The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians

Steve Waldron of Cruisin’ Grand Friday accepts a sponsorship check from Tishmall Turner, vice-chairman of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians and tribal member John Lara. Other VIPs shown in the photo (whose names we were able to obtain) were Escondido city council members Ed Gallo, Mike Morasco and Deputy Mayor John Masson, Tom Stinson, of Assemblywoman Marie Waldron’s office and Miss Escondido.

The California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA) has released its bi-annual economic impact study produced by Beacon Economics, a premier leader in economic research.

A lawsuit that has gone on so long that most of those who initiated it are dead, will be settled very, very soon, possibly this week. For Bo Mazzetti, chairman of the Rincon Band of Mission Indians, that is a bittersweet thing.

In a San Diego county beer industry that’s growing like Bermuda grass, there’s a new entry, the SR-76 brewery at Harrah’s Southern California Resort in Valley Center.

For those of you who do not know what burning man is, it is a MASSIVE art festival that takes place in the Nevada dessert.

In a nutshell, the central story line of creator Alan Wallace’s Something Inside is Broken tells of the Nisenan people’s encounter with John Sutter in the pre-Gold Rush years of 1840’s central California.

Firefighter Paramedics James Banister and Scott Ferguson of the Rincon Tribal Fire Department were among those honored last week at the 5th annual Hero Awards, sponsored by the North San Diego Business Chamber. The awards were given at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido.

The Rincon tribe has joined the Colusa tribe in investing in PRC Composites, a manufacturer of fiberglass shipping crates for military weapons.