It was a warm Southern California evening that second night of summer 2012 when California state Sen. Ron Calderon sat down for dinner with an indie producer and explained how he would threaten to let the state's film incentives program "fall apart" in exchange for the bribe he'd just been offered to help the producer…

Former Democratic California State Sen. Ron Calderon has been sentenced to 3½ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for performing official acts as a legislator – including $60,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as independent…

Former California state Assemblyman Tom Calderon has been sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to laundering bribes that his brother, former state Sen. Ron Calderon, received from undercover FBI agents posing as independent filmmakers who wanted changes to California's film-incentives program. According…

Former California state Sen. Ronald Calderon has agreed to plead guilty to having accepted $60,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as independent filmmakers who wanted changes to California's film incentives program. According to the U.S. Attorney's office, Calderon agreed to support an expansion of a…

California State Sen. Ron Calderon is facing federal charges in a wide-ranging corruption case that includes allegedly accepting bribes from FBI agents posing as movie executives. Authorities today filed a 24-count criminal indictment against the veteran politician that also includes allegations of money laundering…

UPDATE, 1:14 PM: The state Senate leader has removed Ron Calderon from the California Film Commission in the wake of allegations in an FBI affidavit of bribery and influence peddling of the state's $100 million Film and TV tax credit program. "If for no other reason, the appearance of impropriety dictates that the…