PORTLAND (AP) — The FBI announced charges against 13 people accused of transporting drugs between Oregon and Southern California.

Nine of the 13 were arrested Tuesday and the other four are fugitives, the FBI said. Eleven are from Eugene or the Portland area, and the others are from Compton, Calif. The FBI said the accused are members or associates of the Los Angeles-based Campanella Park Piru Bloods street gang. At least one is an alleged member of the Portland-based Gangster Disciples.

According to the indictment, some of the defendants bought cocaine in Compton and took it to Oregon for further distribution. Others bought marijuana grown in Oregon and transported it to Los Angeles.

Most of the defendants will have their initial court appearance in Portland or Eugene, the FBI said.

Tuesday’s arrests were part of Operation Crimson Vex. Three weeks earlier, law enforcement officers executed search warrants in California, St. Louis and Atlanta after an indictment charged 20 people with involvement in the drug ring. Those were members or associates of the Black Mafia Family and the Campanella Park Piru Bloods.

Oregon, Kentucky top school nutrition list

PORTLAND (AP) — A national health advocacy group rated Oregon and Kentucky the best in its report card on healthy food policies in schools.

No states received an “A” from the Center for Science in the Public Interest. But Oregon and Kentucky both got an A-minus. Oregon rated an “F” in last year’s report, but the state has since passed a school snack and beverage policy that limits calories, fats and sugars.

The center reports that two-thirds of states have weak or no nutrition standards to limit junk food and soda sales in schools.

Investors again seek vote on private casino

SALEM (AP) — Two Lake Oswego men are making another run at a statewide vote on a private commercial casino.

Investment adviser Bruce Studer and attorney Matt Rossman want to put a casino and resort at the Multnomah Kennel Club, a former greyhound track in Wood Village near Gresham.

They tried in 2006 to put initiatives on the ballot to allow the casino but ran out of time to gather signatures. Now, they are trying again. They filed three prospective initiatives last week with the Oregon secretary of state’s office for next year’s election.

The measures would change the state constitution and law to allow the casino and to give a quarter of the adjusted gross revenue to the state for education and children’s health care.

Oregon has nine casinos, all operated by or for Indian tribes.

To get an initiative on the ballot to change state law requires 6 percent of the 2006 total vote for governor, or 82,769 signatures, by early July.

To get a constitutional amendment on the ballot requires 8 percent, or 110,358 signatures.

The secretary of state’s office has to approve the petitions before signatures can be gathered.