Huguette M. Clark, the reclusive heiress who died last month in New York, has left a painting from Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” series to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The bequest was revealed in a will that her attorneys filed Wednesday in New York. Clark , 104, had an extensive art collection in her 42-room apartment on Fifth Avenue. The art, including works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir and John Singer Sargent, is being transferred to the Bellosguardo Foundation, which is named after her 24-acre estate in Santa Barbara, Calif. Read full article > >

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Lucas Ransom was surfing Friday morning about 50 to 100 yards offshore at Surf Beach, which is in Vandenburg Air Force Base, north of Santa Barbara, California, when, according to witnesses, a shark emerged from the waves, pulled him under, and bit off…

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Shark Kills California Surfer

A judge issued bench warrants for the arrest of actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, after the couple failed to appear for a court hearing in Santa Barbara, California, Monday morning, a court spokesman said.

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