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The state filed disciplinary proceedings Thursday against a prominent accounting firm that failed to detect any financial irregularities in Bell, where former city leaders now stand accused of looting the town's treasury as it teetered on the edge of bankruptcy.

Much has been written about the good work accomplished by the Solano County Library system and the Library Foundation and the Solano County Taxpayers Association concurs that such recognition is deserved.

With the potential game-tying run at first in the bottom of the seventh, one out, and the heart of... Eric Estrada sprays down Dr.

Custom Building Products recently announced that the company's manufacturing plant in Bell, Calif., has been named "Energy Project of the Year" by the Southern California Chapter of the Association for Energy Engineers.

Chinese workers examine solar panels at a manufacturer of photovoltaic products in Huaibei in central China's Anhui province.

Bell, the southeast Los Angeles County town that became linked with corruption after eight former leaders were arrested, Monday appointed a city manager who was fired earlier this year as chief executive in el Segundo.

County tax assessor John Noguez is the target of a major investigation by the DA's office into shady tax deals, and has been urged to resign by District Attorney Steve Cooley himself.

Job candidates await their turn for interviews at the Goodwill Southern California job fair in Bell, Calif.

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The CarbonX Rocky Mountain Challenge Series returns to Meridian Speedway this weekend for the first of three races to be staged at the historic quarter-mile paved oval this season.

The real class warfare in this country isn't rich vs. poor, it's government employees vs.

Hercules' books are so shoddy and riddled with omissions that some of them are "inauditable," says the state's chief financial officer.

In this March. 9, 2012, file photo, job candidates fill out forms for employment interviews at a job fair in Bell, Calif.

Two men were arrested in Woodland on Sunday night after an unsuccessful attempt to evade arrest, said Sgt.

Case in point: Eight city officials in Bell, Calif., were charged with misappropriating public funds in 2010 after a series of reports by the Los Angeles Times revealed they received extravagant salaries.

West Hollywood Councilman John Duran charged dozens of meals to his city expense account, often multiple times a week.