ICYMI, Venice! Headlines You May Have Missed

Miss a day, miss a lot. Catch up with the stories that made headlines around the LA last week.

• Car Thief Makes Off with Priceless 300-Year-Old Cello
• Mother and Baby Plucked from Water as Sailboat Goes Up in Flames
• Off-Duty Cops Who Halted Hollywood Stabbing Shy From Praise
• Bill Cosby Becomes First to Have Honorary Cal State Degree Revoked
• Notre Dame High School Student Dies after Collapsing on Campus
• Widower Returns 9/11 Hero’s Award Because of Caitlyn Jenner
• Charlie Sheen Says He Has HIV
• The Valley’s ‘Revenge Porn’ King Sentenced to Prison
• Court Blocks Donald Sterling’s Move to Get Clippers Back
• Recognize This Bank Robber?
• City Leaders Demand Answers About Northridge-Chatsworth Gas Leak
• Suit Accusing Popular LAUSD Teacher of Racism Dropped
• Jury Convicts Quadruple Murderer After an Hour of Deliberations
• One Direction Concert Closes Both Directions of Hollywood Boulevard
• Pepperdine President: Police Targeted Students for ‘Driving While Black’
• BREAKING: Suspects Arrested in Deadly Ambush of Police Officer
• Black Executive Pens Moving Account of Being Held At Gunpoint for “Breaking Into” Her Own Home
• Drone Operator Sentenced for Interfering with LAPD Chase
• Off-Duty Cops Tackle Alleged Stabber in Hollywood Tourist Attack
• Arrest Made in Rolex Store Takeover Robbery
• Bomb Threat Diverts LAX To Paris Flight
• Leonid Meteor Shower 2015 Peaks Tonight
• LAPD Officer Accused of Serial Flashing Goes to Trial
• Car Slams into Bank on Victory Boulevard
• Kabbalah Centre Rabbi Sued on Rape Allegations

Need a break from bad news? Here are a few of our favorite uplifting headlines and photos from Southern California Patch sites.

• Saturday Smiles: Free Dream Wedding; Donated Turkeys; Disneyland’s ‘Star Wars’