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Once a year, hundreds of USC students make the almost 400-mile trip up to our Northern California football rivals – UC Berkeley or Stanford depending on the year. This past weekend, the trip known as the weekender led students to make the trip to UC Berkeley. The real kicker? There was no actual football game to attend due to a Covid outbreak on the Golden Bears team. We spoke with some USC students who headed up North. Here’s Meredith McCabe with the story.

The iconic children’s show “Sesame Street” is set to introduce and Asian American Muppet ... for the first time! Sesame Street has been on the air since 1969! The new Muppet’s name JI-Young ...she’s supposed to be Korean American ... and she’ll make her big debut ... on Thanksgiving Day ... Myriam Alcala has the story ...

Why are professional athletes looked up to so much as role models? And what are the impacts? Chloe Clark has the story.

You may have heard it said that Los Angeles is a city without history.

That LA’s story began not along ago, the first time someone picked up a movie camera. 

The truth is, historic gems are scattered far and wide across LA County, you just have to be willing to look off the beaten path.

Ryan Coleman reports on a piece of living history on the edge of LA County.

The newly released film Dune is making waves, both good and bad. Some fans are upset that billboards and promo shots highlighting Zendaya don’t reflect how much screen time she actually has in the film! With more on the story, here’s Jessie Cooper.

Saturday is World Kindess Day! Lajja Mistry talked to students on campus about random acts of kindness they've experienced. 

It is still legal for children in California to get married...

Yes, that’s right. And... it only requires the consent of just one parent through a court order.

Many of these marriages are between young girls to men significantly older than them, making way for gender-based violence in the marriage.

Tannistha Sinha spoke with survivors of child marriage about the practice. 

Were you looking forward to the return of the Weekender at Berkeley? 

Well, you'll unfortunately have to wait a little longer. Here’s Adam Jasper with the story. 

On Tuesday, Yahoo News senior political correspondent and USC Annenberg expert-in-residence Jon Ward spoke with USC students about his upbringing, career path and two decades of experience in political journalism and long-form storytelling.

After the event, Ward sat down with Annenberg Media and opened up about his background, how he got into journalism, and what he believes are the industry’s challenges going forward.

Mateo Gutierrez has the story.

On a national holiday aimed to celebrate brave men and women who have served in our nation’s military, USC takes the time to honor its very own Trojan veterans. The First Gen Plus Success Center in collaboration with the Veterans Resource Center hosted a Veterans Day Viewing Party earlier today.

Chelsea Hylton has more on USC’s Veterans Day celebration.