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