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September 8, 2010Sacramento County (Calif.) sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death of 69-year-old Galen Joseph May, an employee to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, as a homicide. May’s body was found in his apartment late Saturday afternoon when a ...
It's Politics: Cards stacked in fight over horse race betting
September 8, 2010The California Coalition Against Gambling Expansion has stepped into the fray over a proposal that would change the way horse races are bet on in California. The Sacramento-based, anti-booze, anti-betting religious lobby has promised to send 10,000 mailers in the next few days asking recipients to call or write Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Group pledges push for veto of California horse racing bill
September 8, 2010Opponents of gambling are targeting legislation that would allow bets on horses to lose. Gambling opponents vowed Thursday to lobby Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto a bill to revive the state's slumping horse racing industry and allow betting on horses to lose starting in 2012.
Neighbor of slain Antelope man arrested in Kern County
September 8, 2010As far as Sacramento County sheriff's detectives can tell, Juan Carlos Orozco and Galen Joseph May were neighbors who shared nothing but a wall.
California legislators race through waning hours of session
September 8, 2010Dueling budget proposals went nowhere, key environmental bills were headed to the wire and a number of bills pushed by corporate sponsors met surprising defeats.
Sacramento slaying victim was aide to prominent horse trainer
September 8, 2010Galen Joseph May had a passion for horses.
Flurry of bills, 98 in all, pass Legislature before deadline
September 8, 2010Chase Davis Tuesday at midnight marked the rancorous end to yet another legislative session here in California. And like many sine dies before, it was filled with hours of last-minute wrangling to cram through as much unfinished business as possible. By our count, 98 bills were passed and sent to enrollment Tuesday. In the interest of transparency, we pulled together a list (based on the state's ...
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September 8, 2010DEL MAR, Calif. - Bob Baffert was in Saratoga on Saturday when Richard’s Kid won the Pacific Classic and El Brujo the Pat O’Brien, but he was back on the scene Tuesday morning, making plans for those horses and several others in his ...
Senator Calderon brokers racetrack deal
September 8, 2010As the state Legislature Monday began its last week of the 2010 session, a deal brokered by Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, softened some of the controversy surrounding a proposal to introduce exchange betting in California.
Senate delays Bo Derek's confirmation to board overseeing California horse racing, betting
September 8, 2010SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California state Senate has delayed confirming actress Bo Derek to a commission that oversees horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering at racetracks in California.
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