Bat Signal Memorial; Wife Arrested In Celebrity Stylist's Murder; West Nile Strikes: Today Around Echo Park-Silver Lake

LOS ANGELES, CA — Here are the Los Angeles Patch stories people are talking about today:

• Bat Signal To Light Up LA City Hall In Memorial For Adam West Adam West memorial: LA will use the iconic bat signal in a ceremony Thursday honoring one of television's most iconic performers
• LAPD Cadets Stole Patrol Cars In Wild Chase And May Have Impersonated Cops: Chief Beck LA Police believe teen cadets stole police cars and may have been impersonating cops for weeks before a wild chase ending in three crashes.
• LA Deputies Add Overdose Drug To Arsenal In Pilot Program The program is being conducted through a partnership with Safe Med LA in an approach to addressing prescription drug abuse.
• West Nile Virus Sickens Man In LA's First Case of 2017 An elderly man was hospitalized with Los Angeles County's human first case of West Nile virus this year
• L.A. Beaches More Polluted Due To Wet Winter: Report The rain increased ocean bacteria levels during the wet winter months, ruining the improving water quality during the dry summer months.
• Monrovia-Based Trader Joe's Recalls Granola Over Listeria Concerns The company is recalling Trader Joe’s Grainless Granola with the best-by date codes from 032818 through 041018.
• West Nile Virus Sickens Man In LA's First Case of 2017 An elderly man was hospitalized with Los Angeles County's human first case of West Nile virus this year
• Wife Of Slain Celebrity Stylist Fabio Sementilli Arrested Monica Sementilli arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband Fabio Sementilli at their Woodland Hills hom
• Hollywood Reporter Building Made Landmark In Bid To Fend Off Bulldozers The Cultural Heritage Commission voted to give landmark status to the Hollywood Reporter Building, which is slated for demolition
• Clippers Eying Inglewood NBA Stadium; Negotiations Begin The Inglewood City Council voted to begin negotiating a new NBA stadium project with a group linked to the Clippers.
• Long Beach Woman Sentenced To Probation For Arms Smuggling Federal prosecutors want an 18-month prison term but the judge sentenced her to probation, including home confinement.
• See The Smoke? Brushfire Closes 2 Freeway Offramp In Eagle Rock Firefighters contained a small brush fire that scorched a half acre near the northbound Glendale (2) Freeway.
• Silver Alert: South Bay Woman With Dementia Missing Maria Ortiz, last seen on Wednesday about 8:30 a.m., is Hispanic, 5 feet tall, 90 pounds, with brown eyes and long gray-and-black hair.
• Man May Have Medical Emergency Before Fatal Crash In Hawthorne: Police CPR was administered at the scene and the man was transported to the hospital where he died.
• South Bay Hospital Receives $32 Million Gift The gift was from Philanthropists Melanie and Richard Lundquist to the nonprofit facility, bringing their total donations to $100 million.