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Suit against Calif. Indian casino dismissed
The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa reported on Wednesday () that a Sonoma County judge ruled the suit by the group, Stop the Casino 101 Coalition, lacked merit.
Casino operator hires for full house upon opening
Joe Hasson is the newly appointed general manager of the Graton Resort & Casino currently being constructed by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria in northwest Rohnert Park.
RP planners check future of 87 acres near casino
Rohnert Park's Planning Commission took a good long look at an 87-acre chunk of RP territory Thursday night, April 26, and accepted a proposed layout for it's future.
Marching for a change on immigration laws
More than 1,000 local immigrants and their supporters participated in the May Day march and rally in Santa Rosa on Wednesday, in what has become an enduring call for legalization of the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Housing challenges, retail, casino, rail topics of May 15 forum
The outlook for residential construction plus striking examples of a rebound in North Bay construction activity - the Bay Area's largest casino project, an intercounty commuter rail line, one of Petaluma's big shopping center projects and infrastructure for a local water and energy supply - will be the focus of the Business Journal 's Construction ... (more)
Hopes high as thousands apply for Rohnert Park casino jobs
In a small building in a shopping plaza on Rohnert Park's east side, Phantasia Gabriel nursed her dreams, which lay across Highway 101 at the fast-rising Graton Resort & Casino, where she hopes to become a poker dealer.