Amy Torres

CoreCivic, the operator behind California City’s ICE Processing Center in Kern County, has been at the center of controversy since the immigration detention center was opened in 2025. It is considered one of California's largest immigration detention centers. In February, California City officials approved CoreCivic for a business license and a Site Plan Review Application.

SoFi Stadium workers and Legends Global, the hospitality company at the stadium, reached a tentative contract agreement that averted a strike just days before the World Cup opening game at SoFi. This decision came after UNITE HERE Local 11, the union that represents about 2,000 of the workers at SoFi, voted 96% in favor to authorize a strike. Workers demanded higher pay, protections from subcontracting, and security from ICE and Border Patrol presence at the games.

Post-Thanksgiving and with winter break on the horizon, USC students are stressed about flight delays, cancellations and unsafe conditions due to the bomb cyclone that has hit the Midwest and Northeast. A bomb cyclone is an intense wind storm, usually paired with rain or snow. A map from CNN shows the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire under a winter storm warning, with much of the Northeast under a winter weather advisory.