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Red Hawk casino owners sign pact with state7/1/2008, Sacramento Bee The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, owners of the new Red Hawk casino scheduled to open later this year in El Dorado County, have agreed to pay the state the largest share of slot machine winnings of any tribe in California. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Tuesday the signing of an amended compact with the tribe that runs through 2029 and allows a maximum of 5,000 slot machines at the casino.
Water Wheel case loses in tribal court6/29/2008, Parker Pioneer The Colorado River Indian Tribes trial court ordered on June 16, that Water Wheel Recreation Area owner/operator Robert Johnson can be evicted from the property by CRIT. The court also ordered Johnson to pay $2 million in damages and reimbursement of CRIT's legal fees for violating the terms of his lease, not vacating the property when the lease expired, not submitting lease payments to CRIT and not paying CRIT revenues generated by the property as stipulated in the lease.
WINNING HAND6/29/2008, Monterey Herald Five years ago, the corner of East Market and Griffin Street was drab and run down, dotted with empty lots and decaying buildings. Today, flags flutter and advertise cars for sale. Fast-food restaurants El Pollo Loco and Carl's Jr. have chased away the development blues with bright colors. And right in the middle stands C&J Collision, a red-and-cream building for an auto glass distributor, the unlikely standard-bearer of the area's revitalization. Owner Sal Jimenez Jr. says he wants to do with the 100 block of Monterey Street in downtown Salinas what he did at East Market and Griffin. | |
Judge won't force state, tribe into talks7/2/2008, San Diego Union Tribune A federal judge who earlier said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger negotiated in bad faith with the Rincon Indian band will not force the state into new negotiations with the tribe. For now. Judge William McCurine said the two sides can wait until an appeals court rules on his decision that the state can't legally demand a cut of casino profits when negotiating with tribes that want to expand gambling.
Feds take step that will speed another Indian casino 7/1/2008, Fresno Bee WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Indian Affairs has quietly dropped plans to study another potential location for a new Indian-operated casino in California's Madera County in a reversal that saves valuable time for the ambitious North Fork Rancheria project.
San Jacinto seeks to stop Soboba reservation expansion, citing public safety 7/1/2008, Press Enterprise The San Jacinto City Council is asking that the Bureau of Indian Affairs suspend the application of the Soboba Band of Luiseņo Indians that seeks to annex hundreds of acres the tribe wants to use to build a hotel and casino complex. The June 23 letter, signed by Mayor Jim Ayres, requests that the federal agency stop processing the application until issues of public safety are resolved. In May, the city requested that the tribe voluntarily pull its application after a series of violent incidents that culminated with the fatal shootings of three tribal members by Riverside County sheriff's deputies.
Gangs in Indian country7/1/2008, Indian Country Today PORTLAND, Ore. - Before putting on a seminar at a reservation, Niso Frank Caywood, Cree, hangs out on some of its toughest streets getting to know local teens because he believes it's the best way to start working on a solution to Native gangs that have infected Indian country. His black hair pulled tight in two braids tipped with leather ties, he has met thousands of gang members and the frightened tribal members who are trying to rid their reservations of the disillusioned youth that often know little about their culture.
Tribe looks to build Porterville casino6/28/2008, Visalia Times - Delta It may be an industrial strip next to the Porterville Airport now, but when Rodney Martin looks at the 40-acre parcel, he sees a 150-room resort, an outlet mall, blackjack tables and 2,000 slot machines. The only thing standing in his way: Federal red tape. "We've had an amazing amount of support," he said. "I think this project will really serve as a model for other tribes
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Federal Judge Tries His Hand at E-Bingo6/27/2008, News10/KXTV
SACRAMENTO, CA - A federal judge got a hands-on demonstration of electronic bingo machines at the heart of a high-profile lawsuit. Five e-bingo machines were set up in a meeting room of the Hyatt Regency hotel Wednesday so that U.S. District Court Judge John A. Mendez could try them out to see for himself how they work. Bingo machine manufacturer Video Gaming Technologies and two local charities that raise money with e-bingo are suing the state attorney general to block the threatened seizure of the machines from three Sacramento-area bingo halls and one in Berkeley.
Immigration attorney arrested at SoCal Indian Casino for allegedly taking immigrants' bribes6/28/2008, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - An attorney for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and his wife were arrested on suspicion of accepting thousands of dollars from both legal and illegal immigrants in exchange for immigration benefits, authorities said. ICE Assistant Chief Counsel Constantine Peter Kallas, 38, and wife Maria Kallas, 39, both of Alta Loma, were arrested Thursday at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino, where authorities believed they were accepting such a bribe, U.S. Attorney spokesman Thom Mrozek said in a statement.
San Pasqual band says some lack Indian blood 6/28/2008, San Diego Union Tribune A long-simmering dispute within a North County Indian band boiled over yesterday when the tribe withheld casino profit checks from about 50 people, claiming that one of their ancestors was adopted and that as a result, they're not really Indians. The San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians, which operates the recently expanded Valley View Casino, also fired several people from tribal jobs and leadership positions after questioning their membership and said it would evict them from homes on tribal land.
San Pasqual Casino Development Group Announces Extension of Consent Solicitation Relating to its 8% Senior Notes Due 2013
6/27/2008, Press Release - Merrill Lynch & Co. San Pasqual Casino Development Group, Inc. (the "Company"), a wholly owned, tribally chartered corporation formed under the laws of the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians (the "Band"), today announced that it is extending the date by which consents must be received pursuant to its previously announced Consent Solicitation with respect to amendments to the indenture governing its outstanding 8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Notes") issued on September 29, 2005 (the "Consent Solicitation"). The Company is extending the expiration date for the Consent Solicitation to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 11, 2008, unless earlier terminated or further extended (such time and date, as they may be further extended, the "Consent Date"). The Consent Solicitation had previously been scheduled to expire on June 27, 2008.
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