Good morning. It’s Tuesday, and I actually laughed out loud at this Missed Connections post. Onto the five USC, Los Angeles, and California stories you need to know for today.

1.

Legendary USC running back Reggie Bush sued the school, claiming it unfairly profited from TV contracts and merch sales that used his name, image, and likeness before the NCAA allowed athletes to earn from such transactions. Except — oops! — Bush failed to actually serve USC the suit before announcing it.

Staff / Daily Trojan

2.

Cops arrested a USC student who allegedly whacked her professor over the head with a metal water bottle. The unidentified student — who a witness said attacked unprovoked, but had an outburst before the incident — was charged with assault with a deadly weapon while the professor was rushed to a local hospital. SideChat is having a field day.

Hali Mecklin / Annenberg Media

3.

Officials briefly shut down the intersection of Jefferson and Hoover after a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a traffic collision. Police said they were conducting an investigation, and no other injuries were reported.

Quinten Seghers / Daily Trojan

4.

A UC Irvine professor allegedly urged a female student to visit a sex shop with him, told her he could “give you some meat,” and has come under several other sexual harassment investigations. He’s still teaching. His spokesperson denied the allegations, calling the whistleblowers “disgruntled” and “lackluster.”

Rebecca Ellis and Noah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times

5.

Thieves are ripping valuable plants straight out of the ground at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino. The garden’s officials — who described the heists as “heart-wrenching” — say the thefts are likely part of a global network of illegal plant trafficking.

Robert Garrova / LAist