Which Way, L.A.?
City Corruption: A Way of Life in Part of Los Angeles County
The tiny city of Bell got national headlines for paying Manager Robert Rizzo $1.5 million a year. Today, he got a 12-year prison sentence. But Bell’s not alone.
By Warren Olney • • 26m ListenThe tiny city of Bell got national headlines for paying Manager Robert Rizzo $1.5 million a year. Today, he got a 12-year prison sentence from a judge who called him “a godfather.” But Bell’s not alone; there are new details of corruption in neighboring Cudahy, and nearby Vernon has been called “a criminal enterprise posing as a city government.”
Also, we'll take a look at the sensational story of Dodger outfielder Yasiel Puig, a rookie sensation last year whose defection from Cuba is a tale of bribery, kidnapping and death.
Later, on To The Point, the so-called Heartbleed security flaw has revealed every user’s worst nightmare about security on the Internet. If we’re already vulnerable now, what’s going to happen when electrical grids and driverless cars are operated online? Should somebody take charge, or is it better when nobody can?
In this episode
2 storiesBell Scandal Sentencing and Corruption Beyond
Today was “the Big One” for the city of Bell, one of California’s poorest cities. Coming up for a sentence on corruption charges, former City Manager, Robert Rizzo, once paid $1.5 million a year, told Judge Kathleen Kennedy he “breached the public’s confidence” by looking more to himself than the community.
Read the story15 minThe Crazy, Unbelievable Story of Dodger Yusiel Puig's Trek to the US
Dodger outfielder Yasiel Puig is one of Major League Baseball’s most controversial players on the field. The previously unknown story of how he defected from Cuba and got to the United States will be making waves off the field. Jesse Katz reports it in next month’s edition of Los Angeles magazine.
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