Patch PM: Poetry of Grindr; Jewish Center Threatened; Sad Story Behind Oscars' Gary

Here are the Los Angeles County Patch stories people are talking about today:

• Oscar Star 'Gary From Chicago' Just Freed From Life Sentence For Petty Theft The tour bus passenger 'married' by Denzel Washington on the Oscars, was 3 days out of prison after serving 20 years for stealing perfume.
• SpaceX Plans To Send 2 To Trip Around The Moon The pair approached SpaceX with the idea and has already "paid a significant deposit," the company said.
• Grindr, West Hollywood-Based Gay Dating App, Hires Poet In Residence British writer Max Wallis said his poems will tell a larger story of what it is to be gay in this day and age.
• LA Sweetens Its Olympic Bid With Star Power Of 4 Big Studios LA 2024 enlists four major studios - Disney, Fox, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. - to help make Los Angeles the host of the 2024 Olympics.
• Warren Beatty Would Like Everyone To Stop Asking Him About the Oscars SNAFU Warren Beatty, tired of being asked about it, is asking for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to clarify what happened.
• North Hollywood Shootout 20 Years Later: ' It Was A War Scene' Policing in America forever changed 20 years ago in the bloody battle known as the North Hollywood shootout.
• Body Found in LA River Is Missing Valley Teen The Los Angeles coroner identified the body found in the Los Angeles Rivers as that as missing Sylmar boy Elias Rodriguez.
• President Donald Trump Blames Haters For Oscars Flub The Oscars Best Picture gaffe wouldn't have happened if the show weren't so focused on politics, said President Trump.
• Beverly Hills Auctioneer Charged In Rhinoceros Horn Smuggling Conspiracy Jacob Chait allegedly conspired to smuggle 15 rhinoceros horns valued at $2.4 million
• Macabre Hotel Cecil Gets Historic Status The City Council agreed with the recommendations of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee and Cultural Heritage Commission.
• Bob Hope's Toluca Lake Home Denied Historic-Cultural Status The vote was 8-2, with Councilman Paul Krekorian and Council President Herb Wesson voting against the designation, which needed 10 votes.
• Westside Jewish Community Center Among Those Getting Bomb Threats Nationwide
• Officers searched the facility on Olympic Boulevard near Fairfax Avenue on Monday afternoon but found no explosives.
• Elton John's Oscar-Viewing Party Raised $7M For AIDS Research The gala took place Sunday at West Hollywood Park and was sponsored by Bvlgari, Neuro Drinks and Diana Jenkins
• Suspected Out-Of-State Jail Escapee Crashes Into Uber Car In Venice Following Chase Television footage of the scene showed one of the vehicles flipped over and the other went into a building.
• LAPD Cop Who Fired Gun In Scrum With Kids In Anaheim ID'd The skirmish and gunfire was caught on cellphone video that has been widely circulated, contributing to protests that turned violent.
• City of Hope Researchers Discover New Potential Cause Of Type 1 Diabetes Researchers have found a mechanism in which stressed beta cells are actually causing the immune response that leads to Type 1 diabetes.
• Car Crashes Into Long Beach Apartment Building No one was injured and the building was stabilized with shoring, the fire department reported.
• Gay SGV Catholic Teacher Can Take Case To Court Over Firing, Judge Rules Kenneth Bencomo sued St. Lucy's High alleging wrongful termination in violation of public policy, state Labor Code and breach of contract.