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Judge Throws out Attorney General's Case Against 'Bell 8'
KTLA NewsBELL, Calif. (KTLA) -- A judge on Tuesday threw out a waste of public funds allegations against the so-called "Bell eight." Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ralph Dau said the case brought by the state Attorney General's office was legislative in...Tags: Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Trials, Wages and Pensions, Barack Obama
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Bell Meeting Canceled After Council Member No-Shows
KTLA NewsBELL (KTLA) -- A Bell City Council meeting to discuss drastic cuts to avoid possible bankruptcy was canceled Thursday evening because of a lack of quorum. Residents packed the council chambers and spilled outside Thursday night, but Mayor Oscar Hernandez...Tags: Bell City Council, Los Angeles Times
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Robert Rizzo Fired as Surf City Parking Lot Guard
KTLA NewsHUNTINGTON BEACH ( KTLA) Disgraced former Bell city manager Robert Rizzo was fired from his new job, just a few days after being "hired." Rizzo was working behind the Surfing Museum, standing guard over the museum's tiny parking lot. It was a...Tags: The Salvation Army, Road Transportation, Christianity, Government, Politics
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Taco Bell "Thankful" For Lawsuit
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Popular fast-food chain Taco Bell issued a public response Friday to claims that its beef isn't really, well, beef. The Mexican-style restaurant took out full page ads in several major newspapers across the nation, including the L....Tags: California, Santa Ana, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Student Wounded in Drive-by Shooting Near Bell High School
KTLA NewsBELL, Calif. -- A 16-year-old student has been shot at a popular burger restaurant a block away from Bell High School. Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Don Kunitomi says the shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Boulevard Burgers on Florence...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Health, Lynwood, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hamburgers
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Former Vernon Official Paid More Than $1 Million
KTLA NewsVERNON, Calif. -- Big salaries paid to city officials are under scrutiny in yet another Southern California city. Records indicate former Vernon city administrator Eric T. Fresch, who now serves as a legal consultant, made more than $1 million each of...Tags: Vernon (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles Times, Wages and Pensions, Career and Workplace
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Bell is Broke and Nearly Bankrupt, Audit Finds
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- The city of Bell is broke and on the brink of bankruptcy after years of corruption and paying hefty salaries and pensions for top Bell officials, according to a review of the city's books that Los Angeles County officials released on...Tags: Law Enforcement, California, Wages and Pensions, Government, Gloria Molina
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Robert Rizzo Is Serving Time Behind Cars
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif -- A tipster dropped me a line the other day to say she'd spotted an infamous former public official in Huntington Beach, working as a parking lot guard at the International Surfing Museum.
So I drove down Wednesday to have a...Tags: Horse (animal), Lawyers, Justice System, Punishment, Government
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Plea Deals "Off The Table" For 6 Charged In Bell Corruption Case
Los Angeles TimesBELL -- Lawyers for six current and former Bell leaders said their clients would not accept plea deals that would have sent them to prison for two years and forced them to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars allegedly looted from the city treasury....Tags: Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Wages and Pensions, Los Angeles
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AG Expands Investigation into Bell Salary Scandal
KTLA NewsBELL -- Attorney General Jerry Brown is expanding his investigation into the Bell salary scandal after new reports that the city manager was actually receiving more than $1.5 million a year. Brown announced on Monday that he's set up a toll-free...Tags: Employees, Wages and Pensions, Los Angeles, Career and Workplace
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Disgraced Fmr. Bell City Manager Pleads Guilty to DUI
KTLA NewsWESTMINSTER -- Disgraced former Bell city manager, Robert Rizzo, pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving under the influence of alcohol. Rizzo, 56, was arrested March 6 for driving with a blood alcohol level of .28 -- more than three times the legal limit --...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Drunk Driving
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Bell Residents File Recall Petitions Amid Salary Scandal
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- Residents in the city of Bell have filed petitions demanding the recall of four of five City Council members involved in a massive salary scandal. The petitions were filed Wednesday by the Bell Association to Stop the Abuse or BASTA....Tags: Interior Policy, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, State Budgets
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