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MICHELE STUEVEN Until recently, the only thing that sleepy Mettler, California (at the bottom of the Grapevine on Highway 99) was known for was watermelon stands and the spot where James Dean got a speeding ticket before his fatal crash in Cholame. Now, it has become the new landmark home of the Hard Rock Casino Tejon. Hard Rock International, which is owned by the Seminole Tribe in Florida, in partnership with the Tejon Indian Tribe, opened the first phase of the entertainment destination located 15 miles south of Bakersfield on Tejon Indian Tribal land in Kern County, and it’s a…

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