Newsletter: Today: Why Trump’s L.A. Club Workers Say They Feared Hearing ‘You’re Fired.’

I’m Davan Maharaj, editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don’t want you to miss today.

TOP STORIES

Why Trump’s L.A. Club Workers Say They Feared Hearing ‘You’re Fired’

When Donald Trump would visit his golf club in Rancho Palos Verdes, some employees say the managers were under pressure — to put the most attractive women on duty. According to a sworn declaration in a labor lawsuit, when Trump saw restaurant hostesses who he felt were “not pretty enough,” he wanted them fired. Read on for more about the allegations, which a Trump Organization attorney called “meritless.”

More Politics

-- With polls showing a tightening presidential race, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is playing defense against third-party candidates.

-- More than half a dozen polls show that voters say Clinton won Monday night’s debate.

A Cry for Help That Ended in Shooting

Alfred Olango’s sister says she called 911 three times, telling dispatchers her brother was sick and needed help. When police arrived, a brief encounter led to his death — one officer shot him and another fired a Taser after Olango drew an object from his pockets and took what appeared to be a shooting stance, according to the El Cajon chief of police. The shooting has sparked protests, prompted an FBI investigation, and is bringing new urgency to the discussion about how authorities interact with the mentally ill.

Alone and in Danger: A Child’s Voyage to Europe

The flow of migrants to Europe has slowed this year, but the number of people dying on the journey is threatening to surpass last year’s total. Smugglers are demanding exorbitant sums and packing shoddy boats with hundreds of people. Often, they are unaccompanied children. Here is our report from an Egyptian coastal village, the starting point for one of the busiest and deadliest routes: the Mediterranean Sea crossing to Italy.

Your Letters to Vin

A woman saying goodbye to her Grandpa for the last time. A man trying to move on after 9/11. A father passing on a childhood ritual to his daughter. Over his 67-year career, Vin Scully has been a presence in the most intimate moments of Angelenos’ lives. We asked you to share your memories, and so far we’ve received more than 6,000. Get our your hankie and read a selection of your fellow readers’ tales. It’s not too late to send us your own story.

Psst, Wanna Buy Some XLB?

Foodies can tell you of the addictive quality of XLB, the dumplings known in Mandarin as xiao long bao and readily available at restaurants like Din Tai Fung. But to get that truly homemade taste, some in Southern California’s Chinese community are going underground. They’re doing it via the WeChat messaging app, where amateur chefs illicitly sell dumplings, duck wings and stewed pork knuckles.

CALIFORNIA

-- The state is ending its statute of limitations for rape cases after Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation filed in the wake of sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby.

-- Brown vetoed a bill that would have put increased financial scrutiny on the state’s $64-billion bullet train project.

-- Thousands of felons in county jails will be allowed to vote in California elections next year as part of an effort to speed their transition back into society.

-- Police are looking for a man who knocked out a woman during an argument captured on video at a Venice Beach market over the weekend.

HOLLYWOOD AND THE ARTS

-- “Everyone’s life is a soap opera”: Agnes Nixon, who went on to create such enduring daytime TV dramas as “One Life to Live” and “All My Children,” has died at age 93.

-- Twenty-five years in the making, Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” will get an Oscar-qualifying run.

-- “Marvel’s Luke Cage” puts the human in “superhuman” with hip-hop and Mike Colter.

-- The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall found Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing.

-- “Pop should be weird”: English singer Shura channels a gentle outsider spirit.

NATION-WORLD

-- Congress overrode President Obama’s veto for the first time. As a result, a new law will allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi Arabian government for damages.

-- The Pentagon plans to send about 600 additional troops to Iraq to help launch a long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State.

-- First it was the Ten Commandments, then same-sex marriage. Now Alabama’s chief justice is in hot water again.

-- Unnerved by recent terrorist attacks, people across the U.S. are inundating police with reports of suspicious objects, especially in New York.

-- Eye-tracking technology shows that preschool teachers have an implicit bias against black boys, according to a new study.

BUSINESS

-- California’s treasurer said he is cutting some of the state’s business ties to Wells Fargo over the bank’s mushrooming fake-accounts scandal.

-- Two studies say the dearth of housing in California will put a drag on the state’s economic growth.

SPORTS

-- Today should be an important day for Dodgers rookie pitcher Julio Urías.

-- JuJu Smith-Schuster and Ronald Jones II, USC’s most explosive football players, haven’t been this season.

OPINION

-- Trump takes mansplaining to an even lower level: dumbsplaining.

-- L.A. County residents need alternatives to sitting in soul-crushing traffic. Vote yes on Measure M.

WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE READING

-- How did Hitler rise to power? A new book — and this New York Times review of it — lays that out.

-- The novelist and the Twitter account. (The New Yorker)

-- Making Americana music great again … in England. (The Guardian)

ONLY IN CALIFORNIA

Here’s an idea that could make you feel really good about how your hair looks, at least before the hangover kicks in: A law taking effect next year will allow beauty salons and barbershops to serve up to 12 ounces of beer or six ounces of wine at no charge, with no special permit required. Care for a straight perm, no chaser?

Please send comments and ideas to Davan Maharaj.