From Where We Are

On today’s show, a look into USC’s upcoming event on voter access, Rick Caruso causes controversy with ad campaign, we talk to local taco resturaunts about their Taco Day celebrations. All that and more on today’s From Where We Are.

A Los Angeles youth soccer club held a meeting that turned out to be Rick Caruso promotion event. Parents were confused, and you might be, too. An honest mistake or a deceitful plan? Who knows? Tyler Pak and Matthew Tsai have the story.

Confused on how to fulfill your civic duty? It's midterms season, and a USC professor is holding an info session on how to vote and why students' votes matter. Nora Miller has the story on voter mobilization.

Did you know it's National Taco Day. Mya Mariey Vinnett visited three taco shops throughout LA to see how they celebrated the day.

Lebron James. Anthony Davis. Russell Westbrook. The infamous trio here to save Los Angeles. The NBA season is right around the corner and the Los Angeles Lakers are back for yet again another chance to win an NBA Championship.

USC Green Week gives students and faculty the opportunity to address the university’s sustainability strides, from reducing plastic waste to the goal of becoming carbon neutral.

The first round of elections in Brazil this weekend ended in a stalemate, with no definite winner declared. Far-right incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro surprised many experts and pollsters and performed far better than they had predicted. But former left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - known as "Lula!" - still won the most votes. With no clear winner in the first round, a run-off for the presidency of Brazil will be held October 30. Nicole Bednar has the story.

The highest court in the land will tackle contentious cases as it begins a new session today.

On today’s show, experts comment on the runoff election in Brazil, students talk sustainability at USC, we hear about the upcoming Supreme Court session and a conversation about mental health among young adults.

Although we have seen our gas gradually return to normal over the past few months, inflation in the United States still increased in August according to the Bureau Labor of Statistics. In order to counter these rising prices, the Federal Reserve made its toughest policy decision since the 1980s to fight inflation.

In 1971, the Hebrew Union College, also known as HUC, moved their Los Angeles Campus from Hollywood to University Park. This was right next to USC, which at the time did not have a Jewish studies program. Today, USC and HUC’s partnership has provided graduate and doctoral programs for 50 years.

Hurricane Ian made landfall on the southwest coast of Florida earlier today. It's one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the west coast of the Florida peninsula. Catastrophic floods and a life-threatening storm surge — will continue as the storm advances inland. So what does this mean for the residents? Ethan Huang spoke to a Florida student and resident who's weathering the storm.

Breaking news: A football game will open and close for a Rihanna concert in early February. Just kidding... But not really. Matthew Tsai grabs students' opinions on Rihanna performing at Super Bowl LVII [57], which will be her first live performance in five years.

On today’s show, we discuss a pop music legend’s return from a long awaited hiatus at America’s most watch sports match, talk the ramifications of NASA’s DART mission, and debate the ramifications of fentanyl in the hallways of SoCal highschools

The LA community is still reeling at the fentanyl-related death of a teenager at a Hollywood high school on September 13th. Now, officials are taking action to prevent an opioid crisis from emerging in Los Angeles' Unified School District.