Good morning. It’s Tuesday, and I’m reading about where you can watch bioluminescent waves right now. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

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A bullet train between LA and Las Vegas got one step closer to reality yesterday when crews broke ground on the $12 billion project. The private company responsible for the effort says the train — which promises to be the first true high-speed rail in the U.S. — will ferry passengers between the cities in just over two hours. The company says the rail could begin operating as soon as 2028 for the Olympics in LA. 

Edward Russell / The Washington Post

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The majority of a faculty committee meant to support USC’s Muslim community resigned in protest over the university’s decision to cancel this year’s valedictorian address. The 11 of 19 members on the Advisory Committee on Muslim Life plan to hold a press conference Thursday in which they’ll read their collective resignation letter. No other details were immediately available.

Jonathan Park / Daily Trojan

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Pro-Palestinian activists at UC Berkeley erected a tent encampment on the school’s main plaza: a move they say is inspired by student protesters recently arrested at Yale and Columbia. It’s the latest escalation at a college campus that’s seen some of the most bitter conflict in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, as universities around the country grapple with increasingly fractious demonstrations — and as some Jewish students say they feel increasingly unsafe.

Rae Wymer and Aarya Mukherjee / The Daily Californian

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The U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to allow cities to ban homeless people from sleeping in public spaces even when there aren’t any shelter beds available — a ruling that could carry high stakes for California. The case centers around a lower court’s ruling that the small city of Grants Pass, Ore., can’t implement such a ban. Gov. Gavin Newsom and a slate of other California lawmakers have implored the Supreme Court to overturn the ruling, arguing that it hamstrings their efforts to address the state’s homelessness crisis. 

Jess Bravin / The Wall Street Journal

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Two California lawmakers have reached a rare bipartisan consensus: on airport line cutters. They fucken hate ‘em. A pair of Orange County state senators is promoting a bill that would effectively boot the expedited security service CLEAR — which allows customers to skip to the front of TSA lines for $189 a year — from California airports by requiring that such third-party vendors get their own dedicated TSA lane. The bill’s author said he hopes to rid security checks of the “indignity” of letting “the rich person pass you” in line. 

Eric He / Politico