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Morning, Trojan.

Seven stories for today.

📍 On campus

  1. Students can now schedule a monkeypox test through the mySHR portal. The disease, which is spread through physical and often sexual contact, still remains a “low risk to the general United States population.” Monkeypox cases in Los Angeles County and the broader United States appear to be slowing. (Melissa Chen / Daily Trojan)

  1. The women’s volleyball team won three straight matches at the Cardinal & Gold Classic this weekend. (Maya Gomes / Annenberg Media)

🌴 In LA

  1. Avoid swimming at the Santa Monica Pier because of elevated levels of bacteria in the water, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Monday. The department also issued warnings for Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu, Mother’s Beach in Marina Del Rey and Inner Bacrillo Beach in San Pedro. (Emily Rahhal / Patch)

  1. Three UCLA professors in the school of dentistry allegedly charged student unauthorized fees, and pocketed some of that money. The professors targeted international students from the Middle East, believing that their government sponsors “could — and would — pay for it.” (Alexis Timko / Los Angeles Times)

🌎 State & beyond

  1. California could serve as a “refuge” for transgender youth, under a bill that advanced through the state assembly on Monday and will now reach the senate. The legislation would provide a legal refuge for parents from other states at risk of criminal prosecution — or having their child taken away — for supporting gender-affirming procedures. (Don Thompson / AP)

  1. Some 150,000 people in Jackson, Miss. were left without access to safe drinking water after a water treatment plant failure. The aging water system in Jackson has been in “crisis” for years. (Rick Rojas / New York Times)

  1. Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1,100, in what the United Nations has called an “unprecedented climate catastrophe.” (Jibran Ahmad and Asif Shahzad / Reuters)

🗓 Watch out for:

  • Involvement fair (today through Thursday, 11a to 2p)

  • Women’s soccer vs. TCU (Thursday at 3p)

  • Football vs. Rice (Saturday at 3p)

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