Topic: Robert Rizzo

A Los Angeles judge Tuesday dismissed felony charges against a former Bell, Calif., mayor and a city council member for taking cash loans from Robert Rizzo.

The former city administrator of Bell, Calif., brought down in a pay scandal last year, is suing the city for breach of contract.

A California city on the brink of bankruptcy has $4.5 million in a special pension fund set up by its former administrator, grand jury transcripts reveal.

Officials in Bell, Calif., the city notorious for its high-cost government, paid double for a tract of land that was never redeveloped, investigators say.

A prosecutor presented evidence Tuesday that the former city manager of Bell, Calif., had a corrupt business relationship with Bell's former planning director.

Four former Bell, Calif., officials were ordered Thursday to stand trial for receiving paychecks a judge called illegal.

Bell, Calif., City Clerk Rebecca Valdez says former city manager Robert Rizzo ordered her to doctor his employee contracts.

A California judge Tuesday refused to recuse himself from a second set of hearings in the Bell corruption trial.

The city clerk of Bell, Calif., said former City Administrator Robert Rizzo ordered her to falsify documents relating to city officials' salaries.

The city clerk for Bell, Calif., testified Thursday the city administrator told her to give the public false information that hid city officials' high salaries.