Darrell R. Santschi, The Press-Enterprise
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has donated $242,000 to a gang prevention program in San Bernardino schools, the tribe announced.

Posted on March 4th, 2010 by hunwut
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By John Hollenhorst
SALT LAKE CITY — Legal experts are trying to assess the impact on upcoming trials for 23 people now that the chief witness in the case has committed suicide.

Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by hunwut
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By SARAH BURGE, The Press-Enterprise
An insurance broker and the former chief financial officer for the Pechanga Resort & Casino have been charged with bilking the tribe out of more than $4 million in an insurance scam, authorities said Thursday.
James William Riley, 46, of Murrieta, and Ryan Jay Robinson, 39, of Temecula, were arrested Tuesday, a [...]

Posted on February 4th, 2010 by hunwut
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Former investigator’s reasons still unclear
By Onell R. Soto, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
EAST COUNTY - Employees of the Barona Gaming Commission got together for counseling and then went to work as a group yesterday, the first time they returned to their offices since a former investigator killed a manager and then himself a week ago.

Posted on January 5th, 2010 by hunwut
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Gaming offices to reopen Monday
By Matthew T. Hall, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Julie Casillas was sprawled on the floor of her Arizona office last week, stuffing a GPS device into the smallest of four boxes, which she wrapped separately and packaged like Russian dolls to give to her husband for Christmas.

Posted on January 1st, 2010 by hunwut
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Discrepancy surfaces in former worker’s exit
By Matthew T. Hall, Onell R. Soto, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
A day after a murder-suicide at the Barona Gaming Commission office, investigators and the two dead men’s friends and families strung together more pieces of what happened but struggled with the question of why.

Posted on December 31st, 2009 by hunwut
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Shooter was fired from position with gaming authority
By Matthew T. Hall, Anne Krueger, Onell R. Soto, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
A man who was fired from a job with the Barona Gaming Commission last month shot and killed a manager in a commission office and then himself yesterday, authorities said.

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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Wendy Leung, Staff Writer
CHINO - Goodbyes can be difficult.
If you are Jimi Castillo, an American Indian spiritual leader who has been working for two decades at the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, saying goodbye is heartbreaking.

Posted on November 28th, 2009 by hunwut
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Peltier supporters to seek clemency during White House meeting
By Gale Courey Toensing
WASHINGTON - Leonard Peltier supporters will seek clemency for the imprisoned American Indian Movement activist during a historic meeting between President Barack Obama and hundreds of tribal leaders of federally recognized nations.

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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SOBOBA: Robert Salgado pleaded ‘not guilty’ to charges of bribery, tax evasion, and conspiracy.
By CHARLES HAND / The Valley Chronicle
The 26 bribery counts, six counts of filing false income tax returns, and single count of conspiracy with which the federal government has charged Soboba Tribal Chairman Robert Salgado carry a combined maximum sentence of 363 [...]

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by hunwut
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