Good morning. It’s Friday, and here’s your friendly reminder that today’s going to be Carmageddon. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.

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USC plans to significantly cut key benefits that pay college tuition for the children of faculty and staff, according to interviews and documents obtained by Morning, Trojan. The school will officially announce the cuts to employees next week. “They’re going to go absolutely apeshit,” one professor said.

Tomoki Chien / Morning, Trojan

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Democratic megadonors are pumping millions into California with a little over a week until Election Day. That’s because control of the U.S. House will likely depend on a few of the state’s swing districts, which are often ignored because California is typecast as a blue monolith.

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News

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LA County’s district attorney said he supports resentencing the infamous Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents more than three decades ago and immortalized in a Netflix drama. New evidence has emerged that the brothers’ father sexually abused them — and that they acted in self defense.

Jaysha Patel and Carlos Granda / ABC7

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A replica White House in the ritzy Bay Area town of Hillsborough just sold for $23 million. It does not appear to have a nuclear bunker, but it does have a wine cellar and a swimming pool. The current owners bought the house in 2022 but never moved into it because it was “too big for them.”

Libertina Brandt / The Wall Street Journal

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Two Catholic nuns say they’re devout Dodgers super fans who’ll be cheering them on in Game 1 of the World Series today. The sisters say the Dodgers are regularly at the top of their prayer lists, and one is considering tossing holy water from her Northern California home so the wind can carry it to LA.

Vivian Chow / KTLA