April 19, 2012, 7:00 PM
General Services Administration officials – now embroiled in an agency scandal over lavish spending – pursued contracts with Fremont-based Solyndra despite orders from White House officials to cease contact with the failing solar panel company, according to e-mails released as part of a...
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August 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
The tiny city of Vernon is putting big money on its fight for survival in the state Capitol. The scandal-tarred city, which is fighting a disincorporation bill, spent about $1.6 million on lobbying this year, according to new disclosure reports. That makes Vernon the state's sixth-biggest...
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November 17, 2010, 12:05 AM
There has been no shortage of political profiteering in recent months over corruption and salary shenanigans down in the now-infamous city of Bell, but a judge's recent criticism of a civil suit filed by Attorney General Jerry Brown has given ammunition to defense lawyers who have long argued...
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July 7, 2010, 3:58 PM
Five electricians who worked for the city of San Francisco are accused of running a private contracting business on city time, moonlighting for other government agencies and billing the cost to taxpayers, according to court records. They also hired prostitutes for sex parties on their isolated work...
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July 7, 2010, 3:58 PM
Crew leader Donnie Alan Thomas is accused of preparing fake invoices to the city for $235,000 in personal expenses, including a barbecue grill, cell phones, custom auto accessories and work on remodeling to his homes in Martinez and Danville.
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July 2, 2010, 5:40 PM
Bored and unsupervised, five highly paid electricians working for the city of San Francisco spent years allegedly stealing from taxpayers during a remarkable binge that involved sex parties with prostitutes, moonlighting on city time and fraudulent billing to pay for their suburban lifestyles.
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April 21, 2010, 12:06 AM
For all the talk and theories that abound among political observers and Tea Party activists, it isn't too often that you see a federal official caught red-handed taking bribes like 39-year-old Constantine Peter Kallas was yesterday. Kallas, a federal immigration attorney from Alta Loma,...
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