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USC football superfans are shelling out serious cash to attend road games in the new era of Big Ten travel. One dude known as “USC Psycho” — who’s attended 392 consecutive games — has no intention of breaking his streak. But he estimated he’s spending double the money on flights and hotels and has to take an extra day off work.

Antonio Morales / The Athletic

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Student club leaders skewered USC Campus Activities for “patronizing” bureaucratic delay that’s left hundreds of clubs unable to renew their certification. Except, at the student government meeting where they aired their grievances, Campus Activities sent a representative who has nothing to do with the clubs team — leaving some students baffled.

Sean Campbell / Daily Trojan

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The parents of four Pepperdine sorority sisters killed by an errant driver along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu last year are suing LA County and several other local agencies. The highway’s design, the parents allege, is responsible for the students’ lives that were “needlessly lost.”

 Staff / City News Service

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Health officials warned of an “unprecedented” three cases of locally transmitted dengue fever in LA. The mosquito-borne illness can cause fevers, rashes, and vomiting, and typically leads to severe symptoms in 1 in 20 cases. Officials recommended eliminating standing water where mosquitoes can breed.

Jaimie Ding / Associated Press

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UCLA faculty and students are up in arms after the university’s police department asked for approval to buy 3,000 pepper balls, 400 sponge rounds, eight projectile launchers, and three drones — equipment typically used to suppress protests. A UCLA spokesperson said the gear is the “alternative” to “the use of deadly force.”

Teresa Watanabe / Los Angeles Times