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Morning, Trojan.

Seven stories for today.

📍 On campus

  1. The Undergraduate Student Government plans to roll out a pilot program for a shuttle between USC and the Los Angeles International Airport. (Brianna Tang / Daily Trojan)

🌴 In L.A.

  1. L.A. County could drop to the “low” COVID tier within the next week, as case numbers continue to fall. The county had moved into the “high” level in mid-July. Any shift would have no practical effect on residents, other than signaling an overall decrease in viral transmission. (City News Service)

  1. 1,000 L.A. County residents are now receiving $1,000 a month for three years as part of the county’s guaranteed basic income pilot. Those recipients were chosen randomly from more than 180,000 residents who applied for the program. (City News Service)

🌎 State & beyond

  1. A California assembly bill could bar employers from screening for marijuana use in hiring and firing decisions, in many cases. Hair, blood and urine tests that screen for marijuana detect non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites, which can remain present in bodily fluids for weeks after use — and thus don’t necessarily indicate impairment. The bill now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. (Andrew Sheeler / Fresno Bee)

  1. California Republicans are targeting school board races this election season, attempting to capitalize on pandemic frustrations and concerns over critical race theory. Those elections could serve as springboards to greater aspirations; in California, Democrats have long used school boards as training grounds for eventual legislative and congressional candidates. (Sameea Kamal / CalMatters)

  1. The U.S. life expectancy fell for the second year in a row, the biggest continuous decline in nearly a century that some are attributing to the coronavirus. The biggest decline was among Native Americans, who on average forfeited nearly two years of life. (Akilah Johnson and Sabrina Malhi / Washington Post)

  1. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at 91. Gorbachev’s leadership reshaped the geopolitical landscape, and, many contend, left the U.S. as the world’s sole superpower. (Ann M. Simmons, Wall Street Journal)

🗓 Coming up

  • Involvement fair (Aug 30 to Sept 1, 11a to 2p)

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

  • Trip to LA Dodgers Baseball Game, hosted by USC Residential Education (Friday at 4:30p)

  • Football vs. Rice (Saturday at 3p)

🚨 In case you missed it

  • 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)

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