Good morning. It’s Friday, and I’m reading about the richest people in California. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

Today is the last day to vote for the inaugural “USC Moron of the Year.” Also: Apologies for publishing the wrong subject line in yesterday’s newsletter. 

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A small group of peaceful counterprotesters demonstrated next to USC’s pro-Palestinian encampment early this morning. “You support a brutal terrorist organization that rapes women and kills babies,” the group broadcasted over speakers in between clips of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. “You fucking Zionist pig,” one student shouted back. Separately: USC promised a lavish graduate celebration in the Coliseum including “surprise performances” and a “special gift.” I’m salivating.

Staff / Daily Trojan

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In the days leading up to a violent attack by pro-Israeli counterprotesters on UCLA’s pro-Palestinian encampment, university leadership requested police backup twice — but canceled the asks within hours. The revelation comes as UCLA faces heavy criticism for taking hours to intervene when counterprotesters threw bricks and fireworks then beat pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The school contends that its police force was simply overwhelmed.

Noah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times

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Long Beach officials declared a public health emergency after a tuberculosis outbreak killed one person and hospitalized nine others. Health officials said at least 170 more people were likely exposed to the disease, but that the spread was limited to one hotel. The outbreak comes after tuberculosis cases in California rose by 15% last year, which is the highest year-over-year increase since 1989. 

Andrew J. Campa / Los Angeles Times

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A scuba dive boat captain was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in a 2019 fire that killed 34 people in a vessel off the California coast — the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history. Prosecutors said Captain Jerry Boylan failed to post an appropriate night watch and didn’t properly train his crew in firefighting. When the blaze broke out, Boylan was the first person to abandon ship while 34 victims were trapped below deck.

Stefanie Dazio and Amy Taxin / Associated Press

5.

There’s drama at the Getty. A European human rights court ruled that the famous J. Paul Getty Museum in LA is unlawfully in possession of an Italian artifact: and that Italy has the right to seize it. The piece in question is a life-size bronze statue dubbed “Victorious Youth” that Italian officials say was illegally smuggled out of the country, then sold to the Getty on the international art market. The Getty’s curators maintain that they legally purchased the piece.

Elisabetta Povoledo / The New York Times