By JOHN ASBURY, The Press-Enterprise
Riverside County sheriff’s deputies arrested an 18-year-old man Wednesday they say has eluded them for several weeks in connection with a stolen-car incident.
Whitecloud Robert Trujillo was wanted following a police pursuit Sept. 7 in a stolen vehicle, sheriff’s officials said.

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BY JOYCE LOBECK, SUN STAFF WRITER
Even as a work in progress, the nearly 300,000-square-foot Quechan Casino Resort rising out of the desert west of Yuma is impressive.
The public got its first look during a media tour Thursday afternoon of the resort, now about 65 percent completed.

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Tamara Browning, THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
American Indian visual and performance artist JAMES LUNA of San Diego already had his multimedia installation show “TALKING STONES” in mind when he was invited to participate in a citywide memorial exhibition.
“Talking Stones” is part of “Through the Eyes of Artists: Looking Back, Looking Forward,” which notes the Springfield race riot [...]

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Friday, September 26, 2009 7-9 p.m.
Rincon Tribal Hall, West Tribal Road, Rincon Reservation, Valley Center, CA.
The grand opening of Wa$xayam Pomki Museum, featuring ethno botany, digital photo histories, rare artifacts, Luiseño basketry a window into the daily lives and culture of the Luiseño people.

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UNION-TRIBUNE
September 25, 2008
POINT LOMA - The 45th annual Cabrillo Festival, which honors the first European explorer to visit what is now San Diego, will take place this weekend in Point Loma.
The event will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Cabrillo National Monument - at the southern end of Catalina Boulevard - [...]

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By Steven Newcomb
Sept 24, 2008
Two congressional bills - one passed in 1919 and the other in 1932 - granted the city of San Diego certain lands within the Cleveland National Forest and the Capitan Grande Indian Reservation for a reservoir and water storage system. Between the two bills, nearly 2,900 acres of the Capitan Grande [...]

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By Rob Capriccioso
Sept 24, 2008
WASHINGTON - Indian kids will soon have a Super Mario-like character of their own to guide through an array of digital puzzles and game landscapes. But instead of a character who looks like the mustached Italian plumber, made popular from appearances in dozens of Nintendo offerings, a new video game created [...]

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By Victor Morales, Today correspondent
Sept 24, 2008
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A southern California tribe is taking the reins of Palm Springs’ first golf course after the operator folded.
The Palm Springs National Golf Club, formerly the Canyon Country Club, has experienced a significant drop in membership and plans to surrender the 18-hole course to the Agua [...]

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Health, culture and archaeology issues will highlight the event at UCR’s Palm Desert Graduate Center.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - American Indian health issues, language preservation and improving archaeology practices in California will highlight the 23rd annual California Indian Conference on Friday, Oct. 3, and Saturday, Oct. 4, at the UC Riverside Palm Desert Graduate Center.
The conference theme [...]

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SAN DIEGO - Viejas Casino has received top rankings in several categories in the 2008 Best of Southern California Gaming Reader’s Choice Awards. Readers of the Southern California Gaming Guide(TM) ranked Viejas #1 in the following categories: Best Dealers, Best Bingo and Best Entertainment & Concerts. In addition, Viejas Casino ranked #2 in Over-all Slots, [...]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by hunwut
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