Former Palm Springs mayor Steve Pougnet was sentenced Wednesday to two years probation, avoiding jail time despite admitting he took bribes from developers for years. Pougnet was also ordered by ...

The jury began deliberations Friday in the trial of real estate developer John Wessman as the decade-old Palm Springs bribery case nears an end. John Wessman faces nine felony charges of bribery and ...

Longtime developer John Wessman took the stand to testify in his own defense Tuesday, a key moment in his trial on charges that he bribed the then-mayor of Palm Springs for favorable treatment of his ...

An ex-mayor of Palm Springs, Steve Pougnet, and a developer have already pleaded guilty in a bribery scheme. Another developer who denies involvement, John Wessman, is now on trial. The witness list ...

After numerous years of delays, the bribery case involving former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet and developer John Wessman will go to trial. Jury selection is set to get underway on May 6 at the ...

Palm Springs developer Richard Meaney, charged with bribery and conspiracy in the public corruption case involving former mayor Steve Pougnet and businessman John Wessman, on Friday convinced a ...

Felony bribery and conspiracy charges against real estate developer John Wessman were dropped Friday during a hearing in the case of alleged public corruption involving former Palm Springs Mayor ...

Proposed settlement terms between Palm Springs and the company formerly led by developer John Wessman shifted Tuesday after city leaders unveiled a new potential agreement with more land for the city, ...

Controversy is yet again swirling around a John Wessman-linked development in Palm Springs. The City Council gave initial approval last week to an agreement on the downtown Virgin Hotel that could ...

More than four years after the FBI raided Palm Springs City Hall, the fight continues to reveal what evidence of corruption prosecutors have against former mayor Steve Pougnet and his co-defendants.