

Clara Harter / Los Angeles Times