On Wednesday, the court sentenced Francisco Javier Valdivia, 45, to life in prison for the 2016 murder of Cecilia Bravo Cabrera.

In the last decade, some 26 local fairs statewide have seen employees or appointed officials accused of siphoning taxpayer money, pressuring businesses for bribes and other misdeeds.

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