Bell Mayor Released From Jail On $250K Bond
Bell Mayor Oscar Hernandez has been released from jail after spending nearly a week behind bars following his arrest on corruption charges.
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Bell Mayor Oscar Hernandez has been released from jail after spending nearly a week behind bars following his arrest on corruption charges.
There are congressional hearings and there are comedy shows, and the twain rarely meet. So when a House panel on immigration combined them on purpose last week with testimony from Stephen Colbert and his "truthy" alter ego, debate broke out on the proper roles of the many celebrities -- from Angelina Jolie to Bono to Elmo -- who advocate in Washington.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has delayed Wednesday's execution by nearly two days.
Do you make a good living working for Los Angeles County? Officials say your safety may be at risk if the public finds out how much you make.
A list of highest-paid Los Angeles County employees is being withheld because some workers are concerned about their safety if salaries are made public.
Pat Boone and blogger Andrew Breitbart praised grassroots politics during a tea party rally in Beverly Hills.
California has a long history of defying conventional wisdom on the issue of marijuana, including its embrace of the drug in the 1960s and its landmark medical pot law 14 years ago.
A former assistant city manager of the Southern California city of Bell is free on bail three days after she was arrested in a corruption probe.
A federal judge has cleared the way for California's first execution since 2006 after the state revised its lethal injection procedures.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has blasted California's largest union for supporting a November ballot measure to legalize marijuana.
The comedian and host of "The Colbert Report" told lawmakers on Capitol Hill his one-day stint of picking beans alongside illegal immigrants was "hotter than I like to be".
Aides to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature's top leaders said Thursday they had made progress on trying to end California's record-long budget impasse and would reconvene next week.
In a nod to environmentalists, Los Angeles County supervisors have voted to ban foam food containers at most county facilities, including restaurants, catering trucks, hospitals, golf courses and concessions.
With nearly one-fifth of voters undecided or uninterested in backing either candidate, the race for governor of California may go right down to the wire.
A judge Wednesday postponed the arraignment of eight current and former Bell city officials charged with misappropriating public funds until Oct. 21.
