The giant alligator spotted at an Englewood, Florida, golf course is back -- and this time, he's hungry.

The Myakka Pines Golf Course posted a new photo to Facebook Thursday of their famous resident -- a giant alligator affectionately known as "Goliath."

This time, Goliath is chowing down on a giant turtle.

"Sorta nasty to see, but it's the reality of wild animals," the club says on their Facebook page.

Mickie Zada, manager of the club, estimates that Goliath is at least 12 to 13 feet long.

The reptile earned his name after the club polled fans on Facebook on what they should name him.

The other choices were "Viral" and "Myakka Mike."

A dashcam video released by the Glendale Police Department seems to contradict claims by "Empire" actress Taraji Henson that her son was racially profiled by police during a traffic stop in Glendale.

Henson, an Emmy and Academy-award nominated actress, said in an interview with Uptown magazine released this week that her son was racially profiled by police in two different incidents, one in Glendale and one at USC.

The 40-minute video shows Henson’s son, Marcell Johnson, driving through a lit and flashing crosswalk with a woman walking in it. The officer pulls Johnson over and explains why he was stopped.

During the initial interaction, Johnson is asked if he has ever been arrested and if there is anything illegal in the car. Johnson discloses that there is marijuana in his backpack, and tells the officer that he has a medical marijuana prescription.

"I appreciate you being honest with me about the weed. I do appreciate that because I do smell weed," the officer said.

Later during the stop, Johnson also tells the office that he has Ritalin pills that he obtained from a friend in the car. Those are never found during a search of the car.

In the end, the officer issues Johnson a citation for the marijuana, and advises him that he can go to court with his proof of prescription and will then likely only have to pay a fine.

He tells Johnson that the marijuana citation is better than a ticket for illegally running through the crosswalk because it won’t have a lasting effect on his driving record.

"I am not going to give you a citation for running that yellow because that would actually put a moving violation on your driving license, and you are going to have to go to traffic school and all that stuff, so I am helping you by not giving you a violation on it. All I am going to do is take the weed from you," he said.

Johnson was also asked to take a field sobriety test because he admitted he had smoked marijuana two hours before the traffic stop. He passed the sobriety test.

Henson told Uptown magazine that her son was slated to attend USC but that he would now be attending Howard University in Washington, D.C. because she was concerned about the profiling.

A jury decided Friday that a prestigious venture capital firm did not discriminate or retaliate, on most counts, against a female employee in a case that shined a light on gender imbalance and working conditions for women in Silicon Valley.

The jury in San Francisco reached the verdict in a lawsuit filed by Ellen Pao against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

However, after polling the jury following the verdict, the judge sent the jurors back to deliberate on one of the counts regarding retaliation. The jury was split 8 for "No" and 4 for "Yes" when polled on count No. 4.

Jurors heard conflicting portraits of Pao during closing arguments. Her attorneys said she was an accomplished junior partner who was passed over for a promotion and fired because the firm used different standards to judge men and women.

"This case should be about what Ms. Pao did for Kleiner Perkins,'' her attorney Alan Exelrod said.

Kleiner Perkins' attorney, Lynne Hermle, countered that Pao failed as an investor at the company and sued to get a big payout as she was being shown the door.

"Her view of her skills and performance was far different than the views of the Kleiner Perkins partners,'' Hermle told jurors.

The lawsuit claimed she was fired when she complained about discrimination.

A study introduced as evidence during the trial showed that women are grossly underrepresented as partners in the venture capital sector. Industry consultants say the case has already sparked some technology and venture companies to re-examine their cultures and practices for potential gender bias.

During her testimony, Pao told jurors that her lawsuit was intended in part to create equal opportunities for women in the venture capital sector. Hermle, however, accused Pao of having less altrusitic motives.

"The complaints of Ellen Pao were made for only one purpose: a huge payout for team Ellen,'' Hermle said in her closing argument.

Kleiner Perkins officials also said Pao was a chronic complainer who twisted facts and circumstances in her lawsuit and had a history of conflicts with colleagues that contributed to the decision to let her go.

The case included salacious testimony about Pao's affair with a male colleague that was intended to bolster her allegations of gender bias. Pao said the colleague pursued her relentlessly before the affair began, and that she broke it off when she learned he had lied about his wife leaving him.

Pao told jurors the colleague later retaliated by shutting her out of key emails and meetings, and Kleiner Perkins did nothing to stop him when she complained.

Testimony showed the colleague was later found to have harassed another female employee.

Pao's attorneys also said she was excluded from an all-male dinner at the home of Vice President Al Gore; received a book of erotic poetry from a partner; was asked to take notes like a secretary at a meeting; and subjected to talk about pornography aboard a private plane.

Hermle, however, showed the jury emails and text messages that seemed to contradict Pao's claims that the colleague hounded her into a relationship. In one email from 2006, after the affair began, Pao wrote that she was always looking out for the colleague - "never stopped, never will.''

Jurors were asked to determine whether Kleiner Perkins discriminated against Pao because she is a woman; failed to take reasonable steps to prevent that discrimination; and retaliated against her after she complained about gender bias by failing to promote her and then firing her.

The jury was also tasked with deciding what, if any, money Pao should receive for past and future lost earnings.

NBC Bay Area's Mark Matthews contributed to this report.

The hills were alive with the sound of music this week after hikers in search of sweeping views of Southern California were surprised to find a piano on a lookout in the Santa Monica Mountains.

The piano was discovered on top of Topanga Lookout, near Stunt Road in the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area.

Several photos posted to Instagram indicated the piano was hauled up Tuesday  to the ridgeline for a music video shoot involving Seatlle-based artist Rachel Wong. Wong was a finalist in Ford's 2012 "Gimme the Gig II" contest, according to her biography.

The photos showed the five-person crew using a rope to pull the piano up a narrow trail, part of a two-mile round trip hike with about 160 feet of elevation gain. They used a moving dolly on some parts of the rugged trail, a job that took about 45 minutes, said videographer Michael Froton.

Aerial video Thursday afternoon showed hikers playing the piano on the graffiti-covered concrete foundation of an old fire tower and taking pictures of the instrument with a dramatic natural backdrop.

"It shows how different we are," said hiker Nick Herron. "Where else do you hear about a piano on top of a ridge?"

A representative from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy told NBC4 Thursday they were not aware of the piano. The agency said the land likely belongs to a water district.

 

For all of you asking, This is how we got the piano up there :) #piano90x #perfectlyimperfect #pianohike #teampiano90x

A photo posted by Melvin Faner (@mixupmel) on Mar 27, 2015 at 12:37am PDT

A school bus driver helped about 35 students safely exit a burning bus Friday morning in front of an Orange County school after flames spread from its engine area.

Two students were treated by firefighter-paramedics at the scene, but they did not suffer serious injuries, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.

The full size school bus' engine bay caught fire in front of Rancho Santa Margarita Intermediate School at about 8:15 a.m. Firefighters, who initially thought it might be a wildfire due to the amount of smoke, extinguished the fire about 15 minutes later.

A thick column of black smoke could be seen from around the school campus and in the surrounding neighborhood. Explosions were heard as the bus tires burst due to the heat and fire.

Daniel Grantham had just dropped his son off at the school when he looked in his rearview mirror and saw the smoke.

"I saw (smoke) coming from the direction of the school and that was my first worry," Grantham said. "I flipped around and pulled up right in front of the school where the bus was. It was burning when I got there.

"I've got to give kudos to the bus driver. The bus driver is the real hero."

The driver, who declined an on-camera interview, was identified as a 20-year employee with First Student Bus Company, which contracts with the school district.  She did "an excellent job" of getting all the students off the bus safely, according to the OCFA.

The driver noticed smoke coming out of the engine area as she pulled up in front of the school, said Steve Concialdi, of the Orange County Fire Authority. She calmly helped the children, ages 12 to 14, off the bus before using a fire extinguisher to fight the fire.

"These are her kids -- she takes them to school every day," said Concialdi

The front of the bus sustained significant damage. A location manager for the bus company told NBC4 the buses are inspected every 45 days, but did not have information regarding information specific to the bus that burned.

"Our students were safely evacuated to the PE school area when the school bus fire was reported," Principal Rick Jameson said in a statement. "This is our normal evacuation procedure. We take school safety when it comes to the safety of students as well as staff. Three kids had some emotional suffering, mostly just panicking and hyperventilating, but nobody was injured. Those three students were released to their parents. We will continue with regular school schedule for today."
 

RSM - The bus driver did an excellent job of getting all the students off the bus safely.

— OCFA PIO (@OCFA_PIO) March 27, 2015

Off-duty FDNY firefighter Mike Shepherd didn't need to be in uniform to be a hero in the aftermath of the fiery East Village building explosion Thursday that leveled three buildings, injured about two dozen people and left two people missing. 

The Squad 41 firefighter is the man seen in widely viewed videos of the scene climbing up a fire escape to check for any possibly trapped residents inside 121 Second Ave. after the blast Thursday afternoon.

"I heard a loud explosion and I look down the block and I just started running toward the corner," he told reporters at an FDNY briefing Friday.

He helped to direct a woman down from the second-floor apartment on the fire escape.

Then "I just climbed it, started searching my way up from the second floor. Opened the window and looked in and the floor was collapsed," said Shepherd. He continued up to the third floor.

He didn't come down until he'd gotten all the way up to the top floor, and the danger to himself became all too real.

"I could feel the heat and the smoke, and I said, 'I gotta get outta here now,'" he said. "And I looked and I could see 9-truck coming and 33-engine, so I said, 'Worst case scenario, they'll have to put the bucket up and grab me."

Witness Troy Hinson recorded Shepherd climbing up the fire escape and told NBC News the crowd below was terrified as they watched. 

"You're kind of in awe at what this guy's doing but you're also kind of holding your breath and you're like, I don't want to see this guy die in front of me, but that was definitely going through my mind," he said. 

"Some people just react a certain way, and he just instinctively reacted to climb up there, and that guy is truly the hero," said Hinson. 

Shepherd said he thought of his family, his wife, son daughters and granddaughter -- but the third-generation firefighter knew he couldn't walk away without helping.

"Maybe it's just in your blood," he said. "But being a New Yorker, you're always willing to go out and help somebody, you know."
 

Two vigils and two fundraisers are already in the works in memory of slain San Jose police Officer Michael Johnson, who was shot Tuesday night while responding to a suicidal man, who ended up killing him with a rifle.

In additional, the officer's formal memorial service will be held April 2 at 11 a.m. at the SAP Center at San Jose.

Before that, several events are also taking place:

The first memorial is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Friday in the 2600 block of Senter Road in San Jose, where Johnson was gunned down.

The second  is set for 8 p.m. on Friday in the courtyard at San Jose City Hall. Star of David Ministries and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association are hosting the memorial.

“We have suffered a very devastating loss to our community, and we need to show officer Johnson’s family and the SJPD that we support them, “ said Kathleen Flynn, president of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association.

In addition, Owen Nolan, a former San Jose Shark who is a part owner of the Brittania Arms, is hosting a April 2 at the restaurant, located at 5027 Almaden Expressway.

Also, the San Jose Police Officers’ Association is helping raise fund to provide financial assistance to his family.

In addition, CreaTV in San Jose is opening its studio from noon to 2 p.m. on Friday so that the community can share their thoughts on what Johnson's death means to them. The messages will be cablecast live on Silicon Valley Channel 30.

The 38-year-old Johnson was killed on Tuesday when he arrived at an apartment building after a caller told 911 that Scott Dunham was drunk and despondant and was threatening to harm his wife. When Johnson arrived, Dunham killed him from his balcony with a high-powered rifle.

Dunham's body was found Wednesday morning on the balcony. He had died of a gunshot wound, police said. But it's unclear whether the bullet was self-inflicted or whether he died during the police shootout.

Checks can be mailed payable to the SJPOACF at: 1151 N. 4th St., San Jose, CA 95112 or online.
 

The man who authorities said killed a San Jose police officer suffered from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, depression and alcoholism, according to his niece, Amber Golart.

Scott Dunham died from a gunshot wound suffered from a shootout with police late Tuesday that left veteran Officer Michael Johnson dead.

Golart attended a memorial for Johnson held late Friday on Senter Road. More than 100 people showed up to the vigil held near the scene of the fatal shooting.

"We are sorry for the loss of the officer. This is a tragic accident," Golart said. "No one meant for this to take place. But as a family, we feel like we're caught in the middle. We're mourning for the officer, but we're mourning for our uncle."

Golart added the last few days have been also hard for the Dunham family, especially knowing it was a loved one who took an officer's life. Dunham's family is calling Tuesday's incident suicide by cop.

Another memorial for Johnson was held Friday night in the courtyard at San Jose City Hall and was hosted by Star of David Ministries and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association.

“We have suffered a very devastating loss to our community, and we need to show officer Johnson’s family and the SJPD that we support them, “ said Kathleen Flynn, president of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association.

A formal memorial service for Johnson will be held April 2 at 11 a.m. at the SAP Center at San Jose

In addition, Owen Nolan, a former San Jose Shark who is a part owner of the Brittania Arms, is hosting a fundraiser April 2 at the restaurant, located at 5027 Almaden Expressway.

Also, the San Jose Police Officers’ Association is helping raise fund to provide financial assistance to his family.

The 38-year-old Johnson was killed on Tuesday when he arrived at an apartment building after a caller told 911 that Dunham was drunk and despondent and was threatening to harm his wife. When Johnson arrived, Dunham killed him from his balcony with a high-powered rifle.

Dunham's body was found Wednesday morning on the balcony. He had died of a gunshot wound, police said.

Checks can be mailed payable to the SJPOACF at: 1151 N. 4th St., San Jose, CA 95112 or online.

Lisa Fernandez contributed to this report.

Police are seeking a "large group" who used skateboards to attack a teen girl and her friends in a brutal assault caught on video.

In the cellphone the girl is shown being attacked, hit in the head with a skateboard and then another person kicks her. The attack took place at the 5200 block of Windward Avenue at around 8:55 p.m. Thursday, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said.

Armani Smith, an avid skateboarder, did not witness the attack, however people who did were too scared to talk on camera.

"(The attack is) really upsetting. It's shocking," Smith said.

Police say it all started after the band of friends got into an argument with another large group a nearby popular Venice skatepark.

The victims -- three males and two females -- tried to run away from a group of people at the there, but could not escape and were attacked in the street less than 100 yards away.

Police say some of the victims suffered serious injuries including cuts, bruises and a broken jaw.

Lt. Aaron Ponce from the LAPD's Pacific Division says detectives are reviewing video posted on social media to identify and track down the suspects. One  person is heard shouting at the victims, "Go back home."

Police are not classifying it as a gang crime, but say it may have been an argument about people not from the area hanging out at the skatepark.

Police said they have been beefing up patrols in the boardwalk since Thursday night.

A rapper was arrested after allegedly beating up some T-shirt touts and robbing them outside an Orange County concert venue.

Harlem hip-hop favorite Immortal Technique was taken into custody after his sell-out show at The Observatory in Santa Ana Thursday night.

The 37-year-old, real name Felipe Coronel and his 40-year-old promoter Stephen McDaniel, were arrested after being identified as among a group of up to 12 men who allegedly took T-shirts, cash and cell phones from the touts.

"(When) officers got there and located the two victims who were just outside the Observatory property selling shirts that had the likeness of the rap artist on it," Cpl. Anthony Bertagna, of Santa Ana Police Department said.

Coronel and McDaniel were both arrested after the show was over.

"It was a sold out concert. Obviously the Officers didn't want to go in there, shut the concert down and then have additional issues," Cpl. Bertagna said.

Immortal Technique boasts a million social media followers and official T-shirts on his website sell for $20 each.

He was allegedly unhappy that he was not receiving any of the profits being made from the allegedly fake merchandize. 

After posting $50,000 bail he went back on tour. The case is now being handled by prosecutors.

Music fans at The Observatory had mixed feelings about the arrest.

"Celebrities do make a lot of money compared to the common person. I'm pretty sure the people selling this stuff come from a low income background," Jasmine Guillen said.

"Oh. I love Immortal Technique. He should get a profit then," Taylor Smith said.

A man was shot dead at house party in South Los Angeles early Saturday.

The shooting happened at a house near the intersection of 52nd Street and Denker Avenue at around 12:30 a.m, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said.

The victim died at the scene, and a  large group of people were interviewed at the scene by investigators.

It is unknown what led up to the shooting and the investigation is on-going

There is no suspect description at this time, and it is not yet known if the crime was gang related.

A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car on the 10 Freeway near downtown Los Angeles early Saturday.

Only one lane remained open after the person was struck by a Toyota at on the eastbound side at Vermont Avenue at around 2:25 a.m, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.

The driver remained on the scene after the crash, while the victim died at the scene.

It is unknown what the pedestrian was doing on road or how they got there.

All lanes were reopened at around 5:24 a.m.

A woman was fatally shot at a bowling alley in Torrance early Saturday.

She was hit in the parking lot of Gable House Bowl on the 22000 block of Hawthorne Boulevard at around 12:45 a.m, a Torrance Police Department spokesman said.

Friends put her in a car and tried to take her to a hospital, but the driver crashed within a half mile of the lot at the intersection of West Carson Street and Hawthorne Boulevard.

The woman received emergency surgery for her gunshot wound. She later died from her injuries.

Four people of interest were detained for questioning after being seen leaving the parking lot, however no arrests have been made, police said.

It is unknown if the shooting was gang related, if the victim knew the suspects knew each other or what may have led up to the shooting.

A woman allegedly wielding a knife was shot dead by police attending a domestic dispute.

The shooting occurred at the 500 block of West Vineyard Avenue in Oxnard at around 1 a.m. Saturday, an Oxnard Police Department spokesman said.

Officers were speaking to the man who had reported the incident when the 24-year-old woman allegedly advanced on them while holding a knife. She was then shot, and died at the scene.

The police officer who fired has been placed on administrative leave, which is standard proceedure.

An investigation into the shooting is ongoing, and detectives are still at the scene.

A security guard has been arrested for allegedly selling cocaine to undercover detectives.

Christopher Rodriguez, 22, sold the drug to California Department of Alcohol and Beverage Control (ABC) officers at the Red Covina Restaurant and Lounge on three separate occasions, a Covina Police Department spokesman said.

Rodriguez was taken into custody by ABC agents with the aid of Covina PD Special Enforcement Team detectives Friday night. He is being held on $50,000 bail.

Legal action may also be taken against the nightspot itself, which is on North Citrus Avenue.

The parents of two missing SoCal residents are unhappy investigators did not know their missing vehicles had been given parking tickets.

The cars of Raymond Collins and Erica Alonso were both given tickets before being eventually found by detectives.

Police officials says law enforcement databases are often different from parking enforcement databases, which may be part of the reason for the disconnect.

Annie Collins, whose music producer son Raymond disappeared on February 16th during a business meeting in Compton believes if that is the case, then something has to be done.

After her boy was reported missing on February 20th. Three days after that, was found parked on a side street in Compton, but Raymond was nowhere to be seen. His car had two tickets were on the windshield. One was for February 18th and another for February 19th.

"(We gave) His description, the car description, the license plate number…  everything that we could to get this started," Collins said, " It's been so frustrating because it's going on a month and a half and we have no answers."

Collins is unhappy investigators did not discover his car sooner despite its details being entered into the parking violations data base

A similar set of circumstances occurred again this week, when missing Orange County woman Erica Alonso's vehicle was recovered in Aliso Viejo after she had been missing since disappearing following a Valentine's Day date.

Her father, Isaac, told NBC4 he believes it also had two parking tickets attached.

Thousands of job seekers are expected to flood Dodger Stadium Saturday during the 20th annual Dodger hosted Community Job Fair.

More than 100 companies will be on hand during the free event that begins at 10 a.m.

Features include assistance with resume building and guidance from training providers.

Free parking is provided for the three-hour event that provides a shuttle service from the corner of Elysian Park Avenue and Sunset Boulevard into the stadium.

Attendees are encouraged to wear business attire and bring their current resume.
 

The woman suspected of barricading 14 students into a classroom and fighting staff was experiencing a mental breakdown, her sister told NBC 7 Friday.

Linda Lira, 31, was taken to the hospital Wednesday evening after some strange behavior at Lemon Grove Academy. The after-care assistant locked herself in a room with the students, ranging in age from nine to 11 years old.

When staff intervened, Lira fought them, undressed and dressed again, upended desks and threw things around the room, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

The suspect’s sister, Cathy Lira, said she had never seen that kind of behavior from Lira before, though she had been making some strange comments recently.

"She did start talking about like Lucifer. She had like three days like that, just mentioning that and some warriors were protecting her,” said Cathy, “but we were like, maybe she's just changing religion, that they're just putting this in her head?”

Deputies who responded to the school thought Lira was on drugs, so they told Cathy and her family to pick the woman up at the hospital and get her some help. They gave her a citation for being under the influence.

But the sister said doctors discovered Lira had no drugs in her system. “She was clean. She was just having a mental meltdown,” said Cathy.

Officials allowed the suspect to go home with her family to rest for the night. According to Cathy, Lira did not remember the incident the next morning.

She planned to return to the school to pick up her purse, which was left behind in the scuffle. But when Lira arrived on campus, deputies were waiting to take her into custody Thursday. The arrest came as a complete surprise to her family.

“They didn’t tell us nothing. They just told us to get help for her. That’s all they did,” said Cathy.

Lira is being held at Las Colinas Women’s Detention Facility for 28 counts of felony child endangerment and false imprisonment. Her bail is $2.1 million.

Her sister is still trying to understand what happened and what caused her to break down. She fears Lira will not get the help she needs behind bars.

"I can say from everything, she's the best aunt to my daughter,” said Cathy through tears. “That was her baby too. That's why I know she would not have done that to those kids."

Lira has declined an interview request from NBC 7. She is scheduled to be arraigned on March 30.

At Lemon Grove Academy, administrators gathered parents of all the victims and told them what happened Wednesday. They also brought counselors to campus in case students needed to talk about the incident.

“Even as a parent, you’re still scared. You’re still concerned because they have these episodes and sometimes it could hurt children or staff or other people,” said Veronica Valle, whose child goes to the school.

A World War II veteran who died alone in a nursing home just before his 99th birthday will be honored by leaders of the Los Angeles community and the nurses who called him “family.”

Col. Norman Wyles had three Purple Hearts, he was a decorated U.S. Marine. He was also loved by the people put in charge to care for him.

“This personality bellowed through the ER. It was like a magnet. You were drawn to him,” Suzanne Silva said, one of Wyles’ nurses.

In 2011, he rolled into Silva and Emily Brown’s lives when he arrived at the emergency room of the Northridge Hospital Medical Center.

He was treated and eventually released where he would spend the last days of his life in a nursing home.

Estranged from his daughter, Wyles’ had no other family to care for him.

“For the last four years, we’ve adopted him and he’s adopted us, he’s become family to us,” Brown said.

When Wyles died on Feb. 24, one of Silva’s worst fears came true. The nurses he called his daughters weren’t notified of his death, “because we were not ‘family,’” she said.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department will do a fly over in Granada Hills at about 2:00 p.m. in honor of Wyles memory. Members of the LA City Fire Department, the Marine Corp League, the LA Police Board and local scout troops will join in the celebration.

And of course, the nurses that cared for him till his final days will be there too.