STRANGELY, THEIR PARTY AFFILIATION IS OMITTED: “The mayor and seven other current and former officials of the small Los Angeles suburb of Bell were arrested on Tuesday on charges related to a pay scandal, the Los Angeles County District Attorney said.”

UPDATE: Reader David Marcus writes: “In California, non statewide offices are non partisan. The candidates may self identify with a party, or may be registered with a party, but its not going to show on the ballot. Because Bell is a heavily minority (Latino) city, it is most likely they are all Democrats, but they did not run for office as Democrats. That is not on their campaign literature and not designated on the ballot.”