Good morning, it’s Monday, and we’re reading about the best fiction novels to pick up this fall. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

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Striking screenwriters reached a tentative deal with Hollywood studios, potentially signaling the end of a strike that ground the movie and television industries to a halt for nearly five months. The screenwriters, represented by the Writers Guild of America, will stop picketing but won’t return to work until the contract — whose details aren’t yet public — is ratified. SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents actors, remains on strike.

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Around a million LA County households have trouble accessing enough food, according to a USC study. That number is a 6% increase from last year and the highest recorded rate of food insecurity since 2010. Black and Latino households are two times more likely to be affected than white households, and women are at higher risk than men.

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USC is offering free Narcan, an opioid reversal drug, to students covered by the university’s health insurance plan. The over-the-counter drug is available at USC Pharmacies for pickup. “Anyone can get and carry Narcan in their room, in their car, in their backpack,” said Chief Campus Health Officer Sarah Van Orman.

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All California public schools must soon offer gender-neutral restrooms, thanks to a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law was inspired by the Chino Valley Unified School District’s attempt to restrict transgender students’ access to their gender-identified restrooms. The law is part of a larger bill that seeks to protect LGBTQ+ youths with a host of measures like requiring cultural competency training of LGBTQ+ student issues for all educators.

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LA developers are scrambling to build more electric-vehicle charging stations, smelling the commercial incentive of luring tenants and customers with a convenient charge. Some ideas are more curious than others. Elon Musk plans to build a drive-in theater and dining complex in Hollywood where Tesla owners can charge up. One developer wants to build a mechanized, automated parking garage that can also charge EVs. And some are already talking about flying taxis.

You’re all caught up. Thanks for reading Morning, Trojan, and have a good day. Anna Hsu copy edited this newsletter

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