Assault On Bus Headed To Chukchansi Casino (CA – Tour Bus Attack)
ABC 30 Fresno (August 23, 2010) An arrest has been made in a bizarre attack on board a bus headed to a local casino. David Halla, 56, is charged with assault on an elderly person. Halla and the victim were among the passengers on board a tour bus traveling from Modesto to Chukchansi Casino in Madera County.

Man Attacked On Chukchansi-Bound Bus (CA – Tour Bus Attack)
Fresno Bee (August 23, 2010) A 56-year-old man was arrested Monday after he repeatedly assaulted an elderly man while shouting racial slurs on a crowded charter bus headed for Chukchansi Gold Resort-Casino in Coarsegold, the California Highway Patrol said.
 
Dan Morain: Brown, Take Heed: Whitman Is Winning Friends (CA – Tribal Contributions - Gubernatorial Race)
Sacramento Bee (August 23, 2010) Two tribes with large casinos, the Pala band in San Diego County and the Paskenta band near Corning, gave Whitman maximum donations of $25,900 each this month. Brown had hoped to lock up donations from casino tribes.
 
Yolo County Gets Serious About Tribal Road Work (CA – Tribal Environmental Impact Report)
Daily Democrat (August 24, 2010) Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation received a final letter Friday from Yolo County to address traffic concerns in the Tribal Environmental Impact Report for its proposed casino expansion. The letter acts as a precursor of sorts for what county officials will argue necessitates the offsetting of environment effects as part of an intergovernmental agreement.

Online Program Launched To Help Problem Gamblers (CA – Gambling Addiction)
North County Times (August 23, 2010) This system serves as a safety net for gambling addicts fighting to end their spiral of debt and addiction," Attorney General Jerry Brown said in a written statement. "These are people who have chosen to help themselves, and we'll assist them in keeping their pledges not to gamble."

Researchers Get $1 Million Grant To Improve Native Health In Northern California (CA – UC Davis Receives Grant Monies)
Indian Country Today (August 24, 2010) UC Davis School of Medicine  researchers will train Native American communities in Northern California to develop and implement culturally appropriate interventions to improve their health by decreasing obesity and Type 2 diabetes, through a $1 million research grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.