PATCH PM: Metro Seat Hogs; Celebrity Sex Tape; $300K Belt Buckles

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

• Monrovia High Student Threatens Gun Violence On Social Media At School As Joke: Police The student said he was at a friend's house and got the idea to post the joke after taking a photo of the friend's BB guns.
• LA Metro To Crack Down On Manspreading And Seat-Hogging "Operation: Better Ride," a five-week law enforcement campaign, will crack down on the behaviors that drive Metro riders crazy.
• LA Sheriff's Department Spends $300,000 To Change Belt Buckles The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is spending $300,000 to switch belt buckles from silver to gold.
• Bone Marrow Donor Found For Cerritos Sheriff's Sergeant The sheriff's department announced January Sgt. Jorge Chavez was diagnosed with leukemia and needed a life-saving bone marrow transplant.
• Mischa Barton Is Victim of 'Revenge Porn' Sex Tape, Attorney Claims "The OC" star Mischa Barton says she was recorded without her knowledge by someone now trying to sell the sex-tape.
• Woman Distracted By Phone Crashes Into Pedestrians In Del Rey The pedestrians were crossing legally in a crosswalk, police said.
• Malibu Declares Its Sanctuary Status For Immigrants A split Malibu City Council voted to become an official sanctuary city by refusing to assist the federal government in deporting immigrants.
• Los Angeles May Block Popular Gateway To Hollywood Sign City officials may be considering plans to block the Beachwood Canyon pedestrian access to the Hollyridge Trail.
• Jack Harris, Producer Of Cult Classic 'The Blob,' Dies Harris died at his Beverly Hills home of natural causes, surrounded by family, according to a family spokesman. He was 98.
• Mattel Donates $50 Million To UCLA To Expand Children's Hospital The gift is the largest ever made to UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital.
• OC Engineer's Conviction Upheld In South Bay Nurse's Killing Douglas Gordon Bradford was sentenced on Dec. 12, 2014, to 26 years to life in prison in the strangulation death of Lynne Knight.
• California Economic Forecast Sunny, UCLA Economists Say Economists, however, warned that political issues, such as deportations, immigration and travel bans, could have a big impact on the state.
• Fire Rips Through Hollywood Strip Mall Although it's the second fire to destroy a Los Angeles strip mall in 24 hours, investigators say there is no evidence of arson.
• Runway Maintenance At LAX Means Planes Will Fly Over Residential Communities At Night Communities directly east of the airport will lose their midnight to 6:30 a.m. quiet periods the first three days of the week.
• Reseda Shooting Prompts School Lockdown One person was injured Tuesday in a shooting on Vanowen Street, prompting a lockdown at nearby Reseda High School.
• Willow Bay Named USC Annenberg School for Journalism's First Female Dean Willow Bay, a former anchor for ABC and CNN, will be the first woman to lead the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism