IN BRIEF

SUSPECT IN SHOOTINGS DEAD

Three officers killed, fourth gravely injured

Police in Oakland, Calif., say three officers and a suspect are dead and another officer is in grave condition after two related shootings, the first after a traffic stop and the second after a massive manhunt ended in gunfire.

Two officers were shot in the first incident just after 1 p.m. Saturday after they stopped the suspect's vehicle in east Oakland, said Oakland police spokesman Jeff Thomason.

The suspect fled the scene on foot, police said, leading to an intense manhunt by dozens of Oakland police, California Highway Patrol officers and Alameda County sheriff deputies.

Thomason says at about 3:30 p.m., officers, acting on an anonymous tip, found the suspect, who had barricaded himself in a building.

The suspect was killed during the exchange.

MANY VIOLATIONS FOUND

Reno care home's license suspended

The state has suspended the license of a Reno group care home, citing ongoing concerns over the health and safety of its residents.

Officials at the Nevada State Health Division's Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance on Friday also announced their intent to revoke the license of the Family Home Care II facility on Peavine Street.

They say the owner may appeal, but the facility now must take steps to transfer any remaining residents to another facility.

Bureau officials say the suspension followed an investigation that revealed many violations of state regulations, including a case of improper medication administration. They say that violation resulted in a resident falling and suffering a permanent head injury.

WINNINGS CONTINUE TO DECLINE

Grand Sierra Resort lays off more than 50

Northern Nevada's largest resort has laid off more than 50 employees.

In a statement released Friday, officials at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno say the layoffs affected nearly 2.5 percent of their 2,300 employees.

According to a state report released earlier this month, Nevada casinos had their 13th straight month of declines in winnings in January.

ACTION COULD INCREASE COSTS

California now has lowest bond rating

All three major credit agencies are giving California the nation's lowest bond rating.

That could lower demand and drive up taxpayers' costs as state Treasurer Bill Lockyer prepares to sell $4 billion in general obligation bonds to help pay for hundreds of stalled construction projects.

California previously was tied with Louisiana for the nation's worst credit rating.