Good morning. It’s Tuesday, and in case you missed it: The Dodgers could win the World Series this evening. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.

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USC quietly ordered a series of layoffs across its healthcare and auxiliary services divisions over the last few months. The cuts came as the school of medicine said it saw a reduction in outside contracts and auxiliary services was operating at a $196 million deficit.

Reo and Colin Stillman / Daily Trojan

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LAX will finally get a train connecting it to the Metro rail system, solving a glaring deficiency in the transit hub. When construction is completed, you’ll theoretically be able to get to the airport from USC with relative ease — you’ll just have to wait until 2026.

Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times

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Beverly Hills residents are pissed that true crime fanatics are swarming the neighborhood to gawk at the infamous Menendez mansion. It’s the former home of the Menendez brothers, who killed their parents more than three decades ago but were immortalized in a Netflix series and an ongoing legal battle.

Jireh Deng / Los Angeles Times

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California officials want to stockpile natural disaster funds in case Donald Trump refuses to send federal aid if reelected. The prospect isn’t entirely outlandish, given that Trump tried to do exactly that in 2018.

Christopher Cadelago and Debra Kahn / Politico

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Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is sending Japan into a baseball frenzy. Referred to as kanpeki no hito — “the perfect person” — Ohtani’s star power has helped draw an average of 15.2 million Japanese viewers to each game. That’s 700,000 more than in the U.S., which has nearly triple the population.

Jared Diamond / The Wall Street Journal

I need your help on a major story. Do you have knowledge of USC’s contracts with McKinsey & Company, construction at the Gould School of Law, or budget cuts across the university? Are you currently studying or working at the Capital Campus?

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