California News - Page 135

News Brief: Winning scratch tickets may lead police to a suspects in a robbery and homicide.

News Brief: A Berkeley developer’s plans for a $700 million luxury casino resort at the foot of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge will move another step closer to realization Thursday night.

News Brief: Plans to expand an East Bay card room located less than 10 miles from UC Berkeley halted last week when the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians agreed not to install 2,500 slot machines at Casino San Pablo, after facing heat from state legislators.

River Rock Entertainment reports net revenues increased 24.9% to $28.5 million, from $22.8 million. Income from operations grew 42.3% to $6.8 million, compared to $4.8 million.

News Brief: Yolo County officials announced the opening of the application period for the third round of funding for the mitigation of direct effects related to expansion of the Cache Creek Casino Resort, located in Brooks on Highway 16 in the Capay Valley.

News Brief: San Pablo officials pondered life without the slot-machine casino that they had hoped would reshape their town, while the battle over the issue shifted to Washington D.C.

News analysts in Los Angeles have a starkly different take on tribal gaming in California than newscasters in Las Vegas.

News Brief: Investors from coast to coast are being asked to put up millions of dollars for a new Indian casino in Los Angeles County, a project the tribe involved says is bogus.

Pala Casino Resort and Spa has announced its spring concert line-up at its Pala Events Center and the Palomar Starlight Theater.

News Brief: A Corning man can finally afford to buy the home he's always dreamed of, after winning a $1,156,860 MegaJackpot on a Wheel of Fortune dollar slot machine Monday at Rolling Hills Casino.

News Brief: Three new measures designed to control the spread of casinos took forward steps this week, including one federal law and two proposed amendments to the California Constitution.

The Casino Dealer College with Casino Schools in San Francisco and Sacramento California reports major additions to their casino training options last week.

News Brief: An accident involving a casino bus heading to Fantasy Springs Casino and a fire truck has left one person dead.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

Bay Area Congressman George Miller has pulled an about-face, joining overwhelming community opposition to a plan to convert Casino San Pablo into a huge Indian casino.

News Brief: Rich people in the East Bay hills should ‘keep their patronizing opinions to themselves’ and stop denying working-class people jobs to feed their kids and send them to college, Indian casino proponents said Thursday.

News Brief: Parents, politicans and a principal led a petition campaign to protest an Oakland gambling casino. The petition will be presented to the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, DC.

News and views from inside the industry this week.

News Brief: The San Juan City Council voted unanimously to oppose a Miwok casino in San Benito County, backing up the recent decision by the San Benito County Board of Supervisors with hopes Hollister's City Council will follow suit.

News Brief: As the poker craze sweeps the country, Phil Gordon has become one of its most visible faces as the expert host on Bravo's 'Celebrity Poker Showdown.'