Gardena Councilman Dan Medina thought everyone in the usually sleepy suburb had seen the disappointing news -- the talk of the town -- that their popular mayor, Paul Tanaka, had been convicted of two felonies this week.
But when he stopped at the Elks Lodge on Thursday, he was surprised to bump into some residents who didn't know jurors had found Tanaka guilty in federal court the day before of obstructing justice when he worked as Los Angeles County's undersheriff.