Morning Buzz: Monday 3.2.09

• Architect Frank Gehry, who turned 80, has cut his staff by half and given up plans to build a new house in Venice. He's also concerned about the Grand Avenue project being put on hold. Christopher Hawthorne/LAT
• Rick Orlov explains the term "the Full Baca." DN
• A Hawthorne police officer used a 50,000-volt stun gun on a violent autistic 12-year-old boy at one of the city's middle schools, prompting an investigation. LAT
• The Downtown News has an editorial urging the L.A. Times to not kill the California section. DTN
• Berkeley's Ten Speed Press has been acquired by Random House. WSJ
• L.A. cartoonist Donna Barstow has joined the lineup at Slate and at Uclick, a syndicate aimed at iPhone users that includes Paul Conrad among 54 other cartoonists (only two women besides Barstow.) Why I Did It

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