On “LA Times Today,” should schools be forced to notify parents if students identify as transgender? The courts may have to decide.

Plus, Los Angeles’ hot labor summer is becoming the hot labor autumn. A look at how it became a perfect storm for labor unrest.

Also, melting glaciers and hotter temperatures are making our California waves bigger and more destructive.

And the Las Vegas Sphere. A look at this other-worldly ball that is part concert hall that’s part giant visual smorgasbord.