A young jaguar cub will be the newest addition to the family at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, zoo officials said.

Mother Nindiri welcomed the cub on March 12 at 8:30 p.m. inside the jaguar den at the Harry and Grace Steele Elephant Odyssey exhibit.

Visitors looking to spot the wobbly-legged newborn can see it in the cave viewing area during Play Days, a zoo event that started Saturday.

The 18-day-old cub is the third for seven-year-old Nindiri. The sex of the cub is not yet known.

An elderly man remained in critical condition Sunday after being brutally attacked during a robbery while taking a morning walk in Pasadena a few days earlier.

A passerby exercising in the area of the incident found the 87 year old laying on the ground on West Drive, north of Salvia Canyon Road, near the Rose Bowl on Friday and called 911.

The elderly man sustained “major head trauma” and was taken to a nearby hospital.

A pouch containing personal identification and credit cards was stolen from him, officials from the Pasadena Police Department said.

Surveillance video showed four possible suspects at a Pasadena service station attempting to use the victim’s credit card shortly after the attack, officials said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the 626-744-4241.

The wreckage from the crash in Southern California between a metro train and a car, which left one person in grave condition Saturday, has been cleared.

The collision occurred when the train hit a car that turned in front of it in Exposition Park.

In addition to the person who was reportedly near death, 20 other people were also injured.

The train operator was hospitalized in serious condition, said Shawn Lenske of the Los Angeles City Fire Department.

He was later released and was recuperating at home, according to Metro spokesman Jose Ubaldo. He identified the operator as Kenneth Goss, a 29-year Metro veteran who is in his mid-50s.

Nineteen other people, all train passengers, suffered minor injuries in the 10:50 a.m. crash and eight of them were taken to hospitals, Lenske said.

The train hit the Hyundai at a traffic signal between USC and the Museum of Natural History.

Ubaldo told City News Service the car and the train both were heading east, when the car made a left turn toward the USC gate and was hit by the electric light rail vehicle.

Witnesses said after the Hyundai made an improper turn, it became wedged between a pole and the train, which derailed, according to the Sgt. Mike Verlich of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Left turns such as that are regulated by a left turn arrow, and there are flashing alarms for approaching trains, which get stop signals if cars are turning across the grade crossing.

After the wreck, a picture shot from a USC office building across the street, and posted on the Internet, showed a crushed car on the westbound tracks at the Watt Drive signal, and a stopped train on the tracks usually used by trains heading from Culver City to downtown Los Angeles.

The crash was next to the Exposition Park Rose Garden, about halfway between the tunnel under Figueroa Street, and Vermont Street.

Expo Line service in both directions was cut, and firefighters were warned a half hour after the crash that the train line's overhead power supply could not be immediately cut off. The train's electric arms had been retracted but firefighters were warned that low voltage batteries might still be a hazard, firefighters were told.

Buses were being used as a ``bridge'' to ferry passengers around the wreck.

Regular service on the Expo line wasn't expected to be restored until about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Ubaldo said.

Crews will have to de-energize both tracks to replaced a damaged traffic signal pole and officials wanted to wait until spectators, many of whom relied on mass transit, left a sold out Mexico-Ecuador soccer game that was played tonight at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Ubaldo said.

The game ended about 8:30 p.m.

Crews would be working through the night to complete repairs and reopen
the line, Ubaldo said.
 

The investigation into the disappearance of a Minnesota university student changed from a search for a missing person to a "water recovery effort" on Monday, police in Minneapolis said. 

Jennifer Houle, 22, was last seen around 1 a.m. Friday at the Blarney Bar in Dinkytown, a neighborhood in Minneapolis, police told NBC News. Houle’s purse was found two hours later about three blocks away from the bar.

Police on Monday said they'd obtained video which showed Houle entering the Mississippi River from the 10th Avenue Bridge. No foul play was suspected, they said.

"We extend our deepest condolences to the Houle family and all of Jennifer's many friends," the department said in a statement.

Houle was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority at the University of Minnesota. Her sorority sisters posted a message on Facebook asking for the public to join the search. "We need all the help we can get to find this warm-hearted, beautiful person." The message has been shared more than 8,000 times. 

Friends and family hosted a prayer vigil Sunday night at Stillwater Area High School. Houle graduated from Stillwater in 2011, according to Minnesota Public Radio News.

Festival goers can leave behind their selfie sticks when packing for their trips this year.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California is the latest in a string of festivals and venues to ban ticket holders from carrying in the popular selfie stick. 

"NO Selfie Sticks / Narsisstics [sic]," the website reads. Festival organizers did not immediately reply to a request for comment. 

Selfie sticks help large groups take selfies easier, but organizers of several large music festivals around the nation are banning the stick on their grounds. 

Earlier in the week, Lollapalooza, a summer music festival in Chicago, also had a noticable addition to its FAQ section on the website for 2015 festival goers, NBC Chicago reported: no selfie sticks.

"GoPro attachments like sticks, selfie sticks & monopods," the website clarified. Professional recording equipment, such as detachable zoom lenses and tripods, will also not be allowed into festival grounds. 

It was immediately unclear whether other large music festivals in California would institute a similar ban. HARD Fest, a popular music festival in Los Angeles, did not specifically mention selfie sticks on their prohibited items list, though they do not allow professional recording equipment such as cameras with detachable lenses, or videos cameras or GoPros. 

Other popular California music festivals, such as Outside Lands in August or County Summer in June, do not specifically mention selfie sticks. The highly anticipated San Diego festival, Kaaboo, will not allow audio or video recording equipment on festival grounds. 

ULTRA, a large music event in Miami, specified on their website that they would not allow festivals goers in Miami to bring in "professional cameras, flash cameras or video and audio recording equipment, or camera poles." Summerfest, a Milwaulkee, WI festival, did not specify whether they would allow the sticks. 

Music festivals are not the first to institute a selfie stick ban. The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museumbanned the popular sticks in February. 

A firefighter who died in 2011 during a house fire was honored Sunday with a fundraiser in Los Angeles.

"Fallen Firefighters," the 5th annual event celebrated the life of Glenn L. Allen, who died when a roof collapsed on him.

Jack and Stephanie McGee organize the event in honor of the firefighter who helped Stephanie from a fall.

"Stephanie and I were hiking up at Fryman. She slid on the gravel, broke her left hip, and her left wrist," Jack McGee said."The firemen come up to put her in the ambulance to take her away, and to take care of her. Four days later I went up to buy them a meal at the firehouse and I found out that the guy who put her in the ambulance, Glenn Allen, was killed in a Hollywood Hills fire five years ago."

During the event people shared memories of Allen, a 38-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Firefighters from all over the county paid their respects to him.

Money raised by the event will be used to put his grandson through school.

The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Brooklyn Nets 107-99 on Sunday afternoon to collect loss No. 53 on the season. After three games on the sidelines due to his coach's decisions, Jordan Hill returned to the floor, and the power forward looked refreshed with 22 points and 16 rebounds.

Due to a sluggish and ugly start, the Lakers dug a deep ditch and failed to ever get out. The Nets led Sunday's game wire-to-wire. However, the visitors did not simply roll over and cave; the Lakers managed to climb within three points with 3:49 to play in the ball game. Once again, the Lakers deserved credit for playing hard and not quitting after falling behind by as many as 14 points against the Nets.

Down the final stretch, however, Deron Williams and Brook Lopez took over and settled the contest for good.

Lopez finished with 30 points and 11 rebounds in one of his more dominant performances of the season. Lopez topped 30 points for only the fourth time this season. Williams added 13 points and nine assists on the day.

Contributing to the Lakers' slow start, Jeremy Lin sat out the game due to an upper respiratory infection. Lin's absence certainly did not help the Lakers' cause, as the point guard has been a source of points early in games since moving into the starting lineup.

Along with Lin sitting out, Ed Davis missed his first game of the season. Davis was available, but Lakers coach Byron Scott sat down the 25-year-old to provide Hill minutes on the floor. Unfortunately, the coach's decision may ultimately cost Davis his shot at reaching the minimum to qualify for NBA league leaders in field goal percentage.

Davis must make 300 shots by the end of the season to qualify for the NBA's official statistical leaders. With 10 games remaining, Davis needs 42 more makes. Should he hit that number, the fifth-year professional would rank second in the NBA in field goal percentage behind only DeAndre Jordan of the LA Clippers.

Also, Carlos Boozer sat out for the fourth game in a row despite being available. As the Lakers evaluate talent, the 33-year-old forward playing at any point for the remainder of the season would appear pointless given where the Lakers stand.

Next, the Lakers play in Philadelphia on Monday evening at 4 p.m. Pacific Time. 

A computer outage that caused delays for thousands of JetBlue Airways passengers early Monday morning has been resolved, the company said.

JetBlue Airways said it had fixed a systemwide computer problem by 6:15 a.m. Eastern that has caused delays because the airline had to manually check in passengers.

NBC News reported that the airline had to issue handwritten boarding passes to passengers at many airports.

The company said in an email that passengers might experience delays throughout the day. It did not specify how long it would take to work through delays and get operations back to normal.

The airline did not immediately respond to inquiries on how many flights were affected, but passengers at airports in Boston; Orlando, Fla., and Washington, D.C., took to social media to report long lines and delays. 

Tickets for the Anaheim Ducks first-round playoff series home games at Honda Center will go on sale Monday morning after the team secured a playoff berth with a 3-2 victory Saturday over the New York Islanders.

Ticket sales begin at 10 a.m. at AnaheimDucks.com, by calling Ticketmaster at 714-703-2545 and the Honda Center box office. Ticket prices start at $32 for each of the first three games and $34 for a potential fourth game.

The Stanley Cup playoffs will begin April 15. The Ducks entered Monday with a league-high 103 points.

If the playoffs were to begin Monday, the Ducks would face the Winnipeg Jets in the first round.
 

Two teenagers were shot in a Cal State LA parking lot Sunday night, LAPD officials said.

The teens were out "challenging" people when they were shot in the lot at State University Drive and Campus Road, a spokesman for the LAPD Hollenbeck Division said. The teens ended up at a nearby gas station.

An 18 year old was shot in the hand and a 14 year old was struck in the stomach, police said. They were in the hospital in stable condition.

A previous version of this article stated that one of the teens had been shot in the head.

No further information was immediately available.

An armed individual was shot by Inglewood police as they responded to a report of shots fired Monday morning.

At least three people were detained after the 1 a.m. shooting near 95th Street and Ash Avenue.

Officers who heard the gunfire, possibly a drive-by shooting, found one victim on the ground. An officer-involved shooting occurred after police confronted an armed individual and opened fire.

The subject's weapon was receovered at the scene, police said.

No officers were injured.

Refresh this page for updates.
 

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday - without any explanation - to take up a free speech case that was sparked over boys wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo at a Morgan Hill high school five years ago.

The justices met Friday behind closed doors to decide whether to hear the case: Dariano vs. Morgan Hill Unified School District, which a federal appeals court in San Francisco refused to reconsider in September 2014. But a decision to not take the case was quietly posted Monday.

"It's unjust, it's discretionary, it's politicized," Robert Joseph Muise, the plaintiff's lead counsel for the conservative American Freedom Law Center, told NBC Bay Area Monday morning. "The 9th circuit set a horrible precedent. Why? I don't know and they won't tell me."

But San Francisco-based Gordon and Rees LLP attorney Don Willenburg, lead counsel for the school district, said he was happy the previous court ruling was left standing because student violence is a "particularly salient concern in an era of rampant school violence."

The decision not to take the case means the February 2014 decision made in San Francisco by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stands. That court also let stand a lower court ruling in favor of Live Oak High School Principal Nick Boden and Vice Principal Miguel Rodriguez, who asked a group of boys to change or hide their red-white-and-blue clothes and T-shirts by turning them inside out out of concern about violence that might break out on Cinco de Mayo in 2010, at a school where 40 percent of the student body was Latino. The May 5 holiday commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces.

The administrators worried that the blatant American flag symbols on a day honoring Mexican pride would instigate violence on campus. And Willenberg said threats of "physical fights" over the shirts had been made on that day.

The boys, their parents, attorneys and conservative talk show hosts, argued, however, that they had every right to wear what they wanted - especially red, white and blue.

But the two sets of judges noted that Live Oak High School documented at least 30 fights on campus during a six-year span between gangs and "between Caucasian and Hispanic" students and that administrators had good reason to tell the boys not to wear the T-shirts on a Mexican holiday, court documents state. One of those fights occurred a year before the day in question, when mostly white students hung an American flag on campus, chanted "USA," and cussed at Mexican students, the judges noted.

Both Boden and Rodriguez are no longer at the school. The boys who wore the shirts - Daniel Galli, Austin Carvalho, Matthew Dariano and Dominic Maciel - have all graduated.

But William J. Becker Jr., the boys' parents' lawyer, who is the president and CEO of Freedom X, a group that protects "conservative and religious freedom of expression," vowed to appeal the decision - and he did, bringing it all the way to the highest court in the country.

Becker's side was represented by the American Freedom Law Center in Michigan. The conservative Alliance Defending Freedom in Georgia, and The Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in Orange, Calif. signed on to the case in support of the boys' families. They had argued the T-shirts represented freedom of expression.

The case at the time drew national attention where many of of the boys were asked for interviews on conservative talk shows and Fox News. And the interest in the story still hasn't died down completely. In May 2014, a small group of Tea Party patriots picketed in front of the high school with American flags, who were arguing in support of the "restoration of American values and ideas."

As a preemptive strike before the protest, the school released a three-minute video asking students to be proud of their heritage without "beating on other people's opinions."

A tanker truck driver was taken into custody after leading sheriff's deputies on a slow-speed pursuit on a freeway and surface streets in the Downey area Sunday night.

The pursuit began after deputies allegedly saw him driving recklessly, LA County sheriff's officials said. Deputies initially said they had received a report of a possibly stolen tanker truck.

Authorities later said law enforcement agents witnessed several traffic violations.

The driver came to a stop at an intersection in Paramount. Wearing a reflective safety vest, he came out of the truck with his hands up and was taken into custody.

The driver of a sport utility vehicle surrendered after spinning on a San Fernando Valley freeway at the end of a slow-speed pursuit Monday morning that began in Ventura County.

The driver was talking on a cellphone and traveling at slow speeds on the eastbound 101 Freeway after a DUI report in Ventura County. California Highway Patrol officers followed the driver into Los Angeles County before executing a pursuit intervention maneuver in the Woodland Hills area, causing the vehicle to spin.

The driver, still talking on a cellphone, exited the vehicle and was taken into custody at about 7:30 a.m.

A sleeping woman was killed Sunday night when a suspected drunk driver plowed a truck into the side of her house in Lancaster.

The suspect allegedly crashed into several vehicles parked on both sides of the street on the 1000 block of West Avenue J-12 before driving his 2001 Toyota Tacoma into a home at 10:55 p.m., deputies from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station said.

When officials arrived on scene they found a 71-year-old woman in her bed, underneath the truck. She was pronounced dead at the scene, deputies said.

Aaron Daniel Benson, 25, was arrested in connection with the fatal collision and booked on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence of alcohol. He is being held in lieu of $1,000,000 bail.

Investigators are asking anyone who may witnessed the crash to call 661-948-8466.

After 53 losses in 72 contests, only 10 games remain in the Los Angeles Lakers' 2014/15 season to forget.

However, before grabbing a margarita and working to erase the memory of a brutal season, one should take a moment to indulge in exactly how odd this year has become for the purple and gold. Take, for example, the Lakers' opponent on Monday night: the Philadelphia 76ers.

Almost every fan of the Lakers wants a loss on Monday evening.

With a loss to Philly, the Lakers would be even with the Sixers in the wins column. Suddenly, sliding into the third-worst record in the NBA would appear more likely than ever. The drop in rankings would increase the Lakers' odds of earning the no. 1 overall pick from 11.9 percent with the fourth-worst record to 15.6 percent with the third-worst record. With the Lakers in full development mode and not even playing all available players in order to evaluate younger talent, a loss on Monday would go a long way to pushing the Lakers further into a losing tailspin.

After wrapping up in Philadelphia, the Lakers return home for a Wednesday showdown with the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans have already beaten the Lakers three times this season, and Anthony Davis and his cohorts will come to LA motivated by their fight for the postseason.

Then, on Friday, the Portland Trail Blazers come to bid farewell to Staples Center for the summer. Like the Pelicans, the Blazers have also beaten the Lakers thrice this season, and the trip to LA expects to complete a clean sweep of the season series.

Continuing the Western Conference theme, the Lakers follow up Portland's farewell with a home and away set against their cross-town rivals, the LA Clippers. Recently, this has become one of the most one-sided rivalries. The Lakers have dropped five straight to their Staples Center co-tenants, and going back further, the Clippers have beat the Lakers in nine of the last 10 regular season meetings. The majority of those recent meetings have not been competitive.

While a win in Philadelphia would not waste an entire season of toiling near the bottom, a loss in Philly on Monday night would likely push over the domino piece that drops another four pieces to quickly add five more losses to the Lakers' historically bad season. If this all goes to script, which it never does, the Lakers would face a true test of character in the final five games. The season ends with the Lakers playing four of their final five games against teams with losing records.

Back to Monday evening, both the 76ers and the Lakers benefit from a loss at Wells Fargo Center. Since the start of March, the Lakers have only managed three victories in 15 games. Not far off, the Sixers have collected four wins in 16 games since the start of the month.

Ultimately, a loss for the Lakers would help the team's chances to move into third place in the race for the ping pong balls. With only 10 games remaining on the calendar, this sad season is fast approaching its end, and that end cannot arrive fast enough.

A man is dead after two men dressed as women tried to gain unauthorized entry with a stolen vehicle at a National Security Agency gate at Fort Meade, Maryland, Monday morning.

When the driver of a Ford Escape ignored an NSA police officer's instructions to leave the campus about 9 a.m., barriers were deployed. NSA police fired shots at the vehicle as it drove toward an NSA police vehicle blocking the road, according to the NSA. The vehicle crashed into the NSA vehicle.

One of the men died at the scene. The other was taken to a hospital. The cause of death hasn't been determined, the NSA said.

Prior to the shooting at Fort Meade, the men robbed someone at a hotel in Jessup, Maryland, sources told News4. Their vehicle was taken from the hotel.

One NSA officer also was taken to a hospital.

From Chopper4, emergency workers could be seen caring for an injured, uniformed man who was loaded into an ambulance.

At least one gun and drugs were found in the stolen Ford Escape the men were riding in, according to NBC News.

A senior U.S. official told NBC News that the incident appears to be a "local criminal matter."

The FBI is leading the investigation. Its Baltimore office said they do not believe the incident is related to terrorism.

“The incident has been contained and is under investigation,” said Col. Brian Foley, Fort Meade garrison commander.

The Department of Defense said they are not considering any changes to installation points of entry at this time.

Fort Meade, a United States Army installation, is home to approximately 10,000 military personnel. More than 51,000 military, civilian and contract employees work at the installation.

Stay with News4 for more on this developing story.

A driver hospitalized after colliding with a Metro train Saturday near USC in a crash that injured about 20 people was identified as a graduate production student at the school.

Jacob Fadley, 31, remained in critical condition Sunday. School officials said in a statement that Fadley is pursuing a filmmaking career.

"While Jacob was very seriously injured, he is currently in stable condition," said Dean Elizabeth Daley, of the USC School of Cinematic Arts. "We are hopeful that he will recover and be able to continue pursuing his dream of becoming a filmmaker."

Expo Line trains resumed passing USC Sunday. A total of 21 people were hurt to varying degrees in the crash between a three-car light rail train and Fadley's Hyundai Sonata.

There was still no indication whether a signal failure led to the crash, recorded by an onboard camera. That video was turned over to the Los Angeles Police Department's South Traffic Division, which handling the investigation, Metro spokesman Jose Ubaldo said.

The derailed train, wrapped with gigantic yellow and black "watch for train" signage, was placed back on the tracks late Saturday and brought to a Metro service yard.

The train operator was Kenneth Goss, a 29-year Metro veteran who is in his mid-50s. At first he was hospitalized in serious condition, but was later released and was recuperating at home, according to Ubaldo.

Nineteen other people, all train passengers, suffered minor injuries in the 10:50 a.m. Saturday crash and eight of them were taken to hospitals, Lenske said.

The train hit the Hyundai at a traffic signal between USC and the Museum of Natural History. Both were heading east, when the car made a left turn toward the USC gate and was hit by the electric light rail vehicle.

Witnesses said after the Hyundai made the turn, it became wedged between a pole and the train, which derailed across both lanes of eastbound Exposition Boulevard next to the landmark Exposition Park rose garden.

Left turns such as that are regulated by a red or green left turn arrow, and there are flashing alarms for approaching trains, which are supposed to get "train stop" signals if cars are turning across the grade crossing.

The Metro Expo line was opened in 2012, and it runs along city streets for nearly its entire length from downtown Los Angeles to Culver City. It is now being extended to Santa Monica, also primarily along city streets and with overpasses only at a few crossings.

Its street crossings have long been a contention at USC. Civil engineering professor Najmedin Meshkati had issued warnings about these types of crashes in a study he wrote several years ago. He told the USC Daily Trojan Saturday that the grade crossings deserve new study by Metro and the California Public Utilities Commission.
 

Apple CEO Tim Cook slammed Indiana's new "religious objection" legislation over the weekend, penning a Washington Post piece warning that “there’s something very dangerous happening in America.”

The piece, which was posted late Sunday night, said the openly gay executive, who was raised in a Baptist home in the South, was "deeply disappointed" in the recently passed "Religious Freedom Restoration" law in Indiana that shields business owners who turn away customers for religious reasons.

"This isn’t a political issue," he wrote. "It isn’t a religious issue. This is about how we treat each other as human beings. Opposing discrimination takes courage. With the lives and dignity of so many people at stake, it’s time for all of us to be courageous."

Cook called this new wave of legislation "very dangerous," noting there are about 100 similar bills under consideration in two dozen states. And he added that they "go against the very principles our nation was founded on" and "have the potential to undo decades of progress toward greater equality."

“America's business community recognized a long time ago that discrimination, in all its forms, is bad for business,” he wrote. “At Apple, we are in business to empower and enrich our customers' lives. We strive to do business in a way that is just and fair. That's why, on behalf of Apple, I'm standing up to oppose this new wave of legislation — wherever it emerges. I'm writing in the hopes that many more will join this movement.”

Cook, who was baptized in a Baptist church and grew up in the South in the 1960s and 1970s.  He publicly disclosed that he is gay in October. Last week, Cook announced that he will give his fortune away.