Oscar Hernandez

Bell's Ex-Officials Enter 'Not Guilty' Plea

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — Four former Bell city officials have pleaded not guilty to charges that they looted the tiny Los Angeles suburb of millions of dol...

Trial Ordered For Bell's Recalled City Council Members

AP | By JOHN ROGERS | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES -- A former city manager accused of masterminding a scam to bilk the blue-collar Los Angeles suburb of Bell of more than $6.5 million was ...

In Closing Arguments, Bell Officials Blame All On Rizzo

AP | JOHN ROGERS | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — The mayor, vice mayor and four other past and present officials of the scandal-ridden city of Bell shirked their responsibilities ...

Bell Trial: Rizzo Ruled The Roost

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — The six current and former officials facing charges of looting the working-class suburb of Bell were actually highly paid puppets ...

A True Populist Revolt in Bell: And It's Not the Tea Partiers

Mona Gable | Posted 05.25.2011

Mona Gable

Compared to the inane rantings of the Tea Partiers we've been hearing, the citizens of Bell actually had legitimate complaints. Bell's top officials were paying themselves like bankers.