Good morning. It’s Friday, and I’m loving a new take on Steve Jobs’s famous advice for college students. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

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USC students were notably more uncomfortable expressing controversial political views during last semester’s pro-Palestinian protests than they typically are, according to polling by a leading speech advocacy group. The report also ranked USC nearly dead last among U.S. colleges for free speech climate.

Tomoki Chien / Morning, Trojan

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Attendees of an illegal street takeover near campus earlier this week allegedly left a car exploding in flames and smashed a window at the Felix Chevrolet dealership. Police, by their own admission, have struggled to crack down on rising reports of street racing and takeover events.

Cameron Kiszla / KTLA

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USC’s free Lyft program won’t operate on Saturday because of the "extremely late” 8 p.m. kickoff of the USC-Utah State football game. Fun fact: USC spent $22.1 million on the Lyft program last fiscal year — just a little more than what football coach Lincoln Riley earned.

Staff / Daily Trojan

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LAX officials say they’re scrapping plans to expand terminals and will instead focus on modernizing existing outdated infrastructure. The airport’s chief executive cited lower-than-anticipated traffic forecasts, which have steadily gone up over the last few years but failed to reach pre-pandemic levels.

Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times

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A helicopter brought traffic to a halt for hours on the 110 Freeway in South LA after making an emergency landing last night. California Highway Patrol, apparently, had to recruit two heavy-duty tow trucks to move the aircraft, which suffered a power failure.

Doug Smith / Los Angeles Times