As classes resume in two Inland Empire high schools for the week, some students will be conspicuously absent -- kept out over public health concerns.

Riverside County Health officials barred over 100 students from Palm Desert and Vista Murrieta high school campuses last week because the students had no measles vaccination records.

Each school had a confirmed case of measles, a highly infectious virus currently spreading through California, which had 91 confirmed cases as of Jan. 30.

Measles can be prevented through vaccinations, but some parents have opted out of vaccinating their children. Some believe the vaccine can be harmful.

Health and school officials are hoping that preventing students without the vaccine from coming to school will ensure they aren't exposed to measles.

"We're trying to prevent a second wave of cases," Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr.
Cameron Kaiser said in a statement on Wednesday.

An employee at Vista Murrieta High School was recently diagnosed with measles, prompting officials to keep about 40 students without vaccination records out of school until Feb. 7. That follows 70 students kept out of Palm Desert High School after a student was diagnosed with the virus.

Officials linked 58 of the 91 confirmed California cases to Disneyland theme parks, where the current outbreak is thought to have begun.

City News Service contributed to this report.

An attorney for a convicted drug dealer charged with murder in the death of a Fox film executive, whose remains were found in the desert north of Los Angeles, called the case a tragic accident as the defendant appeared Monday in court.

Arraignment for John Lenzie Creech, 42, was postponed to Feb. 26. He did not enter a plea in connection with charges filed last week in the slaying of Fox executive Gavin Smith, who disappeared in May 2012 after leaving a friend's Ventura County home. The 57-year-old's black Mercedes Benz was found at a Simi Valley storage facility linked to Creech, whose wife had what authorities described as "a relationship" with Smith.

Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department have not provided details regarding the nature of the relationship, which began when the two met in drug rehab. 

An attorney for Creech portrayed the case as a "tragic accident" that did not involve criminal intent.

"There may have been a fight but I can tell you there was no criminal intent," said Creech's attorney, Alex Kessel. "There was no malice. There was no intent, no premeditation for any type of homicide to take place."

Kessel also confirmed that Smith and Creech's wife met at a drug rehab and dated, but insisted there was no animosity between the men.

Creech was already in custody, serving an eight-year jail sentence on drug-related charges, when the district attorney filed the murder charge last week. In September 2012, he pleaded no contest to one count of sale or transportation for sale of a controlled substance.

He had previously been identified by investigators as a "person of interest" in the Smith case.

Smith's disappearance led to a widespread search for clues, including Creech's West Hills home in July 2013 and the desert north of Los Angeles where Smith's remains were found by hikers in October 2014. Investigators have said they believe Smith was killed the night he disappeared.

The remains included a skull missing a lower jaw and there appeared to be a hole, about an inch or more across, in the skull, investigators said. Authorities have not provided details regarding a cause of death and coroner's office confirmed Monday that information in the case remains under a security hold.

The discovery of the victim's vehicle Feb. 21, 2013 at the storage unit connected to Creech provided a major break in the case. After finding the car, investigators said they were "confidentely able to label Gavin's death a homicide," sheriff's officials said in November.

Smith played basketball at UCLA and was part of the 1975 Bruins' championship team. He became an actor and later a film executive at 20th Century Fox.

Smith's wife and son, one of three children, were in court Monday.

When an earthquake hits, there's more to worry about than meets the eye - especially in a drought.

NPR reported Saturday that a 7.8 magnitude quake on the San Andreas Fault could sever all four aqueducts at once, cutting off more than 70 percent of the water sustaining Southern California.

Professor Emeritus of Geology, San Diego State University Pat Abbott explains that much of our water supply crosses over one of the earth's most active fault systems

“We have to have the water. And it's in danger of being cut off by a major fault movement,” Abbott said.

Much of Southern California’s water comes from aqueducts in the northern part of the state. The problem is that those channels run over the San Andreas Fault.

An example of potential damage can be seen in the 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake, Abbott said.

“The land shifted horizontally 30 feet in 2 minutes. Well, a 30-foot horizontal offset of an aqueduct,” he said. “Boy, that's going to take some time to clean-up and cause a lot of mess in the meantime.”

Repairs could take a crucial amount of time especially when you're talking about cutting off water to countless homes and businesses.

When it comes to our water supply being in danger, costly long-term projects will be worth it, Abbott said.

“We're going to spend tremendous amounts of money and difficulty but the people of California are not going to be left to perish for lack of water,” he explained.

In the San Diego area, more water storage is possible after additions to the San Vicente Dam which is located west of the fault.

Read how the city of Los Angeles is planning to serve citizens with water in the case of such an interruption in the NPR report here.
 

A 3-year-old boy shot his mother in the leg early Monday in Davie, police said.

The shooting happened shortly before 4 a.m. at a home in the 4800 block of Southwest 59th Terrace.

Police said the toddler somehow got a hold of the gun and shot his mother in the leg. The family was taking the woman to the hospital when they flagged down an officer who called fire rescue.

She was taken to Memorial East Hospital in Hollywood with non-life threatening injuries.

Officers with the Broward County Sheriff's Office child protective team were at the house Monday afternoon interviewing family members in order to determine how the child got a hold of the gun. It is believed that multiple generations of a family reside in the home together.

"From what I am gathering the weapon is not usually stored where the weapon was. It was in a position or a place where the child could gain access to it easily," Davie Police spokesman Capt. Dale Engle said.

The child is expected to stay with the relatives in that house.

It is possible that charges could be brought against an adult in the home for not securing the gun properly, police said.

"It is definitely something we are looking at and I do anticipate at some point that charges may be brought forth towards the parents once we determine who actually owns the weapon," Engle said.

Engle also added that is is a "myth" that a small child is not strong enough to pull the trigger of a gun.

"If you can squeeze your hand then you can discharge a weapon, and there is an obvious fascination with weapons with all kids," he said.

A more than 100-ton boulder smashed into the side of an Alpine business complex Sunday, rupturing a gas line and inflicting serious damage on the building.

Owners Kelli and Scott Thomas got a call from a friend Sunday saying there was something odd about their equipment rental business on Alpine Boulevard.

A boulder, estimated to weigh in at 247,000 pounds, had rolled down the hillside and crashed into the two-story building.

“It looks like it’s melting,” Kelli Thomas said of the building.

The boulder stands 11 feet wide and is taller than a single story home, repair crews say.

“It’s a huge, huge boulder,” Kelli said.

Heartland Fire officials responded to the gas line break and secured the area just after 10 a.m. Officials say there hasn't been significant rainfall so they're not sure what caused the rock to slide. 

When the Thomases built the business 15 years ago, they never considered the potential of a boulder rolling down the hill behind them.

“It was always, ‘They might come down,’” Scott said of a rockslide or mudslide. “Slow slide, or mud trickling, or something like that — but that’s more like a ‘boom’ than a slip.”

A crane operator told the owners that he can’t get the rock out of there until it’s pared down to 8.5 feet wide and 8.5 feet tall.

So for now, they’re making do – working out of a motorhome on the property.

The owners say they're just glad the business was closed at the time so no one was hurt.

“This we can fix,” Kelli said of the damage.

Sunday’s Super Bowl battle between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks was the most-talked about NFL championship ever on Twitter and Facebook, the social media giants said Monday.

There were more than 28.4 million global tweets about the game and halftime show, surpassing last year’s 24.9 million tweets during the Super Bowl, Twitter said.

For Facebook, 65 million people wrote some 265 million Super Bowl-related posts, comments and likes.

Some of the game's highlights generated more buzz than Katy Perry's halftime performance and dozens of commercials.

The most popular moment on Facebook was the Patriots' win (1.36 million people-per-minute). This had the second highest volume on Twitter with 379,000 tweets per minute. Katy Perry’s “Firework” finale at halftime was the second most talked-about moment on Facebook (1.02 million people-per-minute); Perry's halftime show was third on Twitter with 284,000 tweets per minute.

When Malcolm Butler intercepted a pass by Russell Wilson one yard from the goal line with 20 seconds left in the game, Twitter exploded with 395,000 tweets per minute to become the top moment of the night. Butler’s move was the third most popular moment on Facebook, which sparked some 676,000 conversations per-minute.

Women between ages 25 to 34 were the most represented demographic in the conversation about the game on Facebook. The social media platform added that Tom Brady was the most-discussed New England Patriots player, and Marshawn Lynch from the Seahawks.

Two of Los Angeles' championship winning teams visited the White House Monday for a ceremony with President Barack Obama.

The NHL champion Los Angeles Kings and Major League Soccer title winners the LA Galaxy were part of a middday ceremony that the President conducts to recognize champions of professional sports.

The Kings won the Stanley Cup in 2014 for the second time in three years. Several players from the 2012 Cup team, the franchise's first to win the NHL prize, returned for this year's visit.

"The Kings have done the unthinkable," Obama said. "They have turned a city with no snow, no ice, no winter into a hockey town."

The Galaxy's 2014 MLS Cup victory marked the team's third title in four years. Together, the teams have combined for six professional sports titles since 2009.

"You guys have an embarrassment of riches," said Obama. "Today feels a little like Groundhog Day."

Kings Coach Darryl Sutter presented the President with an engraved hockey stick. Obama received a jersey with "Barack" on the back from the Galaxy.

A street fight turned into a fatal hit-and-run crash involving a sport utility vehicle driver and pedestrian Sunday night in South Los Angeles, witnesses told Los Angeles police.

Police blocked off the entire street at West 42nd Place and South Main Street as homicide detectives investigated the early morning attack that followed a verbal altercation between the victim and the SUV occupants, police said. The victim and attacker apparently encountered each other after leaving a bar, police said.

The victim urinated on the SUV's tires, leading to the confrontation, according to investigators. At least one witness told police the victim was attacked with a baseball bat. Police are attempting to confirm the witness' report.

"This is not an accident. This is an intentional act," said Capt. George Rodriguez. "Our suspect intentionally ran the victim over as a result of the dispute."

The victim was on foot when the dark-colored SUV stopped nearby. The driver tried to do a U-turn and ran over the victim in the process, police said.

The attacker's vehicle likely has front-end damage, police said.

Details regarding the victim's condition were not available early Monday afternoon.

NBC4's Jonathan Lloyd contributed to this report.

Vicious dogs that attack and maim people and other dogs are being put back on the streets because of lax oversight by the agency that's supposed to protect the public, the NBC4 I-Team has found.

Poor enforcement of city laws and policies by the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services leaves the city’s residents and surrounding communities vulnerable to attacks by dangerous dogs.

"It was like alligators biting you, because their jaws were so strong," said Dmytri Shyrokov, who was brutally mauled by two off-leash dogs while jogging in Studio City. Shyrokov required dozens of stitches, lost part of a testicle, and may not be able to father children. The city has lost track of at least one of the dogs who attacked him.

Dogs with a history of violent behavior are being returned to their owners or are unaccounted for -- raising the possibility they could attack again, the NBC4 I-Team found.

"I thought the system was going to protect me, but nothing happened," says Diana Chingos, whose Jack Russell terrier was killed when a loose pit bull attacked it in a Hollywood parking lot.

"The pit bull locked its jaws around my dog's midsection, and it literally crushed my dog's internal organs," Chingos told NBC4, about that off-leash pit bull who killed her beloved dog "Kelsey."

After the attack, Chingos asked for a city hearing to have the pit bull, named Hemi, declared as "dangerous." By law, Animal Services can declare a dog that viciously injures or kills as "dangerous," which means it has to be confiscated and humanely euthanized so it won't attack again.

"These dangerous dogs, these dogs that kill other dogs, should be taken out of circulation," Chingos told NBC4.

Animal Services can also order the owners of a violent dog to remove the animal from the LA city limits to a new owner.

But the Department of Animal Services said "evidence did not exist" that Hemi was dangerous, and simply returned the pit bull to its owner, Mario Osorio, even though he had a history of complaints that he let his pit bulls run off-leash, which is illegal.

The Department ordered Osorio to keep Hemi on a leash and wearing a muzzle, whenever he took the dog out of the house. But the I-Team caught Osorio violating that order day after day, letting Hemi and another pit bull run off-leash through his neighborhood.

When the I-Team asked the General Manager of the Department of Animal Services, Brenda Barnette, if she was concerned that an off-leash Hemi could kill or hurt again. Barnette replied, "Correct."

Dmytri Shyrokov is also worried that one of the dogs that mauled him could also attack someone else.

"They were ripping me apart. They just wanted me dead," is how Shyrokov described Romeo and Emelia, two pit bulls that were off-leash and lunged at him while he was jogging on a path in Studio City in September 2013.

Romeo locked his teeth onto Shyrokov's arms, while Emelia latched onto his groin--tearing one of his testicles, according to a report with Animal Services.

Shyrokov was rushed to Cedars-Sinai hospital, where he had stitches to repair dozens of bites, but doctors couldn't save part of the testicle which Emelia had bitten.

Again, Shyrokov asked Animal Services to declare Romeo and Emelia "dangerous" so they couldn't attack again.

Animal Services did declare Romeo "dangerous" because he had a history of attacking, but said there wasn't enough evidence to declare Emelia "dangerous."

The city simply ordered Emelia's owners to "permanently remove your dog" outside the LA city limits to new owners, and to provide Animal Services the name and address of the new owners.

But the I-Team discovered the city lost track of Emelia and doesn't know where the pit bull is currently. NBC4 tracked Emelia to a Santa Clarita subdivision, where neighbors don't know of her violent past.

Animal Services general manager Brenda Barnette admitted to the I-Team the city might have made a mistake by not declaring Emelia a "dangerous" dog " so she couldn't attack again.

"Is it possible there was human error made (in this case)? Yes there is. But I can't rewrite history at this point," Barnette said.

The I-Team also found instances where dogs that attacked people should've been impounded, but weren't.

To be sure, it is not just pit bulls that attack and kill other dogs and people.

"Any dog could have the potential of attacking and every owner needs to be aware of the potential of their own individual dogs," says Michael Chill, owner of Animal Services Dog Training and Behavior in Los Angeles.

When asked - on camera - if Animal Services could do a better job of protecting public safety from vicious dogs, Barnette said "I always believe we can do better."

When they woke up on the Jewish Sabbath, students at a Jewish fraternity at UC Davis found two red swastikas spray painted on their house and on the ground behind a door nearby.

Nathaniel Bernhard, vice president of Alpha Epsilon Pi's Davis chapter, told the Sacramento Bee the vandalism took place between 3 and 9 a.m. Saturday. The fraternity house is located off campus.

One swastika was spray painted on the wall of the yellow two-story building, and the other was on the ground outside a back door. After the swastikas were found, NBC affiliate KCRA spotted students waving Israeli flags to combat the hateful icons.

Davis Police Sgt. Trevor Edens told KCRA that police will be monitoring social media to see if anyone starts bragging about what they did.

In a written statement, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi called the behavior “repugnant and a gross violation of the values our university holds dear.”

“Nothing rivals a swastika as a more potent or offensive symbol of hatred and violence toward our Jewish community members,” Katehi said.

The Jewish Federation, the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Community Relations Council condemned the graffiti.

ADL Central Pacific Regional Director Seth Brysk, Pacific regional director for the ADL said in a statement that his orgnanization "denounces this heinous expression of hatred. It is deeply shocking and thoroughly repugnant any time a swastika is employed against the Jewish community.  It is even more offensive that this act of anti-Semitism was committed during the same week the world commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz from the Nazis."

The vandalism comes after the Associated Students of UC Davis passed an advisory resolution asking the UC regents to divest from businesses with connections to Israel, the Bee reported.

Brysk noted the timing of the swastikas, as well.

"We are extremely concerned that this hate crime occurred directly on the heels of a UC  Davis student senate vote supporting the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement," he said "BDS activists have been known to employ Holocaust imagery and themes in an attempt to garner support for their cause."

As of Monday, no arrests have been made.

A canyon community in north Los Angeles neighborhood was under careful watch Monday morning as sheriff's deputies searched for a suspect who allegedly tried run down a deputy, authorities said.

The deputy shot at a man driving a stolen gardener's truck in the Santa Clarita area, deputies said.

At least one man was arrested, deputies said. The man surrounded by deputies was taken into custody, according to footage from NewsChopper4.

No one was injured in the shooting, which took place at about 8:45 a.m. in the 21300 block of Oakriver Lane, a dead-end street, in Newhall, deputies said.

The driver of the truck remains on the loose, deputies said. A sheriff's helicopter circled the neighborhood demanding that the suspect surrender.

Nearby schools McGrath Elementary and Our Lady of Perpetual Help were briefly put on lockdown as the search proceeded.

Refresh this page for updates on this developing story.

A 74-year-old grandmother has turned her home into a safe haven for the forgotten children of the crippled community of Watts.

Millicent Hill, who goes by Mama, is a retired Los Angeles school teacher who made it her life’s mission to save inner-city children from violence.

Mama Hill spent four decades in the LA public school system. When she realized she’d lost 2,000 kids to gang violence over the course of her career, she decided to start an afterschool program to try and save as many as she could: educating them, feeding them and teaching life skills.

“They need the love and respect of being treated like a human being and talked to like they’re intelligent,” she said.

One of the kids Mama Hill is helping is Ronnell Young. The 19-year-old used to wreak havoc and vandalize property in the neighborhood.

Then, three years ago, Ronnell was shot 5 times while standing in front of his friend Marshell Warren’s house. She dragged his body to safety and held his head as they waited for the ambulance.

“I just remember him telling us don’t let him die," Warren said.

After Ronnell recovered, Warren introduced him to Mama Hill.

“I thought she would be able to offer him emotional stability because after he got shot he was so bitter,” she said.

Ronnell has come a long way, and in turn, introduced Hill to one of his friends, Robert Williamson, a former foster kid who's served time in juvenile hall.

The young men say mentoring younger kids at Mama’s house has given them purpose -- and that Mama has given them something they haven’t seen much of in their lives: love.

“She is a second mom, a home away from home. If I have nowhere to go I always have Mama Hill,” Young said.

Mama Hill’s non-profit organization is always struggling to pay the bills. If you’d like to donate to the program, or volunteer as a mentor, click here: mamahillshelp.org.

Warren Sapp was arrested after police say he solicited and assaulted at least one prostitute early Monday morning at a hotel in downtown Phoenix, where he had been covering the Super Bowl for the NFL Network hours earlier.

The former All-Pro defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders had begun arguing over money with two women in a hotel room, and the argument soon spilled into the hallway and turned physical, police said.

Sapp, 42, admitted to having hired a prostitute but denied assaulting the women, police said. Both women had minor injuries that appeared to have resulted from a struggle, according to investigators.

Sapp was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on misdemeanor charges of soliciting prostitution and two counts of assault.

It was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer.

“Warren Sapp has been suspended indefinitely without pay from NFL Network pending the outcome of ongoing police investigation,'' Alex Riethmiller, a spokesman for the network, said in a statement Monday.

One of the women was cited for prostitution and released, and the other was cited for violating the city's escort permit requirements and released, police said.

Sapp, who played for the Raiders from 2004 until 2008, now works as an analyst for the NFL Network. He was in Arizona over the weekend to cover Sunday's Super Bowl.

Sapp played college football for the University of Miami until he was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995. Prior to the 2004 season, Sapp signed with the Raiders, the same team he had helped defeat in Super Bowl XXXVII.

Sapp has had a history with legal troubles around the Super Bowl. He was arrested the day before the Super Bowl in 2010 on a domestic battery charge, but prosecutors later dropped the case because of inconsistences between the victim's statements and evidence, including surveillance video.

Despite making millions in his playing career, Sapp filed for bankruptcy in 2012 in Florida after owing more than $6.7 million to creditors and back child support and alimony.

In Monday's incident, Phoenix police officers working security at a downtown hotel were investigating a noise disturbance about 2:30 a.m. when they were contacted by a woman alleging she had been assaulted.

"The incident was alleged to have occurred in a guest room, after meeting in the lobby while she and another female were there as escorts,'' said Sgt. Trent Crump, a police spokesman. ``During a meeting in the room, an argument ensued, allegedly over money and the altercation turned physical, spilling out into the hallway. During the investigation, detectives were able to establish that an act of prostitution occurred in the room by at least one of the females.''

Crump said Sapp was taken to police headquarters and questioned ``and admitted involvement in the act of prostitution, but denied assaulting the females. Minor injuries consistent with a struggle were observed by investigators on both females.''

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

A man was flung into the air by the force of a weather-related manhole explosion in Brooklyn Monday, according to Consolidated Edison and fire officials. A second person was also injured. 

The man, who had been walking on the street at the time of the explosion on Prospect Park West between Fourth and Fifth streets shortly before noon, apparently was hit in the head by the flying manhole as he was flung into the air, utility and city fire officials said. He was taken to a hospital.

It wasn't clear if the second injured person also went to a hospital. The conditions of the victims weren't immediately available. 

Con Edison said that ice-melting road salt seeped under the manhole cover causing the blast. It shattered windows and could be heard and felt from as far as 10 blocks away, according to witnesses.

Utility workers were assessing the damage at the scene. No widespread power outages were reported.

Santa Monica High School has its second measles case in less than a month, the latest one a baby who was too young to be vaccinated.

A day care center on the school's campus closed Monday, two days after the center was alerted that a child under 1-year-old who attends the Samohi Infant Toddler Center came down with the virus, officials said.

No other children are known to have the disease, according to a Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District spokeswoman, and the high school was open as usual. The baby is too young to receive the vaccination.

A letter went out to parents of the 24 children enrolled in the day care, for chilren aged 6 months to 3 years, officials said.

It's the second case of measles at the school -- a high school coach was diagnosed with measles in January, but school was kept open after officials determined students were at low risk for contracting the highly infections virus.

City News Service contributed to this report.

A snowstorm that dropped another foot of snow on Boston on Monday has forced the city to postpone its scheduled New England Patriots victory parade.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh initially announced at noon Monday that the parade would be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. But after being forced to cancel school on Tuesday due to the snowstorm, the mayor decided to change course.

In a release sent out at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Walsh's office announced that the city and the team had mutually decided to postpone the parade until Wednesday at 11 a.m. The parade will start at the Prudential Tower and end at City Hall.

"We thank everyone for their flexibility and patience during the planning of this parade and we look forward to celebrating with Patriots fans during better weather on Wednesday," the statement said.

The Patriots are expected to return home on Monday night, landing at Logan Airport around 6:45 p.m. From there, they'll proceed to Gillette Stadium to clear out their lockers. Because of the weather, no crowds are expected to welcome the team home.

A Cub Scout pack’s hike along the San Diego coastline led the children to a nude beach, scout officials confirmed Monday.

The scouts, ages 9 and 10, were out for a planned hike on January 24 in the area of Torrey Pines State Beach just north of La Jolla.

A few hiking trails in this section of the coastline led down to the beach below the cliffs. One beach in particular, Black's Beach, is known for its nude sunbathers.

So on this Saturday hike, the young scouts saw a little more than parents were expecting.

Scout officials say the pack “encountered some individuals who were inappropriately dressed.”

A Facebook user told NBC 7 that parents were “panicked” and protested the hike route to the cub master.

According to the official statement from the San Diego-Imperial Council, parents and adult volunteers “quickly rerouted” the group “to protect the youth.”

NBC 7 tracked down the pack leader who told us he was not punished for the field trip.

Council officials say they met with parents and discussed whether there needed to be any other action taken.

“Together we concluded that proper protocol had been observed and appropriate steps were taken in this matter," the official statement said.

Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve has a number of hiking trails with varying degrees of difficulty.

One ranger told NBC 7 that it’s very common to see youth groups hiking in the area, especially scouts who are working toward earning an outdoor badge.
 

Death Row Records co-founder Marion "Suge" Knight has had a long history of run-ins with the law. We take a look at his checkered past as he faces murder charges in a hit-and-run crash that left a man dead in Compton.

Nov. 18, 2008 - Suge Knight Facing Drug, Battery Charges In Las Vegas
The Clark County district attorney’s office in Nevada is seeking criminal charges against hip-hop mogul Marion "Suge" Knight. A criminal complaint sent to the Las Vegas Justice Court on Monday charges Knight with two counts of felony drug possession and one count of misdemeanor battery. Read more

Feb. 16, 2009 - Police: Rap Producer Suge Knight Hospitalized After Beating at Arizona Hotel
A beating has left rap producer Marion 'Suge' Knight hospitalized in Arizona. Police say it happened early Monday at a private party in a hotel in Scottsdale. Read more

Feb. 16, 2009 - Cops Save "Suge" Knight From Beat Down
Marion "Suge" Knight is a big man. He once played for the Los Angeles Rams. So it must have been quite a spectacle when police officers had to use Tasers on two guys who were beating him up. And the fact that "Suge" went to the hospital with broken facial bones leads one to believe that the man who punched him, Robert Carnes Jr., 38, of Bethlehem, Pa., is a titan of some sort. Read more

Feb. 18, 2009 - "Suge" Knight Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Battery
Marion "Suge" Knight has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery for beating a woman in a Las Vegas parking lot last year. Read more

March 24, 2010 - "Suge" Knight Sought After LA Rapper Robbery
Los Angeles police want to talk to Suge Knight after a rapper initially accused the former Death Row Records chief of robbing him before recanting the story. Read more

Jan. 30, 2015 - Man Killed Allegedly by Suge Knight Called "Great, Caring"
The businessman who was struck and killed allegedly by a rap mogul's vehicle is remembered as a successful entrepreneur and family man, who gave back to his community as a mentor and a foster parent. Read more

Feb. 1, 2015 - Authorities Reviewing Suge Knight Video
Sheriff's investigators Saturday were reviewing a video of an incident in which hip-hop music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight hit two men with his pickup truck, killing one, that may help provide clarity on whether Knight was the victim or attacker in his most serious run-in with the law to date. Read more

Feb. 2, 2015 - Marion "Suge" Knight Charged With Murder
Marion "Suge" Knight was charged Monday with murder and other counts following a fatal hit-and-run in a Compton parking lot last week, prosecutors said. Read more

Bookstores brim with guides suggesting how to better connect with your intuitive side, your horse sense, your ability to know what's next before you reach that point in the road.

Perhaps, though, any future "what if?" nagging at you could be handily solved by calling upon the Los Angeles Zoo. Specifically the zoo's famous Masai giraffe, a handsome fellow named Artimus.

Artimus -- who goes by Artie, if you're comfortable with getting casual -- may just possess that soothsaying, see-into-the-future ability that you seek. Why? Because just days ahead of Super Bowl 49 the giraffe predicted that the New England Patriots would triumph. (His method of prediction involved a meal, specifically feed selected from one of two feeders bearing the Super Bowl teams' logos.)

Animals displaying an ability to call games and events -- or at least get into the lively spirit of the moment -- have made headlines before. A kangaroo living at the Australia Zoo -- Flopsy is her name -- gained fans last year when she nibbled at foods representing World Cup teams. Her nickname? Predictaroo.

Perhaps Artie needs a catchy handle, too. The Animal Augur? The Furry Forecaster? Giraffe buffs, get thinking.

By the by, this isn't the first time Artie has been in the news in recent months; he's the proud papa to Leo, who was born at the Griffith Park-based animal park just ahead of Thanksgiving.

Parents are said to have a sixth sense, so perhaps that gave Artie some oomph when it came to choosing between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. Perhaps the feeder denoting the Patriots just looked more tempting. Or perhaps he really was tall enough to see into the future, or into Arizona, or a mystifying combination of both.

A representative for the zoo says "it's a good bet" that the giraffe'll take on more charming guesses in the days and months ahead. What will Artie predict next? 

Marion "Suge" Knight was charged Monday with murder and other counts following a fatal hit-and-run in a Compton parking lot last week, prosecutors said.

Knight was charged with murder, attempted murder, and hit-and-run with an allegation that he committed a serious and violent felony while out on bail in another pending case, officials said.

He's set to be arraigned on Tuesday. He is being held at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles without bail.

Earlier, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge yanked bail for the Death Row Records co-founder because he's considered a flight risk.

A bail commissioner amended Knight's bail from $2 million to no bail due to several factors including his flight risk status, that he is a third-strike candidate, possible witness intimidation and his criminal past, said Nicole Nishida, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Knight, 49, is accused of using his pickup truck to intentionally run over two men at a burger stand in Compton Thursday afternoon. One of the men was killed.

Knight allegedly had an argument with men. But he claims through his attorney that he struck the two men accidentally as he tried top get away from two other men who were threatening him.

If convicted, Knight faces up to life in state prison.