Good morning. It’s Monday, and I’m reading about a super PAC running ads on porn sites. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.

1.

There were some zingers in the annual student Democrats versus Republicans debate. “You may be woke, but you aren’t awake,” quipped one Trojan Republican who’s probably really fun at parties. The pseudo GOP later posted that it had a “great time owning the libs.”

Natalie Bray / Annenberg Media

2.

Election Day is tomorrow. Here’s a quick list of guides to some of the biggest races you can vote on if you live near campus: LA County District Attorney, the exceptionally nasty state Assembly, the U.S. Senate, and the potentially seismic Measure G.

Tomoki Chien / Morning, Trojan

3.

LA’s new police chief stands to make more money than the president of the United States under a proposed salary the City Council will consider this week. The $507,509 annual sum would also make Jim McDonnell, a USC alum, better paid than Mayor Karen Bass.

Libor Jany / Los Angeles Times

4.

A baffling slow-speed pursuit left traffic backed up for miles on the busy Interstate 405 this weekend. Cops said a man kidnapped a victim then proceeded to drive 5 mph down the highway while a fleet of squad cars followed him for two hours. Nobody was hurt.

Paige Austin / Patch

5.

In USC research news: Dornsife scientists found that limiting sugar intake during and after pregnancy could dramatically lower a child’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life. Researchers used the “natural experiment” of sugar rationing in World War II to analyze long-term health outcomes across large populations.

Staff / USC Dornsife News

Happy belated 21st to this newsletter’s copy editor, Anna Hsu, who diligently wakes up every morning to fact check and proofread my work. Except, she apparently doesn’t drink, and instead spent her birthday “doing homework and laundry.”