RICHMOND - After losing Harrah's as its financial backer last year, an American Indian tribe that hopes to build a casino resort complex at the former Point Molate Naval Base has found a new partner - the tribe that runs the popular Cache Creek casino resort in Yolo County.

Opponents of a proposed Rohnert Park casino may be dissatisfied, but Sonoma and Marin county supervisors won important concessions from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria.Credit also goes to the leaders of the tribe, who agreed to give up considerable political leverage without getting much in return.

Assemblyman Jared Huffman, an opponent of the Indian casino planned in Rohnert Park, plans to introduce legislation intended to make it tougher for such projects to be built without local approval.

A year after Harrah's drops out, the Rumsey Band of Wintun Indians, which runs Cache Creek casino, will bankroll Guidiville Band's casino complex bid

County supervisors unanimously approved an agreement with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria on Tuesday that they believe will prevent the tribe from

A deal that Marin County supervisors have negotiated with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria regarding casino development in Marin and Sonoma is misguided,

Marin County supervisors are considering a deal with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria that would limit the tribe, which is already seeking a casino in

Friends in Travel of Sacramento is organizing a group for a Saturday cruise aboard the USS Potomac, a yacht commissioned in 1934 and once known as the "floating White House." The cruise will pass under the Golden Gate, Richmond/San Rafael and Bay bridges. Pickup will be in the College Greens area. The $98 per person cost includes lunch. Information: (916) 207-9691. Docent Dan Strohl ...

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