A suspect has been arrested after allegedly attacking a woman at the Oceanside Pier last Tuesday.

Isaac Pettigrew allegedly assaulted a 67-year-old woman September 27 on the ramp at the base of the pier around 7 pm knocking her unconscious - all while pedestrians, surfers, and beach goers were around. A lifeguard immediately came to her rescue and called police.

Sunday morning officers detained Pettigrew at The Strand in Oceanside after people reported seeing a man who matched his description.

He is in jail facing multiple charges including assault with force and elder abuse.

“It didn’t surprise me unfortunately,” Oceanside resident Pamela Mueller said. “It is kind of par for the course in this general area, and it’s really a bummer for tourism in Oceanside.”

The victim was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. As of Monday afternoon her family says her condition is improving.

In June Pettigrew pleaded guilty in a separate incident to felony assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury and was sentenced to 180 days in jail and put on three years’ probation.

Officials do not yet have a motive. The investigation is ongoing.
 

 Crews quickly put out a single story, fully involved house fire in the City Heights neighborhood, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said. 

Smoke and flames could be seen as firefighters arrived to fight the fire at approximately 2 p.m. Monday on the 3400 block of Fairmont Ave.

Police are on scene assisted with some evacuations and traffic control for the surrounding area. 

The house suffered $200,000 in structure damage, $50,000 damage to its contents and $20,000 in exposure damage. 

No injuries have been reported. 

There is no word on a cause yet. 

No further information was immediately available. 

The final defendant in a Mexican drug smuggling operation was sentenced Monday in federal court.

Armando Rodriguez-Ramirez, 24, was sentenced to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute marijuana intended for importation to the U.S.

Ramirez was part of an operation to bring approximately 12,000 pounds of marijuana into the U.S. He led Coast Guard patrols on a two hour chase across the ocean in July 2014 before surrendering.

A Coast Guard aircraft spotted the panga boat manned by Ramirez and one other boat about 180 miles off the coast of San Diego in 2014 and directed Coast Guard patrols in the water toward the pangas.

One of the boats was manned by two men and contained the marijuana. The other, smaller boat, was driven by Ramirez with the sole purpose of refueling the vessel that held the drugs.

The Coast Guard said they witnessed two of the men on the larger boat board Ramirez’s smaller boat, and the small boat took off, beginning the two hour pursuit across the ocean.

The Coast Guard had to fire warning shots to stop the panga, and all of the men were arrested soon after without incident. The three other men have since been sentenced to charges related to the drug smuggling operation.

Ramirez’s defense attorney said the defendant was only involved because he was under threat of drug smugglers.

His attorney told the court he was a simple fisherman who had parents both ailing from cancer and a family of his own to care for.

Ramirez will be deported back to Mexico after he serves his sentence.

Americans are angry and think the country is going in the wrong direction, according to a new poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. 

A relative majority of adults feel angry because the American political system seems to be working for those with money and power.

And more than half of Americans - 55 percent - say that something upsets them enough that they'd carry a protest sign for an entire day if they could.

The one hitch: The public is divided over the source of this anger.

Still, there is some optimism from the public when it comes to the economy. Fifty-three percent of Americans say they're "confident and optimistic" about their own financial situation over the next year, versus 45 percent who are "worried and uncertain."

A new study provides the "strongest evidence yet" of salty water that flows on Mars, and a NASA scientist said the discovery suggests that it's "possible for there to be life today" on the Red Planet, NBC News reported.

"Our quest on Mars has been to 'follow the water' in our search for life in the universe, and now we have convincing science that validates what we've long suspected," said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator at NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C.

Researchers from Georgia Tech investigated streaks that flow across parts of the planet during warm seasons.

The source of the liquid is not known, researchers said.

Speculation on details of the Mars mystery before NASA's official announcement on its "major science finding" had spawned jokes across social media about "The Martian" star Matt Damon, Mars candy bars and more.

Even though the first Democratic presidential debate is just two weeks away, frontrunner Hillary Clinton isn’t engaging with opponent Bernie Sanders, NBC News reported.

Clinton hasn’t even mentioned Sanders’ name while on the campaign trail, but did point out some of his weaknesses in an interview with NBC/MSNBC's Chuck Todd.

"Well, I'm not in any way going to criticize Sen. Sanders," Clinton told Todd in an interview for the new MSNBC show "MTP Daily." "And he's running a great campaign and I respect that."

During the interview, Clinton said Democratic lawmakers have lined up behind her, not him.

A former New York City firefighter carrying five bullets and marijuana breached security at JFK Airport and drove onto the tarmac in order to give Pope Francis his business card, according to a criminal complaint filed against him.

Chris Cannella, 39, followed a United Nations motorcade into JFK around 6 p.m. on Saturday and flashed his retired FDNY badge at a security check to get onto the tarmac, the document says.

Cannella was allegedly driving a black Chevy Tahoe similar to the SUVs used by the NYPD and the United Nations.

The retired firefighter was stopped by detectives as he sat outside a second checkpoint and asked why he was following the motorcade. Cannella allegedly said he wanted to give the pope his business card and that he wanted to meet with world leaders to affect change.

Cannella also explained to officers that the secret service had let him in at a previous checkpoint, and he showed them a cellphone video of him driving through the checkpoint, the court document says.

Upon further investigation, Port Authority police found a 9mm magazine containing five hollow point rounds of ammunition in the trunk of his car and a plastic bag containing marijuana and a marijuana cigarette in the car’s cup holder, the complaint says.

Cannella also allegedly later tore apart a chair in an interrogation room and threatened an officer with the broken pieces.

He is charged with criminal impersonation, criminal mischief, unauthorized possession of a pistol and/or revolver/ammunition, firearms ammunition feeding device, criminal trespass and unlawful possession of marijuana. It was unclear if he had an attorney.

East County parents are being warned of a man in a car that tried to follow two different female students on two separate instances.

The incidents happened on Mast Blvd. and Magnolia Ave. at approximately 3 p.m. during the week of Sept. 21-25 near Santana High School, Principal Tim Schwuchow said in a news release Monday. 

Both students described the car as a white 2000s model Chevy truck with a toolbox in the bed of the truck, Schwuchow said.

The suspect was described as a dark skinned man in his late 20s, Schwuchow said. He was clean shaven and was wearing a flat-brimmed baseball hat and a dark colored t-shirt. 

Schwuchow warned parents in the release not to let children travel to or from school alone. 

Anyone who sees a person matching the description provided or has further information is asked to contact the Santee Sheriff's Department at (619) 956-4000 or contact Deputy Mateus, school resource officer, at (619) 956-0274. 

Parents with further questions are asked to contact the assistant principal's office at (619) 956-0221. 

After a fatal pedestrian accident near the hospital, officials at Sharp Mary Birch say it’s time to make changes to Health Center Drive.

The stretch of road was the site of a deadly pedestrian-involved crash Friday night where a 60-year-old man suffered serious injuries and Jaime Leonen, 29, died. The two men were hit while crossing Health Center Drive to visit someone at the hospital. 

Sharp Healthcare suggests making the west side of the street a no-parking zone, preventing people from crossing the street. Pedestrians and visitors to the area suggested a crosswalk or better lighting. 

People going to the hospital often park on Health Center Drive across the street from the entrance.

“It’s very dangerous,” Jose Cortez, a man who often parks near the hospital told NBC7. “You’ve got to be really careful. I usually stop; wait until it’s completely clear, before I even come off the curb.”

The street has no convenient crosswalk, it’s badly lit at night, and cars drive by fast. The nearest light from where most people park is about a four-minute walk away.

“If they don't make it a ‘no parking’ people are going to park here. So at least to help out maybe a crosswalk and some lighting,” Cortez suggested. Although there are parking structures nearby, visitors prefer the street because it is closer and free.

The hospital would like to see the area become a no-parking zone, and they say they will be talking to city leaders and community members to figure out how to make Health Center drive a safer place to park. 

Any final changes will be determined by the City of San Diego. 

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story stated the hospital would be making changes to the street. The City of San Diego has jurisdiction over the street and final changes will be determined by them. 

The Navajo Code Talkers were honored Tuesday at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton for their actions that changed the course of history during and after World War II.

These 29 Native Americans joined the Marines and used their native Navajo language to come up with an unbreakable code. The military code was never cracked by the enemy and was crucial to winning the war. The Navajo language is an unwritten language that is extremely complex. The language is unintelligible to anyone without extensive exposure and training.

The Commanding General of First Division Headquarters said the Code Talkers were an important part of the war not just because of the code, but because of their actions on the battlefield.

“They were at the center of every battle in the Pacific,” Major General Daniel O’Donohue said.

But their heroic actions and contributions to the Marines were kept classified until 1968.

“What they missed out on was the appreciation and I think the healing welcome of a nation that didn't understand the valor that will live on to this very day,” O’Donohue said. 

Tuesday O’Donohue presented two Navajo Code Talkers with a special coin. The Code Talkers presented him with a Navajo Code Talker Warrior Blanket. 

Roy Hawthorne, a Navajo Code Talker now in his 80s said they joined the fight because it was their duty.

"The Native American considers the land precious and he will do anything to keep foreigners, enemies from seizing it,” Hawthorne said.

Hawthorne and fellow Code Talker Sam Holiday attended the commemoration ceremony on Camp Pendleton. They both received a Purple Heart for their acts of valor and bravery during World War II.

In 2001, they, along with the 27 other original Code Talkers were presented with the Congressional Gold Medal. Nearly 400 others who used the code were given the Silver Medal.

A Coronado dog owner says she’s devastated over the death of her 105-pound Shiloh Shepherd, who died a day after police used a Taser on the animal twice. 

“Smokey is not the type of dog that would bite anybody,” owner Roclynn Nosek told NBC7. “He was the sweetest, most loving animal ever. He would lick your face before he would bite you.”

Smokey somehow escaped from Nosek’s second-story condo on Orange Avenue Saturday, and after wandering onto First Street, police say they got reports of an aggressive dog. 

“Our officers witnessed the dog lunge at a citizen and try to take a bite, and the dog ultimately charged an officer,”  Coronado Police Department Captain Laszlo Waczek told NBC7. “So at this point, the officer had no other choice but to defend himself and defend the public.”

Police said they tried to subdue the dog at two locations and used the Taser on the dog at both locations. 

Officers secured the dog and transported Smokey to an animal hospital, but the dog died hours later from internal bleeding.

Waczek said it was a matter of public safety to use a Taser on the dog, and said the department would conduct an internal review of what happened and the protocol used when a Taser is deployed. 

Nosek says she doesn't blame Coronado police, but thinks there could have been other options to subdue her dog. She said she would like to see a policy change.

“When we opened up the back seat of the car, he knew it was us,” she said. “He heard our voice and he started to wriggle his body the best he could to let us know he was really happy to see us there. It was so difficult.”

Nosek plans to hold a memorial for Smokey to raise awareness about what happened in hopes something similar does not happen to anyone else. 

 The son of a woman killed by a suspected drunk driver in Lakeside Friday night is vowing to keep the memory of his mom alive, a mother he said had “the biggest heart” and always loved unconditionally.

"No matter where she is, she'll always be with me," said Travis Kennedy, 55, of El Cajon, through tears. 

Lorraine Kennedy and her husband David Sandel were hit by a car while walking across the middle of the 120000 block of Woodside Avenue near La Palapa Mexican Restaurant Friday night, coming from a restaurant with their son and his girlfriend. The family had just had one of Lorraine's favorite cuisines, Mexican food. She was excited to be in town for Travis' daughter's birthday. 

Kennedy said he first heard the driver of the car -- later identified by California Highway Patrol (CHP) investigators as 21-year-old Katie L. Ellison -- hanging out of the window, yelling something at them. 

"I didn't quite hear what she was yelling, there was no headlights, nothing," Kennedy said. 

Before he could figure out what was going on, he heard a sound, and his family was flying through the air. 

"I was just trying to find my mom," Kennedy told NBC7. "And she was so far away."

Lorraine and David were taken to the hospital, where Lorraine was pronounced dead. David is still in critical condition. 

Kennedy told NBC7 his mother had a big heart, was his best friend, and was even a little stubborn at times -- but always a kind. loving and caring woman and mother.

"Anyone that met my mom knew she had the biggest heart. It didn't matter who you were, didn't matter if she knew you," he said. "She was just that person. If you needed a hug, she'd give you a hug and wouldn't let go until she knew you were okay."

He said his mother could be hard on herself, but she always told him to be compassionate and remember he never know what another person could be going through. 

"She just wanted everyone to be loving caring and cared about everyone," Kennedy said. "She was...compassionate, loving."

If he could tell her one last thing, he said, he would just tell her he loves her. 

"Nothing more than I love you," Kennedy said. "She's so hard on herself, how she wasn't a good mom. She was very hard on herself."

CHP officials said the driver was hospitalized for a time but was released Saturday night and will be booked into Las Colinas Detention Facility. She will be charged with felony DUI and murder, and will be booked into Las Colinas Detention Facility.

When asked about the driver that killed his mother, Kennedy called about some of the compassion his mother had always taught him. 

"We've all done stupid things in life and I'm not the one to judge. She has to face her own situation and answer to someone higher than I am," he said. "I dont have anger but I can't say I have compassion. It's kind of hard to say that. I don't feel anger."

Edward Snowden joined twitter Tuesday under the handle @Snowden.

The whistleblower who has been living in Russia since leaking the National Security Agency's spying practices in 2013 tweeted simply, "Can you hear me now?" and gained thousands of followers within minutes. 

His official presence in the twitterverse comes just days after an interview with astrophysicist Niel deGrasse Tyson, who asked Snowden why he hadn't joined Twitter yet.  

Snowden's second tweet on Tuesday was directed at Tyson, thanking him for the welcome, expressing excitement about the discovery of water on Mars and asking if Tyson thinks "they check passports at the border."

"Asking for a friend," he added.

When Tyson asked how he responds to labels such as "hero" or "traitor," Snowden replied that he preferred the label "citizen."

In his Twitter bio the former NSA contractor said "I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public" and lists himself as the Director at @FreedomofPress, a nonprofit founded in 2012 to support free speech and freedom of the press.

An hour and a half after his first tweet, @Snowden gained over 200,000 followers but followed only one account: @NSAGov.

The federal government is falling behind in stopping Americans from traveling to Syria and join ISIS, according to a House Homeland Security report released on Monday, NBC News reported.

Nearly 250 Americans have either tried to go or succeeded in getting to Syria to engage in violent jihad, the report said. But the committee staff was able to identify only 28 cases were the individuals were stopped before leaving the U.S.

"This threat is getting worse not better, and we are losing in the struggle to keep Americans from the battlefield," said Michael McCaul, R-TX, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee.

U.S. and coalition air strikes have not deterred Americans seeking to join ISIS in Syria, according to the report. Ten percent of the known foreign travel cases were in 2013, growing to 40 percent in 2014, and 50 percent so far this year, it said.

The Chicago Botanic Garden is finally filled with the noxious odor that was left wanting last month when their corpse flower "Spike" failed to bloom.

A new corpse flower, this one named "Alice," bloomed naturally at the garden Monday night to much less fanfare. In contrast to Spike, which ran out of energy to complete the bloom cycle, Alice bloomed more quickly than expected, according to the botanic garden.

Come now to see Alice the Amorphophallus. #CBGAlice, a sibling of #CBGSpike, is blooming! Http:http://t.co/YAG09lckn4 pic.twitter.com/F4PYgLztoR

• Mars Shows Strong Signs of Flowing Water: Researchers

— ChicagoBotanicGarden (@chicagobotanic) September 29, 2015

The corpse flower, or titan arum, is the largest flowering structure in the world, and a typical plant blooms for only a single day every seven to 10 years. When she bloomed, Alice stood 55 inches tall with a girth of 35 inches. Just a few weeks before, she was only 19.75 inches tall with a girth of 16 inches.

These are the days of Alice's life. Come see her! #CBGAlice #TitanArum #CorpseFlower http:/ow.ly/SFwHL pic.twitter.com/uU7laaRMg0

— ChicagoBotanicGarden (@chicagobotanic) September 29, 2015

The remarkable sight, however, is usually met with a "decaying, rancid, rotten stench" that can be detected up to an acre away. Tim Pollack of the Chicago Botanic Garden described the smell as a mixture of limburger cheese, rotting fish, sweaty socks, a sweet floral scent and mothballs.

After Spike's disappointing debut in August, the Chicago Botanic Garden didn't parade Alice around but instead let her mature in relative privacy.

"Given that titan arums are notably unpredictable flowering plants (and we should know!), we wanted to be sure that she would bloom before we announced her debut," staff wrote on the garden's website.

Last month, garden staff had to manually open up Spike to allow visitors to glimpse the rare flower's insides. Unfortunately — or fortunately — Spike did not emit the trademark odor of the corpse flower in bloom, even after it had been opened.

The Chicago Botanic Garden will stay open until 2 a.m. Tuesday to accommodate peak bloom time. Alice will remain on display Wednesday as well from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

A bicyclist testifying in the trial for a woman accused of slamming into a group of cyclists on Fiesta Island last summer said when he heard the impact of the crash, he expected to turn around and "see death."

"I expected, when I turned around, I expected to see death when I turned around and ran back," Michael Barreres, one of about 25 in the group that were hit, said in court. 

Theresa Owens, 49, faces charges of felony DUI and possession of a controlled substance. In April, Owens was undergoing a trial to determine if she understands the charges against her and can assist in her defense.  

Owens' defense attorney said said the question facing the jury was whether the driving in the crash was impaired, pointing out that the crash was a horrific accident but not necessarily a crime. 

"Because, just like you can drink alcohol and still drive without being impaired, you can have methamphetamine in your system and still be able to drive without being impaired," the attorney said.

That day, Owens was not impaired for the purposes of driving, he said. 

Police say she was under the influence of methamphetamine on Aug. 12 when she drove the wrong way on the Mission Bay island and hit about 10 cyclists. During her arrest, a bag of meth was found in her vagina, prosecutors allege.

The psychiatrist who evaluated Owens had earlier said she had bipolar disorder marked by persistent delusions about her mother and boyfriend.

He said she was having a hallucination that her boyfriend “appeared and disappeared” during the crash.

However, a psychiatrist for the prosecution testified Owens met the legal standard for mental competency.

The prosecutor said Owens made a choice to use drugs and get behind the wheels on the car, describing horrific scene when riders were seen cascading through the air. 

One experienced bicyclist that took the stand testified that when he saw Owens moments after the crash, she was "wild eyed, uttering incoherent statements, she appeared to be under the influence."

Barreres, a cyclist who has logged thousands of miles on Fiesta Island, said when he saw the car speeding toward his group of 20 to 24 cyclists that day, he couldn't process what was happening quickly enough.

"I've been told I yelled out...something," he testified. "And at that point, it wasn't registering that she was going to hit us yet."

But he soon heard a crash, he said, and stopped, got off his bike and went to help. The sound of the crash and the fact that he knew a car was involved made him think the worst could be ahead of him before he turned around. 

"One of the riders was into the windshield, Rob was on top and Juan Carlos was underneath. Rob and I spent the next 15 to 20 minutes holding up Juan Carlos right by the pillar and the car," Barreres said. 

Ten people were injured in the Fiesta Island crash in August, including La Jolla father Juan Carlos Vinolo, who is now paralyzed. 

"As I got to the car, I expected to see a lot of bad things," he said. 

Barrerres said in court the woman behind the wheel of the car that day was the woman sitting in court. 

The crash prompted the city of San Diego to improve signs and road safety in the area to prevent another incident.

San Diego police are searching for an unknown man who opened fire at a public park in the City Heights community overnight, injuring one victim.

According to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD), the shooting happened around 11:45 p.m. at Teralta Neighborhood Park near Orange Avenue and 40th Street, close to Interstate 15.

SDPD Lt. Paul Phillips said a group of people were hanging out in a gazebo at the park, possibly drinking. A man sitting with the group was being made fun of and, suddenly, he had enough.

The man went to his car and allegedly grabbed a gun. He began shooting at the group in the gazebo, striking a 47-year-old man in the leg with a bullet, police said.

He then quickly fled the park.

“The suspect went back to a black SUV and was going northbound on Center toward Orange,” Lt. Phillips explained. “We’re talking to people who saw and heard things. But, at this point, that’s all we’ve got.”

The lieutenant said the only suspect description available right now is that the gunman was in his mid-20s, wearing dark clothing. An arrest had not yet been made as of 7a .m. Tuesday and police were still searching for the suspect. The investigation is ongoing.

According to the group of victims, they did not personally know the man who opened fire.

The victim who was wounded is expected to recover. No other injuries were reported.
 

It's been a rough start to the week for Facebook with two scams, a hoax and network outages hitting the social network. 

At least one of the scams is tied to Facebook's upcoming "empathy button." Two weeks ago, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the development of what some have called a "dislike" button. 

"People aren't looking for an ability to down vote other people's posts," he said during a question-and-answer meeting on Sept. 15 at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California. "What they really want is to be able to express empathy."

But news of the button has spurred an opportunity for scammers to prey on Facebook users for their personal data.

According to Snopes.com a website that has built a reputation for debunking or validating stories of unknown or uncertain origin, a scam was circulated by those inviting users to have "early" access to the button.

In order for them to be "eligible," users had to share the post and click onto a survey. But that link leads to the installation of malware on the user's computer.

Another scam that has surfaced claims that users' privacy is vulnerable. According to PC Magazine, the scam states that Facebook has announced a £5.99 subscription for users to keep the status of their posts on "private." But the scam promises the service would be free if you spread the word.

A familiar hoax has also resurfaced. This one claims to have been reported by "Channel 13 news." The hoax claims the social media giant is making changes to its privacy policies. In response, Facebook users are told to post an elaborate statement on their wall stating that they do not grant Facebook the rights to their posts, pictures and media.

It is at least the third time this particular hoax has gone viral. A similar post moved through Facebook last January, in 2012 and back in 2009, according to Snopes.com. 

"While there may be water on Mars, don't believe everything you read on the internet today," Facebook said in an official response. "Facebook is free and it always will be. And the thing about copying and pasting a legal notice is just a hoax. Stay safe out there Earthlings!"

Meanwhile, the social network has gone down twice this week, on Sept. 24 and 28.

Out of frustration, Internet users migrated to Twitter and prompted the hashtag #facebookdown. Many users posted a screengrab photo of the Facebook website that said, "Sorry, something went wrong."

The service was not operational for about 45 minutes NBCnews.com reported.

A woman who apparently hid her pregnancy from her boyfriend gave birth in her home and tossed her newborn daughter out a seventh-story window to her death, police said Tuesday. 

Jennifer Berry, 33, was arrested on charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the baby's death. She said nothing to reporters as she was led from a Bronx police stationhouse Tuesday night. 

NYPD officers found the infant with her umbilical cord still attached in a courtyard of the Bronx apartment building on Monday afternoon, police said. They had responded to the home after receiving a call that an infant had fallen from a window.

An autopsy revealed the infant died of blunt force injuries, Dr. Barbara Sampson, the city's chief medical examiner, said Tuesday. The baby's death was officially ruled a homicide, meaning she was alive when she plummeted from the window.

Law enforcement sources say the child was found outside the boyfriend's building. Berry, who is from Yonkers, was visiting at the time, they said. She and her boyfriend had been dating for about a year. 

Detectives questioned the child's mother throughout the night Monday and arrested her Tuesday. Berry remained stonefaced as she walked out of the precinct house. Attorney information for her wasn't immediately available. 

Berry's boyfriend told police he was in another room when the child was born and when the baby plunged from the window. He told investigators he didn't realize either event had occurred and had thought his girlfriend had an abortion, authorities said. He is not facing any charges. 

It wasn't immediately clear how much time elapsed between the baby's birth and her fall from the window, officials said.

Christopher McKniff, a spokesman for the city's Administration for Children's Services, said the agency has launched a probe to investigate the circumstances that led to the baby's death. Authorities said privacy laws prohibited the agency from commenting on whether child welfare investigators had ever interacted with the family before.

Tiffany Martinez, who lives across the street from the Bronx apartment building, told The New York Times she was shaken up by it.

"I get frustrated with my son a lot," she told the newspaper, but "doing harm to him never crossed my mind." 

The Who have announced that they have rescheduled their San Diego appearance for May 27, 2016.

Earlier in September, SoundDiego reported that the iconic rock band, who was supposed to kick off its 50th-anniversary tour at Valley View Casino Center on Sept. 14, had to cancel the San Diego date and others due to an "unspecified virus" contracted by singer Roger Daltrey.

It's since been revealed that Daltrey had viral meningitis, but that he is now "on the mend," according to a media release.

Tickets purchased for the original show date will be honored come May, when the group play Valley View Casino Center.