Sgt. Peacock Rescues Owl; Forest Fire Threatens Homes; ICE Arrests Pastor: Today Around Echo Park-Silver Lake

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

• Sgt. Peacock Saves Owl In San Juan Capistrano: CHP Video An owl that was trapped in a net was rescued by the aptly named California Highway Patrol Sergeant Rick Peacock.
• Tape Of Man Flipping Street Vendor's Cart Touches Nerves Man caught on tape threatening a Hollywood street vendor and overturning his cart is being investigated by the LAPD.
• ICE Arrest Of Los Angeles Pastor Rattles LA Faith Community The arrest of a Los Angeles pastor, who has no criminal record, according to his wife, an American citizen, has triggered protests.
• Westminster Joyrider Dead In Cell One Week Before Freedom; Family Wants Answers The family of dead prisoner Danny Pham has filed suit against Orange County for an in-custody death. deputies are on leave during the probe.
• Obamacare Repeal Plays Politics With Angelenos Lives, County Supervisors Charge Repeal of Obamacare could hit LA County hardest, with $1 billion at stake and hundreds of thousands losing insurance, supervisors said.
• LA Sheriff's Investigate Their Own For Alleged Misconduct Involving A Youth Explorer LASD announced an investigation of misconduct involving an explorer days after an LAPD officers was charged with abusing a cadet.
• Madre Fire: Forest Fire Threatens Homes Near Sierra Madre Homes at the base of Mt. Wilson Trail have been evacuated as a brush fire burns in the Sierra Madre area.
• LAPD Defends Cadet Program Embroiled In Scandal Los Angeles Police Department critics are calling for an end to the cadet program amid allegations of sexual misconduct and theft.
• Risks Of Restarting Aliso Canyon Could Be Catastrophic, County Claims In a bid to halt the start of operations at Aliso Canyon, the county submitted a letter claiming "potential for catastrophic loss of life."
• Dana Rohrabacher's Office Focus Of Affordable Healthcare Act Rally: North OC With dramatic changes to Healthcare poised to pass in the Senate, the opposition rallied across Orange County, Tuesday.
• Maria Sharapova Wins Big For OC Breakers Maria Sharapova, OC Breakers win over the San Diego Aviators in a World TeamTennis match at OC Breakers Stadium. Here's what happened
• La Verne Residents Share Brushfire Stories: Tuesday Mop Up La Verne residents post fire photos & videos on social media. Firefighters mop up the slow moving brush fire in the La Verne area, Tuesday.
• North OC Chipotle Robbery Part Of Restaurant Burglary Ring? A Chipotle robbed Monday & is possibly connected to a series of restaurant robberies in Orange County. Did you see anything? Say something.
• Disgraced Hollywood PI Anthony Pellicano To Be Re-sentenced An appeals court threw out some convictions for Anthony Pellicano, the man famous for digging up dirt on and for Hollywood stars.
• Spectacular Sunset: Photo Of The Week Patch loves photos! Share your photos with Pleasanton Patch and your work could be featured.
• Young Redondo Beach Baseball Star Plays On CBS This Weekend Julien Cojulun is only 12 years old, an honors student at Parras Middle School, and has travelled the world to play baseball on elite teams
• Man On Murder Trial After Holding 2 Hostage Inside West Hollywood Apartment: UPDATED The trial for Alexander Tor McDonald, 30, was postponed for a second time today.
• Cliffside Malibu Treatment Center Offers Free Webinar Series The web series will be every Tuesday at 6 p.m. hosted by Dr. Constance Scharff, PhD.
• Man Shot To Death In Pasadena Police are investigating the shooting death of a man in Pasadena Monday night.