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A little tribe with a casino on a road to nowhere 60 miles northwest of Sacramento has become the biggest employer in Colusa County and a role model for many of California's gaming tribes. Field worker Efrain Carreon oversees control gates as water rushes into rice fields. The Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians owns 13,000 acres of farmland. Pamela Stot […]

In a sweeping series of prosecutions, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pleaded guilty Tuesday in three cities to environmental crimes committed at its stores across the country. […]

While Dixon city officials say no one has been harmed by Carissa Carpenter's sinking studio proposal, some property owners say they felt pressured by Carpenter's company and key city officials to sell their land or face potential economic consequences. The public addresses questions about the proposed Morning View studio project to the Dixon City C […]

A Bee examination of numerous public records chronicling Carissa Carpenter's financial difficulties raises questions about her ability to deliver on her dream of building a massive movie studio in Dixon. Carissa Carpenter, a self-described entertainment executive, and an unidentified companion leave a Malibu courthouse in May after dismissal of two felo […]

A Hollywood figure who has been a key to Carissa Carpenter's 16-year effort to bring a movie studio to Northern California has pulled out of the latest deal, saying that funding for the $2.8 billion project in Dixon has not materialized. Carissa Carpenter reviews documents during an April interview with The Bee. She conceded she owns no property, but sa […]

Amid growing uncertainty over the future of Carissa Carpenter's splashy movie studio proposal in Dixon, city officials defended their actions during a sometimes testy meeting Tuesday night. Jim Danhakl, center, who agreed to sell 69 acres to Carissa Carpenter for her film studio project in Dixon, vents his frustration before Mayor Jack Batchelor Jr., ri […]

Robert Fierro, a preschool teacher and a city council member in this industrial town of fewer than 13,000 residents, didn't fully fathom the tidal forces and the powerful family he was taking on in 2008. The Central Basin Municipal Water District has a long history with the politically dominant Calderon family. Sen. Ron Calderon talks with colleagues in […]

A stretch of Highway 28 on the northeast shore of Lake Tahoe will be closed for three nights this week for repair work. […]

The U.S. Forest Service's Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is seeking public input on a proposal to remove the Incline Lake dam near Incline Village, Nev., and restore the area affected by it. […]

One of the three storm-chasing researchers killed by a twister near Oklahoma City last week had strong ties to the South Lake Tahoe community. […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. Naval Academy has charged three Navy football players with sexually assaulting a female midshipman more than a year ago. The academy said Wednesday that the male midshipmen are being charged with rape, sexual assault or other sexual misconduct, and making a false official statement. Cmdr. ... […]

DENVER — College campuses are known for refusing to tolerate discrimination against any minority group, but try telling that to a conservative. Few would disagree that conservative thinkers are an endangered species on campus, which is why the University of Colorado Board of Regents is scheduled to consider Thursday a ... […]

Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota after two years battling prostate cancer, according to his publisher. He was 47. Flynn died Wednesday morning at United Hospital in St. Paul, leaving behind his wife, Lysa Flynn, and three ... […]

The organizers of Michael Bloomberg's gun control group has issued an apology for naming Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev as a victim of gun violence during a demonstration in Concord, N.H., on Tuesday. Members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns read the names of those killed with guns since the ... […]

New Jersey school officials have threatened a 12-year-old hearing-impaired girl to stop using sign language to communicate on the schoolbus or face a 3-day suspension, the girl's parents told ABC News. Danica Lesko and her parents say sign language is the only way to for her to effectively communicate after ... […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market. The brighter view of the economy could be a hint ... […]

School board members voted unanimously on Tuesday to rename a year-old San Fernando Valley elementary school after Michelle Obama. The Los Angeles Unified board approved the plan to rename Valley Region Elementary School No. 13 in honor of the first lady and her "Let's Move!" campaign, CBS Los Angeles reported. ... […]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced her support for gay marriage on Wednesday — the third Republican in the Senate to do so. Sens. Mark Kirk of Illinois and Rob Portman of Ohio previously gave their public thumbs-up to same-sex marriage. Mrs. Murkowski explained her views, via a posting on ... […]

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis tore into Mayor Rahm Emanuel's kitchen cabinet Tuesday, blaming racism and "rich white people" for why the city's schools are in a fiscal crisis, the Chicago Tribune reported. "Members of the status quo, the people who are running the schools and advising the mayor ... […]

Anti-tax protesters staged a large rally on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday to air their grievances against the Internal Revenue Service and what speakers described as an intrusive, overweening federal government. The rally comes amid multiple active probes into the improper targeting of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt ... […]

A man was arrested after reportedly assaulting two people, including a police officer, at a gun control rally in front of the New Hampshire state Capitol Tuesday. The event was hosted by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's group Mayors Against Illegal Guns movement. People read the names of those ... […]

Chris Matthews lamented the elements this morning after he blamed the setting sun for blocking President Obama's view of the teleprompters and ruining his "dramatic windup" during a speech in Berlin. "I think a lot of the problem he had today was the late afternoon sun in Berlin. I think ... […]