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Morning, Trojan.

Seven stories for today, Sept 9.

đź“Ť On campus

  1. A USC master’s student founded a startup aimed at reducing food waste called NextPlate, which allows users to buy surplus food at significant discounts from restaurants and bakeries around Los Angeles. (Melissa Chen / Daily Trojan)

  1. The leading contender in the Los Angeles mayoral race, Rep. Karen Bass, is caught up in a scandal involving the former dean of USC’s social work program. Bass accepted admission and a $95,000 scholarship at the school midway through her first congressional term in 2011. Prosecutors asserted that former dean Marilyn Flynn offered Bass admission and tuition hoping for assistance in advancing legislation favorable to the university. Bass is not under criminal investigation, and maintains that she was unaware of any quid pro quo — but is becoming increasingly tied to the federal prosecution of Flynn and former L.A. County supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas in a separate case. (Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times)

🌴 In L.A.

  1. Rep. Karen Bass and businessman Rick Caruso, the two Los Angeles mayoral candidates, criticized each other’s dealings at USC on Thursday. Caruso, for his part, called for more consistency from Bass’ camp on her acceptance of the $95,000 scholarship to the school of social work. Bass accused Caruso of covering up sexual abuse at the university during his tenure as chair of the board of trustees. (Julia Wick and Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times)

  1. Prisoners in the Los Angeles County jail system are subject to “barbaric” conditions, chained to chairs for days or forced to sleep on concrete floors with no bedding, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Thursday. Many inmates are recently arrested suspects who have not been convicted. (Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times)

  1. Hurricane Kay is expected to bring heavy precipitation and the risk of flash flooding to Southern California. The storm isn’t projected to pass through the state, and is currently spinning in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico. (Derek Van Dam and Judson Jones / CNN)

  1. The number of homeless residents in L.A. County increased last year, but federal figures show that the increase was at a much slower rate than in previous years and that more people left the streets for shelters. (Christopher Weber / Associated Press)

🌅 California

  1. Community colleges across the state are offering incentives like free tuition and assistance with food, technology and school supplies in an effort to increase declining enrollment. (Mallika Seshadri / CalMatters)

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