Good morning. It’s Monday, and I’m gawking at this beautiful Big Sur cottage. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.

1.

Expect some disruption and potentially closed campus entrances today while students stage rallies on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attack in Israel. A pro-Palestinian contingent is planning an 11:30 a.m. walkout, and Jewish groups will hold a vigil at 5:15 p.m. Cops plan to watch closely.

Tomoki Chien / Morning, Trojan

2.

USC opened a food pantry that offers free groceries and clothing for students struggling to afford them. The pantry runs out of King Hall on Tuesday mornings and Wednesday afternoons. Fill out the mandatory intake form here.

April Mao / Daily Trojan

3.

A veteran lawman with strong USC ties will serve as LA’s next police chief. Jim McDonnell — director of the school’s Safe Communities Institute and a former LA County Sheriff — will inherit a department hamstrung by staffing shortages and low morale.

Staff / Los Angeles Times

4.

Cry a river for the CEO of 2U — maker of Blackboard — who resigned after the educational software company emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. USC, apparently, wasn’t the only large client to flee 2U last year in favor of marginally less shitty pastures like Brightspace.

Ben Unglesbee / Higher Ed Dive

5.

Is this the beginning of the end? USC football suffered a flailing loss to Minnesota on the road Saturday, leaving it a limited path to the College Football Playoff. The only grim schadenfreude may be that a few Minnesota fans managed to send each other to the hospital during a particularly overzealous field rush.

Ryan Kartje / Los Angeles Times