Possible Clues:

• Write article about a miserable place in California
• City in California
• Father with pathetic girl in California city
• Caltech's city
• Norton Simon Museum setting
• City in Pennsylvania, and port in South Africa
• Unhappy woman trailing behind the old man in US city
• Writer has article about a sorrowful American city
• Setting of 'The Big Bang Theory'
• City in California, east of Los Angeles