- 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
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- 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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