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Cannabis tax passes easily in Contra Costa County
A Contra Costa County measure to tax and regulate marijuana businesses in a similar fashion to those dealing in alcohol and tobacco won by a wide margin.Read More
Cannabis committee to oversee San Francisco pot business
San Francisco Supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to create a committee to oversee The City's growing cannabis industry.Read More
Chinatown marijuana shop ban up for vote
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors will consider at their meeting Tuesday whether to amend The City's planning code to ban marijuana shops in Chinatown.Read More
Pittsburg considers cannabis permit
The City Council is poised to approve Pittsburg's first commercial facility for manufacturing and distributing medical and recreational cannabis products..Read More
Driver arrested after I-880 triple fatal crash
The CHP has identified a 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana after a crash killed a woman, a young adult in their teens...Read More
San Francisco preps for its most legal 420 Day ever
Thousands will descend on “Hippie Hill” Friday to take a puff, a few puffs, or many, many puffs of marijuana.Read More
Petaluma home invasion suspects arrested at SFO
Seven men have been arrested in connection with a series of home invasions early Monday morning in Petaluma, including three who were at San Francisco International Airport attempting to...Read More
Sonoma County begins clearing cannabis convictions
The Sonoma County District Attorney's Office is directing staff to begin clearing nearly 3,000 cannabis-related convictions.Read More
Alameda DA plans to dismiss pot convictions
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley announced Tuesday that her office plans to dismiss nearly 6,000 old marijuana cases.Read More
Legislation would allow students access to medical cannabis
A California state senator has introduced legislation that would let local school districts pursue policies to allow K-12 students with special needs or severe disabilities to use medical cannabis.Read More
Pot edibles fingered in James Lick Middle School ‘intoxication’
Ten students were hospitalized at James Lick Middle School Tuesday after consuming what appears to be cannabis.Read More
One dead, three arrested after pot-linked home invasions
Three people are in custody in connection with two marijuana-related home invasion robberies that left one person dead in Sonoma County Thursday morning.Read More
SF to reverse ‘war on drugs’ pot convictions
District Attorney George Gascon Wedneaday said that his office has begun working to expunge the records of people convicted of marijuana-related offenses.Read More
San Jose cracks down on pot-smoking Rastafarian church
Services at the Coachella Valley Church begin and end with the Lord’s Prayer. In between, there is the sacrament. “Breathe deep and blow harder,” intoned Pastor Grant Atwell.Read More
Trump AG reopens door on pot prosecution
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will allow federal prosecutors in states where pot is legal to decide how to enforce the federal ban on marijuana sale or possession.Read More
Stoners pack dispensaries as legal pot debuts
Customers crowded into marijuana dispensaries that opened early in the East Bay Monday, the first day recreational marijuana became legal.Read More
Retail pot sales to begin in early January
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee Wednesday signed legislation creating regulations and permit requirements for commercial cannabis retail, distribution and production.Read More
San Mateo supes OK greenhouse pot growing
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors passed a greenhouse cannabis cultivation ordinance by a unanimous vote Tuesday.Read More
Supes green-light recreational pot rules
Sales of recreational cannabis will begin in January following the approval of regulations for the new industry.Read More
Union organizer sentenced for money laundering
A labor organizer who tried to unionize workers in the cannabis industry was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for participating in a money laundering scheme.Read More