Serial Rapist Convicted; Pets Don't Make Kids Healthier; Transgender Girl Sues School: Today Around Pacific Palisades

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

• Sanctuary Crackdown Is Problematic For LA, City Attorney Says Trump's sanctuary city policy is confusing and probably requires LA to violate the Fourth Amendment, said LA City Attorney Mike Feuer.
• Two Burglars Arrested, Third Suspect Not Yet Located A Manhattan Beach resident called the police when he witnessed three people ransacking a parked vehicle.
• Transgender Student Nikki, 8, Sues OC School For Gender-Identity Discrimination The child, along with parents, contends in the case she was made to wear boy's uniform, could not use restroom of her choice or be a "she."
• Trio Sues Usher Over Alleged Herpes Diagnosis Two women and a man sued grammy-winning "U Got it Bad" singer Usher, alleging he knowingly exposed them to herpes.
• Police Department Wants To Reunite Lost Cat With Owner The El Segundo Police Department has put out an advisory about a missing cat, in hopes of finding the owner.

• Serial Rapist Pleads To Attacking Elderly Women In The Valley A North Hollywood man pleaded no contest in a series of rapes and assaults at senior living facilities in the San Fernando Valley.
• Pets Don't Improve Children's Mental Or Physical Health, Study Says Contrary to popular belief, owning a pet doesn't improve children's mental or physical health, according to a Santa Monica-based think tank.

• Whole Foods Market 365 Grand Opening This Week The new grocery store will open Wednesday, August 9 and will be the second Whole Foods Market 365 location in the Los Angeles area.
• Chester Bennington Funeral Memorabilia Pulled Off eBay Memorabilia from the funeral of the late Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park, was on sale via eBay with bids exceeding $50,000.
• Venice's Moonlit Roosterfish: Photo Of The Week Patch loves photos! Share your photos with Patch and your work could be featured.

• Where To Score Free Dessert Tomorrow One Malibu restaurant is offering free frozen custard in honor of National Frozen Custard Day tomorrow, August 8.

• Gunshot Victim Found On Pasadena Street Dies; Killer At Large A 27-year-old man found lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head in Pasadena died Monday.
• 210 Freeway To Close Overnight All This Week Portions of the 210 Freeway will close overnight all this week for Caltrans' pavement rehabilitation project: breaking.
• Man Sneaks Into West Hollywood Apartment, SWAT Team Forces Him Out Benjamin Owen Hales, 36, locked himself inside an apartment that wasn't his before the SWAT team and Sheriff's Department arrested him.

• House Fire Scorches North Hollywood Home Firefighters tackled a small blaze at a home in North Hollywood Monday Morning.
• Appeals Court Rules Against Beverly Hills Man Investigated in Wife's Death The court ruled that the man couldn't sue detectives for investigating him as a possible suspect in his wife's 2009 unexpected death.

• Highland Park Man In Controversial ICE Arrested Gets Reprieve From Deportation A Highland Park Man arrested by ICE agents in front of his sobbing daughter was granted a temporary reprieve from deportation
• Man Holding Women Hostage Shot By Police: UPDATE A suspect who allegedly stabbed one woman and threatened to cut the throat of a second was shot by Long Beach police is now hospitalized.

• Off-Duty Sheriff's Deputy Killed In 605 Freeway Accident The off-duty sheriff's deputy was struck and killed by a passing vehicle after he stopped his vehicle in the emergency lane on Sunday.

• Prosecutor Files $5M Claim, Alleges Career Retaliation For Running For O.C. Judge Karen Schatzle said she committed "career suicide" by mounting campaign against incumbent Judge Scott Steiner.
• ATM Murder & Robbery: 2 Separate Crimes Logged Sunday In O.C. A "panhandler" was arrested in the robbery case. The shooter in the homicide is still at large, police said.
• Marine Killed In Osprey Helicopter Crash ID'd As San Gabriel Valley Native Ruben Velasco, who just turned 19, was one of three who perished off Australia. His family received dreaded visit from officials Saturday.

• Boy, 9, Seriously Burned After Stepping In Beach Fire Pit BREAKING: The incident was reported at T Street Beach in San Clemente, officials said.

• Foothill Transit Mechanics Walkout Ends [UPDATE] While strike is over, no contract deal reached. Service in San Gabriel Valley should return to normal by Tuesday.

• Man Struck, Killed On I-5 In San Clemente BREAKING: Witnesses said he possibly jumped in front of the vehicle.

• California Gold Rush Town Poised To Become Marijuana Paradise Cannabis "has the power to completely revitalize communities in the same way gold did during the 19th century," said American Green's CEO.