Posts Tagged: Castillo

Rising Stars: Emma Manoukian Chung, Bicker, Castillo, Fairbanks & Spitz Public Affairs

Emma Manoukian Chung, photo by Scott Duncan, Capitol Weekly

by MOLLY JACOBY posted 01.18.2024

If anyone is up for a good challenge, it’s Emma Manoukian Chung. At 23 years old, Manoukian Chung had her sights set on a job at Bicker, Castillo, Fairbanks & Spitz Public Affairs (BCFS). Sure enough, they weren’t hiring. Undeterred, she pitched herself to the team, and before long, she was working on some of

Online poker pact reached — but lobby fight looms

An illustration of an online poker player. (Photo: photosani)

by JOHN HOWARD posted 06.03.2014

Thirteen of California’s casino-owning tribes have agreed on a plan to legalize internet poker in California, a move that could tap an estimated $845 million market and create the nation’s largest online poker system. One major tribe, the Banning-based Morongo Band of Mission Indians, was not a party to the agreement.