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By Tomoki Chien
NEWSLETTER EDITOR |
Good morning, I hope you’re having a good break. Here are the 10 USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know from this past week. |
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A broad coalition of USC graduate student workers filed for a union election, a move that could grant the workers the power of collective bargaining — and the strike — in labor negotiations with the university. The prospective union still has a series of hurdles to clear before it’s officially certified. |
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LA Mayor Karen Bass launched an initiative to move the city’s homeless from encampments to hotel and motel rooms. The program, called “Inside Safe,” builds on Bass’ previous emergency declaration on homelessness — but it’s not yet a certainty that the city will be able to lease enough rooms to make the program effective. |
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A legal advocacy group sued USC, alleging the university defrauded prospective students by promoting misleading U.S. News & World Report rankings. The suit alleges that USC’s Rossier School of Education used rankings for its in-person programs — which were already based on false information the school submitted — to highlight its online programs, which are based on entirely different criteria. |
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The University of California strike is over. A majority of striking graduate student workers voted to ratify a contract that will raise wages by up to 80% for some of the lowest-paid workers, bringing an end to the largest academic strike in history that threw the 10-campus university system into chaos for months. |
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An LA jury found Harvey Weinstein guilty of sex crimes, all but ensuring that the former Hollywood mogul will stay behind bars even as a New York court agreed to review his earlier conviction in that state. |
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Footage recovered by federal investigators from the 2019 Conception fire — California’s worst maritime disaster in modern history — showed that the 34 eventual victims were awake while they were trapped below deck in the burning boat. Authorities had previously suggested that the divers died of smoke inhalation in their sleep. |
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A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked California’s far north last week, leaving two dead and nearly a dozen injured. The early morning quake left tens of thousands without power and some without running water in Humboldt County. |
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A federal judge struck down a California law that allowed private citizens to sue manufacturers of illegal guns: But it’s the outcome that Gov. Gavin Newsom wanted. The law emulated Texas’ controversial abortion measure and was set up to provoke a U.S. Supreme Court fight that could ultimately rule both unconstitutional. |
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LA’s famous mountain lion, P-22, was euthanized. During a health check, authorities found that the big cat suffered a skull fracture — possibly after being hit by a car — and multiple chronic illnesses affecting his skin, kidneys and liver. P-22’s death prompted an outpour of grief from across the state. |
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Three Bay Area suspects dubbed “Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest” were arrested after trying saw an ATM out of a concrete wall then crashing into a light pole. “The three suspects fled in a vehicle as units arrived at the location,” San Jose police wrote on Twitter. “Their driving was not any better than their attempted theft.” |
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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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