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Happy Diwali! Today we celebrate the Hindu religious festival. Often known as the festival of light, it lasts for five days and symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Over one million lanterns were lit across India on the first day of the festival. Here at USC, student organizations are keeping up with their traditions. Donny Assefa has more on how students are celebrating Diwali.

Midnights is already topping charts - it quickly broke Spotify's record for the most streamed album in a single day. Fans stayed up through the night awaiting the release of her thirteen songs. If you're a Swiftie, you'll know that Taylor's favorite number is thirteen, and, as fans would have you convinced, the singer doesn't do anything by accident. Meredith McCabe produced this report.

USC’s health science campus has a new art sculpture that calls attention to a dark episode in LA county history. The sculpture  – called sobrevivir – apologizes for the practice of coercive sterilizations that took place at  a county USC hospital some fifty years ago.. 

Citlalli Chavez Nava tells us more about the inspiration behind this installation. 

Protesters spent another day calling for the resignation of three L-A city council members over leaked racist comments.  Michael Melinger has the story.

LAUSD students are still trying to keep up with classes from what they have been missing out on during the pandemic. The Los Angeles Unified School District approved four acceleration days for students to have more opportunities to stay active in classrooms, but it may not happen. Aorui Pi reports.

October means spooky season has arrived. But if a scary movie isn't your ideal way to celebrate Halloween, maybe a pumpkin patch is. In this sound portrait, Mya Mariey Vinnet take you to Irvine Regional Park for their annual pumpkin patch.

Disneyland has now increased its ticket prices by about 8%, meaning the average family of four will end up paying almost one thousand dollars for a one day trip, not counting food or gas. We talked to students to see what they think about this, as well as what may have caused such a price jump. 

Tomorrow is the start of Fall Break and USC students are either finding time to unwind or continue the midterm grind. Ethan Huang has the story

Protesters are taking to the streets outside of L-A city hall today in light of the leaked, racist recordings involving three city council members. With the involved council members yet to resign, they face pressure from both the public and the White House to step down. Annenberg reporter Mya Mariey Vinnett went downtown today to speak with protesters about the situation. 

The LA radio community lost one of its icons a few days ago with the passing DJ Art Laboe. As one of the first radio DJs to play Black music in California, Laboe played a pivotal part in introducing his audience to a new style of music. 

Mia Thompson has more on his passing and his legacy.