LAPD Chief Arrests Own Officer; Road Rage Chain Reaction Crash; Today In LA

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

• LAPD Scandal: Chief Busts Officer Accused Of Sex With Cadet, 15 LAPD Chief Charlie Beck arrested an officer accused of having sex with a teen allegedly involved in the theft of patrol cars.
• Heart-Stopping Road Rage Chain Reaction Crash: Dashboard Camera Police are looking for a motorcyclist who triggered a road rage chain reaction crash on the 14 Freeway in Santa Clarita Wednesday.
• 'I Smoked The Cop,' Accused Murderer Brags A man accused of killing his cousin and a Whittier police officer and shooting another told detectives " all three of them had it coming."
• Ex-Manson Follower Denied Parole For 14th Time Patricia Krenwinkle, 69, was convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate and six others in 1969.
• Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Hire Surrogate A complication with her pregnancy with her son made it risky for Kim Kardashian-West to have another baby.
• L.A. Downtown U.S. Courthouse Wins Architectural Award The courthouse was singled out for its environmental sustainability features, for which it achieved LEED certification.
• SGV Elementary Teacher Accused Of Molesting Girls Joseph Baldenebro, a teacher at Miramonte Elementary School, allegedly inappropriately touched girls between the ages of 8 and 11 years old.
• Arroyo High Wrestling Coach Ordered To Register As Sex Offender For Sex With Students David Vaca Jr., 21, of West Covina, pleaded no contest to having sex with two students at Arroyo High in El Monte.
• LA Dancer Sues Uber Over Driver's Alleged Sexual Assault A Hollywood singer/dancer said she was sexually assaulted by an Uber driver on her way to a gig at a Hollywood club: BREAKING.
• LA Man Arrested By ICE In Front Of Sobbing Daughter Likely To Avoid Deportation A man whose sobbing daughter filmed his detention by ICE agents in a video that went viral will likely avoid deportation.
• Metro Urinator Turns Out To Be Heavily Armed, Police Say A man caught urinating at a Metro Gold Line station was allegedly carrying loaded high-powered weapons and ammo
• Councilman Aims To See LA Carbon Neutral By 2025 LA City Councilman Paul Koretz called on Angelenos to mobilize behind an environmental initiative aimed at citywide carbon neutrality.
• Teen Boy Killed In Deputy-Involved Shooting In Palmdale The boy was apparently killed by a "skip round" ricocheting bullet when officers fired on a pit bull attacking deputies.
• LAPD Harbor Division Officer In Need Of Bone Marrow Match‎ Matthew Medina needs a transplant soon because his immune system is so weakened from his disease that a common virus could kill him.
• The Rumors Are True: Fleetwood Mac Singer's Home Could Be Yours WOW House: Fleetwood Mac Guitarist and singer Lindsey Buckingham and his wife are selling their $22.5 million Brentwood Project.