Good morning. It’s Wednesday, and I’m reading about how college students can’t read for shit. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.

The newsletter will be off for the fall break. See you Monday!

1.

Cops detained the homeless man who allegedly peeped through windows and broke into a house shared by a dozen female USC students on Menlo Avenue yesterday morning. It is unclear if he’ll face charges. “I do have sympathy for him,” one of the tenants said. “He doesn’t seem like he knows what he’s doing.”

Brittany Hope and Helen Jeong / NBC Los Angeles

2.

USC basketball star JuJu Watkins inked a multi-year contract extension with Nike that hands her one of the richest shoe endorsement deals in all of women’s basketball. Last season, the sophomore became the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer among freshmen and led the Trojans to their deepest playoff run in three decades.

Shams Charania / ESPN

3.

Polling shows that one of the most-watched elections in LA County could be a blowout. District Attorney George Gascón is trailing his tough-on-crime challenger, Nathan Hochman, by 30 percentage points. Gascón has come under fire for what critics call radically progressive policies that have in some cases led to repeat murders.

Connor Sheets and James Queally / Los Angeles Times

4.

USC’s football fanbase is decidedly lackluster compared to the rest of the Big Ten. What gives? For one, tailgating is confined largely to frat houses and our tiny campus. We have, like, two game day chants. And we probably don’t drink enough.

Peyton Dacy / Daily Trojan

5.

Psychedelics aren’t yet legal in California, but everybody in LA’s already acting like it, declared the owner of a shroom company that hosts downtown psychedelic yoga sessions. Tickets to the classes typically go for $400 but — lucky you — they’re on sale for just $85 right now.

Michelle Lhooq / Los Angeles Times