Good morning. It’s Thursday, and I’m reading about a California burger war. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.

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DPS urged students to avoid staying out late after a man was fatally stabbed about a mile north of campus. Cops said they found the 40-year-old lying on a sidewalk with multiple stab wounds at the intersection of Washington and Oak at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday.

Sophie Sullivan / Annenberg Media

2.

An alt-rock band led by USC students is rocking up and down the West Coast. Trapdoor Social — which has in the past hosted novel, solar-powered concerts — just finished a coast-spanning tour from Vancouver to San Diego. One fan described their style as a “whole hybrid of something new and exciting.”

Daniella Lake / Annenberg Media

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Confidential documents show that California’s attorney general is quietly pushing LA political leaders to redraw the city’s 15 council districts — because he believes they don’t sufficiently represent Latinos. The dramatic move could send off shockwaves in City Hall.

David Zahniser and Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times

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A man sentenced in the 2022 murder of a UCLA graduate student was handed a life sentence without the possibility of parole. He had pleaded not guilty, arguing that he was insane when he stabbed 24-year-old Brianna Kupfer 46 times in a furniture store.

Jonathan Lloyd / NBC Los Angeles

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For years, a mystery man has left bottles of pee on top of an electrical box in Pasadena. Nobody can figure out why. Two filmmakers are now trying to establish contact with the "Piss Bandit.”

Noah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times