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Bruce Malkenhorst Sr., at one time California's highest-paid public official — while employed by one of the state's least populated cities — pleaded guilty today to a charge of misappropriating public funds. Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy immediately sentenced Malkenhorst, 76, to three years on formal probation and ordered him to pay a $10,000 fine and $60,000 in restitution. A second count of misappropriation of public funds was dismissed.
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