Bell City Council

Controller: Progress in Bell, but potential for more problems high

2013-05-22 11:12:00

The new leadership in Bell deserves credit for ejecting corrupt city leaders, but if additional problems aren't fixed, the potential for mismanagement and fiscal crisis remains high, state Controller John Chiang said. Chiang issued his final audit on...

Antonio Sanchez concedes L.A. school board race to Monica Ratliff

2013-05-22 12:28:00

Antonio Sanchez has conceded to Monica Ratliff in the contest to represent the east San Fernando Valley on the Los Angeles Board of Education. Sanchez congratulated Ratliff in a Facebook posting. "Her commitment to the children of this district is...

Bell city manager calls state audit unfair, defends reform progress

2013-05-22 14:37:00

The city manager of Bell called unfair a state report critical of the town’s progress after a massive corruption scandal. State Controller John Chiang issued his final audit on Bell on Wednesday morning, nearly three years after the scandal...

Sun Valley bear tranquilized, captured after roaming neighborhood

2013-05-22 08:44:00

A bear that spent more than an hour Wednesday morning roaming through a Sun Valley neighborhood was tranquilized and captured and will be returned to the forest, authorities said. The approximately 15-month-old bear scaled walls, climbed fences and...

Bell faces 'fiscal crisis' after corruption scandal, audit finds

2013-05-22 09:42:00

Three years after a massive corruption scandal, Bell's finances have worsen considerably and the city doesn't have the money to refund millions of dollars in taxes illegally levied on residents, according to a state audit released Wednesday. Bell...

Prosecutors opt to retry five ex-Bell City Council members

2013-05-22 07:01:00

Former Bell City Councilman Luis Artiga is the only former official who will not be retried for corruption. Artiga, a pastor in Bell, was the only council member fully acquitted by a jury in March on charges of misappropriating public funds and...

Two dead, one airlifted to hospital in Pomona freeway crash

2013-05-22 10:27:00

Two people were killed and one person was airlifted to a hospital after a violent crash on a transition road between the 60 and 71 freeways in Pomona, a California Highway Patrol official said. Just before 9 a.m., a big rig and a large box truck...

L.A. County D.A. plans to retry former Bell City Council members

2013-05-21 21:10:00

The Los Angeles County district attorney's office plans to retry the case against Bell council members accused of misappropriating public funds by overpaying themselves for sitting on city boards and authorities that rarely met, according to defense...

Bell corruption trial: Decision to retry comes next month

2013-04-23 11:34:00

Prosecutors said they will announce a decision next month on whether to retry five former Bell City Council members accused of corruption. The council members were convicted last month on some charges, and acquitted on others. The jury deadlocked 9-3 in...

Bell trial: After mistrial, next steps for attorneys unclear

2013-03-22 06:52:06

Bell corruption trial ended with jury intimidation, attorneys say

2013-03-21 19:24:00

Bell's measure of justice

2013-03-22 00:00:00

The mixed verdicts on the six former Bell City Council members might not have offered the clean sweep many residents had hoped for, but they nevertheless served as a welcome confirmation of what everyone already believed to be true: Appalling wrongs...

The L.A. County district attorney's office will retry five former Bell City Council members accused of misappropriation of public funds.

2013-03-20 00:00:00

Former Bell City Council members are shown during their trial in March.

2013-03-20 00:00:00

Five former Bell City Council members were found guilty Wednesday of stealing public money by paying themselves extraordinary salaries in one of Los Angeles County's poorest cities.

2013-03-20 00:00:00