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California Cities Struggling Under Wave of Corruption

(Aug. 16) -- Call it the New Jersey of the West. Recent revelations of exorbitant salaries paid to top officials in the Southern California city of Bell are only the latest developments in a long-running saga of corruption embroiling a string of cities along the Los Angeles River. The scandals encompass city councils...

California City Fires All Workers, Including Police

(June 24) -- A Southern California city caught in a budget squeeze has fired its entire workforce, including police. But don't get any ideas when you walk into a bank there. The city council in Maywood voted to outsource the municipality's jobs, so there will be police protection. "We will become 100 percent a contracted...