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The Pulse of Southern California

11 fascinating Frank Gehry buildings in Los Angeles

Long before the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall made him a global celebrity, L.A. served as Frank Gehry’s laboratory — where he could test materials, shift building…

Lucy Liu on stepping into a ‘terrifying’ new role in ‘Rosemead’

For Lucy Liu, starting to understand the otherwise unfathomable choices of her character in the new film “Rosemead” began with language. To play Irene, a San Gabriel Valley widow taking…

UCLA officially hires Bob Chesney, but who will be joining him?

UCLA snagged its new football coach Saturday, formally announcing the hiring of Bob Chesney a little more than 13 hours after the outgoing James Madison coach guided his team to…

10 iconic Frank Gehry buildings around the world

Frank Gehry, who died Friday at 96, challenged the notion that buildings needed to behave themselves — creating artful, strange, kinetic combinations of structure, material, form and light, and transforming…

Jo Ann Boyce, Clinton 12 member and civil rights trailblazer, dies

The night before she first walked into Clinton High School in 1956, Jo Ann Allen beamed over her outfit with the excitement of any teenager starting ninth grade. Her grandmother…

Alarm grows in Europe over what is seen as Trump’s ‘betrayal’ of Ukraine

WASHINGTON — A renewed push by the Trump administration to settle Russia’s war in Ukraine is jolting European governments that are fearful Washington is laying the groundwork for an ultimatum…

Halle Berry says Gavin Newsom ‘should not be our next president’

Oscar winner Halle Berry’s next pick for president of the United States? Not California Gov. Gavin Newsom, she made that abundantly clear on Wednesday. The “Monster’s Ball” and “Catwoman” star…

Plans to raise Vincent Thomas Bridge rejected by state

Construction on the Vincent Thomas Bridge near the Port of Los Angeles is slated to begin next month, but the project will not include a 26-foot bridge hoist that port…

Pet owners find “grisly” scene inside San Marcos pet crematory. Owner arrested

Angel Paws Pet Cremation appeared to be a nondescript San Marcos business, where grieving clients brought in their dearly departed pets — until they stopped getting their calls returned, and…

4,000 gallons of oil, contaminated wastewater spill in Monterey County

More than 4,000 gallons of oil and contaminated wastewater spilled in southern Monterey County following a pipeline failure early Friday, according to state emergency filings. Private cleanup crews were dispatched…