Going All-in: Super Six takes a twist Nov 24, 2009
Ward, the 2004 Olympic gold medalist whose now-21-0 record includes 13 knockouts, with four of those wins coming at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino, was marvelous in winning the breakthrough fight - and title - he's longed for since Athens. He may also be the attraction boxing is looking for after the hype for a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. junior welterweight match dies down. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Towering plan for new S.F. skyline unveiled Nov 20, 2009
This includes room for a 600-foot tower at the rear of the landmark Palace Hotel. "The Palace is a special case for us," said mayoral adviser Dean Macris. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Northgate's 'grand opening' Nov 15, 2009
-- The California-Asia Business Council, a co-sponsor of the Vietnam visit, holds its annual Asia Night gala on Friday at San Francisco's Palace Hotel. In addition to a sumptuous dinner (I'm told), the council bestows its New Silk Road Award "for contributions to U.S.-Asia business" to G. Paul Matthews, founder of Matthews International Capital Management and Matthews Asia Funds. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Korean War veterans honored at Hanford Cemetery Nov 13, 2009
At Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino, the tribe recognized local veterans from Lemoore. And in Corcoran, the third annual "Veterans Saluting Veterans" event took place at the Veterans Hall Wednesday evening. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Veterans Day events scheduled around county Nov 11, 2009
Program in Lemoore: Tachi Palace Hotel o will recognize veterans with a special morning ceremony. The ceremony will take place at the front entrance of the Casino of the Moon starting at 8 a.m.. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Workers strike at Palace Hotel Nov 11, 2009
-- About 350 union workers began a three-day strike at San Francisco's Palace Hotel on Tuesday as their union renegotiates a contract that expired in August. Get Quote. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Going All-in: Top-seeded 'Pups hit the road Nov 10, 2009
yes, the same Edison Miranda who won the NABO super middleweight title last month at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in a first-round knockout. Estrada is 6-0, all six wins by knockout. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Going All-in: More showtime at the Palace Oct 27, 2009
To slightly misquote ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr., it's still showtime for boxing fans at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino, even with a summer of changes in the hotel's mixed martial arts division. As always, veteran SoCal trainer and promoter Dan Goosen is thinking big. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Local briefs: Miranda, Sierra star on Tachi card Oct 22, 2009
Edison Miranda gets a second chance at the North American Boxing Organization's super middleweight title when he meets Francisco Sierra in the 12-round main event of tonight's seven-bout card at the Tachi Palace Hotel o in Lemoore. Fights start at 6 p.m.. (Fresno Bee)
Going All-In: Ice cold Coors gets new meaning Oct 14, 2009
l Jeremy Luchau of the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casinos mixed martial arts division reports all went well with Thursday nights card in the great outdoors, the first presented under the Tachi Palace Fights banner. If we stayed indoors, it would have been sold out, he said. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Hand it to Mendes: Hanford MMA star now 5-0 despite injury Oct 10, 2009
LEMOORE - Hanford's Chad Mendes put on a show Thursday night at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino's "Most Wanted" mixed-martial arts fight card. And he did it with only one good hand for half of his featherweight fight. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
HARDING PARK: Course should deliver birdies, excitement Oct 8, 2009
The course, named for U.S. President , an avid golfer who died at the Palace Hotel while visiting San Francisco two years before the course opened in 1925, features gentle doglegs, punishing bunkers and small, raised greens. With moderate temperatures this time of the year and heavy ocean air blowing in from the nearby Pacific, the par-71, 7,137-yard course plays to the strength of those golfers who hit the ball the farthest. (USA Today -- Sports)
Mendes tops outdoor MMA card at Palace Oct 6, 2009
LEMOORE - Tachi Palace Fights will kick off its inaugural fight card on Thursday with a bang, as local favorite Chad Mendes of Hanford headlines the "Most Wanted" event at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino. Mendes (4-0), a 145-pounder, is a highly rated prospect out of Urijah Faber's Ultimate Fitness Gym and has been talked up as one of the future stars of the sport. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Local Briefs Oct 1, 2009
The vacant North American Boxing Organization super middleweight title will be on the line when rising contenders Edison Miranda and Francisco Sierra headline a six-bout card Oct. 22 at the Tachi Palace Hotel o in Lemoore. Miranda (32-4, 28 KOs) is the World Boxing Council's No. 9-ranked contender. (Fresno Bee)
Going All-In: Tuesday tidbits Sep 30, 2009
Speaking of comebacks, you almost expect to see the DeLorean of "Back to the Future" fame parked in front of the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino, with all the boxers and mixed martial arts fighters returning to the fold in October. The first MMA card under the Tachi Palace Fights banner is Oct. 8 in the great outdoors and features Hanford's Chad Mendes (4-0) in a featheweight bout against Mike Joy (7-4) of Bend, Ore. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Polanski arrest has Swiss up in arms Sep 30, 2009
"I'm ashamed to be Swiss," said Ernest Scherrsz, the Grand Palace Hotel owner in Gstaad, where the 76-year-old Polanski owns a chalet. The anger echoing across the nation is not a simple case of America-bashing or defending an internationally acclaimed artist whose tragic past includes losing his mother at Auschwitz and wife Sharon Tate to a grisly 1969 attack by the Charles Manson cult. (Florida Today)
LINN Energy to Present at the IPAA OGIS Conference on September 29, 2009 Sep 26, 2009
HOUSTON, Sept. 25, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LINN Energy, LLC (Nasdaq: - ) announced today that senior management will present at the Independent Petroleum Association of America Oil & Gas Investment Symposium San Francisco on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. (Pacific)/12:30 p.m. (Central) at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. Related Quotes. (Primezone Releases)
First Oscar-winning actress dies Sep 14, 2009
Sept. 18: Mrs. Lillian Hitchcock Coit, in whose apartments at the Palace Hotel, Alexander Garnett shot and killed Major J.W. McClung six years ago, returned from Paris, where she had spent the greater part of the time since the tragedy. This is the first time Mrs. Coit has been in the city since the unfortunate shooting at the old Palace Hotel on Nov. 25, 1903. (San Francisco Chronicle)
UPDATING and REPLACING -- Microsemi to Present At the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference Sep 12, 2009
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: - ), a leading manufacturer of high performance analog mixed-signal integrated circuits and high reliability semiconductors, will present at the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California on September 14-16, 2009. A live Webcast of this presentation will be available as well, for those not able to attend in person, through Microsemi's website on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 3:40 p.m. PDT at. (Primezone Releases)
Things to do: Sept. 4-10 Sep 4, 2009
11 a.m. Sunday / Tachi Palace Hotel o, 17225 Jersey Ave., Lemoore / $25-$95 / tickets ... Expect slick rides and smooth rhymes at Tachi Palace Hotel o's annual car show and concert. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
NeoGenomics to Present at the Rodman & Renshaw Healthcare Investment Conference on September 10, 2009 Sep 4, 2009
Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeoGenomics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NGNM) announced today that it will present at the Rodman & Renshaw 11th Annual Healthcare Conference being held from September 9-11, 2009 at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. The conference will showcase small and microcap public life sciences and biotech companies. (PR Newswire)
Broadcom to Present at Upcoming Conferences Aug 26, 2009
Broadcom's presentation at the Deutsche Bank 2009 Technology Conference will occur at 9:45 a.m. Pacific Time (12:45 p.m. Eastern Time) on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California. To listen to these webcasts, or to view any financial or other statistical information required by SEC Regulation G, please visit the Investors section of Broadcom's website at. (PR Newswire)
Former sheriff deputy sentenced for gun assault Aug 23, 2009
Manuel Quezada defends his World Boxing Council Caribbean heavyweight title, and 2008 Olympian Shawn Estrada makes another appearance near his former hometown in the marquee bouts of a hybrid boxing/mixed martial arts card scheduled for July 16 at the Tachi Palace Hotel o in Lemoore. Quezada, the WBC's 11th-ranked contender at 27-4 with 17 knockouts, meets 17th-ranked contender and former North American Boxing Federation champion Travis Walker (31-2-1, 25 KOs) in a 12-round bout. (Fresno Bee -- State)
wonderful food timeline Aug 22, 2009
Food Timeline: food history ric recipes. Ever wonder what foods the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world. (Harper's Magazine)
Nostalgia: An incurable disease Aug 17, 2009
Consider the Garden Court of the Palace Hotel (not the Sheraton-Palace anymore, thank God). All potted palms, gilt trim, glittering chandeliers and obsequious waiters. (San Francisco Chronicle)
More articles by Paul Sheehan Jul 29, 2009
The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel was built on a slight, when Jamsetji Tata was turned away from Watson's Hotel because he was not a white man, writes Paul Sheehan. Monday November 24, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Going All-in: Fights have their color Jul 19, 2009
But now instead of relying on their eyes, I have my own, and what excitement they bring, even in a card like last Thursday's at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino, which was short on drama, but long on early knockouts. There's few sports left where the contestants walk through the audience to get to the area of competition, each to his or her own musical beat, even when they draw inspiration from the same source, such as Chad Mendes and Steven Siler both picking tunes from the "Rocky" movies. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Multiple high-speed pursuits rock Rancheria Jul 19, 2009
The truck turned up again on Friday morning just before 1:30 a.m. Deputies spotted a vehicle that matched the description leaving the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino, according to a Sheriff's Office news release. The truck failed to stop for the deputies and led them on a 20-minute car chase throughout the Rancheria area. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Quezada packs punch Jul 17, 2009
And when the Tachi Palace Hotel o's next boxing card rolls around in October, venue staple Manuel Quezada could be carrying a top-10 heavyweight ranking by the World Boxing Council ... Manuel Quezada defends his World Boxing Council Caribbean heavyweight title, and 2008 Olympian Shawn Estrada makes another appearance near his former hometown in the marquee bouts of a hybrid boxing/mixed martial arts card scheduled for July 16 at the Tachi Palace Hotel o in Lemoore ... Wasco's Manuel Quezada is... (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Going All-in: Hollywood cant top this Jul 12, 2009
Shawn Estrada is a late scratch from Thursday night's boxing/mixed martial arts card at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino after catching the flu, the folks at Goosen Tutor Promotions in Los Angeles tell us. Richard de Give is The Sentinel's sports editor. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Going All-in: Declaring independence Jul 5, 2009
The "Best of Both Worlds III" card July 16 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino gained a little more local flavor when former Hanford High School and Cal Poly standout Chad Mendes (3-0) was added to the card in a three-round featherweight main event against Steven Siler (13-6) of Odgen, Utah. The boxing side of the card is an interesting mix as well, with 2008 Olympian Shawn Estrada (6-0) taking on Fresno's Loren Myers (7-5) in a scheduled four-round super middleweight bout. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Beyond beautiful, magical Sicily beckons (12) Jun 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Edition. " Is it a deal, a promise, a pledge of another nature? Whatever you might call it, leave it to a Sicilian to present his country in slightly inscrutable, yet decisively tantalizing terms.In this case the speaker was Domenico Mirabella, Sicily's chief tourism officer, and as I listened to him at an animated dinner in Siracusa in May, I couldn't help but be of like mind. For there are few places as beguiling as this.I had only a week to explore, but it was time... (Malibu Times, CA)
Review: `Hangover' is inspired, until it wears off Jun 3, 2009
The wordless sequence alone in which we survey the full damage of their Caesars Palace hotel suite will probably require a second viewing; there's no way to take it all in at once. (It must have been fun to be the production designer that day. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Quist Valuation to Sponsor 20th Annual IBF Venture Capital Investing Conference Quist Executive Thomas Miller to Participate on "The Valuation Si Jun 2, 2009
The 20th anniversary of this premier industry gathering will be held on June 3-5, 2009 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, and is expected to unite over 400 of the most active venture capitalists, limited partners and private equity investors ... The 20th anniversary of this premier industry gathering will be held on June 3-5, 2009 at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, and is expected to unite over 400 of the most active venture capitalists, limited partners and private equity investors. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
U.S. schools chief: State longshot for stimulus May 24, 2009
He was even more blunt in admonishing a lunch crowd of educators and executives at the Palace Hotel on Market Street. "Your state once had the best education system in the country. From cradle to career, you took care of your children. You made sure they were ready to enter your universities or be productive participants in the workforce. "I ask you, is California going to lead the race to the top, or are you going to lead the retreat. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Still hope for Kalakaua recording May 23, 2009
Kalakaua was a fan of the technology of the late 19th century and allowed a representative of the Edison Phonograph Company to record his voice as he lay dying in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco on Jan. 16, 1891. Kalakaua died four days later of Bright's disease of the kidneys and urmia and the wax cylinder recording accompanied his body back to Honolulu. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Going Greener May 20, 2009
The two-day conference, called Greener By Design, is being held at the Palace Hotel. There were some inspiring examples - two women wearing recyclable dresses, a Beetle-like electric car from Chrysler called the Peapod for $12,500, and an artist named David de Rothschild who will navigate a boat built of recyclable materials through a floating landfill in the Pacific called the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Things to do, May 15-21 May 15, 2009
Gretchen Wilson Ayala 7:30 p.m. Friday / $25-$40 5:30 p.m. Sunday / $30 Tachi Palace, 17225 Jersey Ave., Lemoore / (559) 924-7751 It's a busy weekend for concerts at Tachi Palace Hotel o in Lemoore, as Gretchen Wilson performs tonight and Ramon Ayala performs Sunday. Country star Wilson is best-known for her hit "Redneck Woman.". (Fresno Bee)
Going All-in: Voices and the games Apr 19, 2009
l The upcoming week should be an interesting one around the Hanford-Lemoore area, with the first Hanford-Lemoore matchups in West Yosemite League action in softball (Tuesday) and baseball (Wednesday), the Hanford-Hanford West track and field meet on Wednesday, Hanford West-Lemoore duels in softball (Thursday) and baseball (Friday) to open the second half of WYL play, plus Thursday night's boxing-mixed martial arts card at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino featuring Hanford products Shawn Estrada... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
FDA reversal OKs morphine painkiller for dying Apr 11, 2009
Save on the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Book online or call. (Yahoo News)
A forgotten genius on your radio dial Apr 6, 2009
Ken Ackerman, who has a voice like polished wood, remembers doing live broadcasts of big bands - Muggsy Spanier at the Bush Garden, a jazz band at the Mocambo, Del Courtney, Desi Arnaz, Ray Noble or Bob Crosby and his Bobcats, "live and direct for your listening pleasure from the Rose Room at San Francisco's famous Palace Hotel.". Later he became the host of "Music Till Dawn," classical music from 11:30 at night to 5:30 the next morning. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Frances Dinkelspiel: Bankers must put stability ahead of profit Apr 4, 2009
Its president, William Ralston, whose Palace Hotel was only one of his many investments, went for his customary swim in San Francisco Bay. He never made it back, and historians still debate whether he committed suicide or suffered a heart attack. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
S.F.'s scraps bring joy to area farmers Apr 2, 2009
Every morning, garbage trucks swing by the Hotel Nikko, the Palace Hotel and MoMo's, picking up food left on dinner plates and in San Francisco chefs' kitchens. Green crews hit neighborhoods from the Mission to the Sunset, collecting oatmeal, chicken bones and dead tree leaves. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Going All-in: Welcome change of seasons Mar 29, 2009
Meanwhile, a few more thoughts hopefully worth that second cup of coffee as we wait and see which schools get their ticket punched for the Final Four: l Hanford's Shawn Estrada will make his long-awaited Kings County pro boxing debut next month at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino. If Friday night at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles was any indication, get there early. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Bob Evans Farms to Present At Bank of America and Sidoti Investor Conferences in New York City Mar 10, 2009
Chief Executive Officer Steve Davis, Chief Financial Officer Don Radkoski and Vice President of Investor Relations David Poplar will be attending the Company's presentation at the Bank of America 2009 Consumer Conference at 8 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at The Palace Hotel. Davis, Radkoski and Poplar will also be attending the Company's presentation at the Sidoti & Company Thirteenth Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2009... (Primezone Releases)
Times change - California growth issues don't Mar 10, 2009
1969: Conference on "State Planning - are we doing enough?" attracts 400 people to San Francisco's Palace Hotel. Speakers include then Assemblyman Willie Brown and Caspar Weinberger, later President Ronald Reagan's defense secretary. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Stabbing leads to arrest Feb 24, 2009
It is believed that the stabbing may have occurred in or near the Tachi Palace Hotel o on Jersey Avenue, although this could not be confirmed by officials. The driver of the suspect's vehicle, Mayolo Banuelos of Woodlake, was determined not to be a suspect in the case due to witness testimony, a Sheriff's Department press release said. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Things to do, Feb. 20-26 Feb 20, 2009
A light at the end of the tunnel 6:45 and 10 p.m. Thursday / Tachi Palace Hotel o, 17225 Jersey Ave., Lemoore / $30-$125 / (559) 924-7751 It took comedians/stoner heroes Cheech 25 years to do a reunion tour, which seems about right when you think about it. The duo -- famous for their film "Up in Smoke" and like-minded material -- is on its "Light Up America" tour, which stops on Thursday night for two shows at Tachi Palace in Lemoore. (Fresno Bee)
San Francisco's Unsolved Killings Feb 18, 2009
" The star and the dead starlet Comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was one of the biggest silent-movie stars in the world in two respects in September 1921: He'd just signed an unprecedented $1 million film contract, and he famously weighed 266 pounds. Arbuckle came to the city by the bay that year to celebrate his new contract - but on Sept. 5, on the third day of a booze-fueled party at the St. Francis Hotel, the celebration, Arbuckle's career and the life of a budding starlet all began an... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Vegas next stop for Estrada after rehab Feb 10, 2009
-- Shawn Estrada was ringside at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino for Friday night's fight card, but like any boxer, he was raring to go. Indeed, if not for a left shoulder injury diagnosed late last month, the one-time Hanford resident would have been part of the action. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Deputies nab man accused in robbery at Tachi Palace Feb 8, 2009
A Bay Area man suspected of stealing more than 400 from the Tachi Palace Hotel o last week was arrested on Sunday after returning to the scene of his alleged crime to steal a purse, authorities said. An investigation into the theft of 445 from the Tachi Palace was brought to an abrupt close Sunday at 2:15 a.m. when the missing suspect was tackled in the casino parking lot. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
