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Warriors wash joy over Market Street with jubilant championship celebration
Blue and gold confetti rained on thousands of cheering Warriors fans Monday, as Too Short favorites like “Blow the Whistle” and “Gettin’ It" flowed through the frothing Market Street...Read More
Sonoma cannabis growers gain tax reprieve amid ‘freefall’ in legal pot market
Sonoma County Supervisors unanimously approved a cannabis cultivation tax reprieve on Tuesday after multiple growers reported financial hardships. Read More
Cannabis tax again suspended in San Francisco as illicit dealers, theft vex legal sellers
A cannabis tax imposed by San Francisco voters in 2018 but never collected is again being suspended until at least 2023.Read More
SF police conduct weekend DUI checkpoints
The San Francisco Police Department’s Traffic Unit will be conducting DUI saturation patrols Friday evening. The patrols began at 7 p.m. It will end at 3 a.m. Saturday. Research...Read More
U.S. Coast Guard cutter seizes $6 million in smuggled marijuana
An Alameda-based U.S. Coast Guard cutter recently seized more than 3,000 pounds of marijuana valued at about $6 million off the Pacific coast of Central America, officials said. The...Read More
A quiet year in SF: Pride, 420 festivals canceled out of caution
Two of The City’s landmark festivals have been officially canceled in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic: San Francisco Pride and 420 at Hippie Hill. SF Pride organizers announced...Read More
SFBay morning Covid-19 update: Marijuana dispensaries reopen, SJSU student tests positive
San Francisco officials announced Tuesday that dispensaries could reopen.Read More
Thousands of Contra Costa County marijuana convictions to be dismissed
Thousands of marijuana convictions out of Contra Costa County will be dismissed as part of a push by the district attorney’s office to abide by the terms of Proposition...Read More
Judge gives man three months jail, three years probation for illegal cannabis grows
A 71-year-old man was sentenced this week in connection with a large marijuana grow discovered last year at his home in Monterey County. Arthur Bright Jr. received a three-year...Read More
Outside Lands 2019 preview: New look, same bones
The legendary Outside Lands returns to Golden Gate Park this weekend.Read More
SF district attorney taps artificial intelligence tool to target implicit bias
Prosecutors in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office will use a new artificial intelligence tool in an effort to remove any potential implicit bias when charging a suspect. District...Read More
Former Oakland airport baggage handler sentenced over marijuana smuggling
A former baggage handler at Oakland International Airport was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for his part in a plot to smuggle marijuana.Read More
Driver cited after spilling bags of marijuana along Oakland freeway
he California Highway Patrol dedicated a Twitter poem to a driver who left a trail of marijuana trimmings along an Oakland freeway on Thursday. Read More
Security guard shot at Oakland marijuana grow
A security guard at a marijuana grow in Oakland suffered injuries considered life-threatening after being shot approximately 10 times.Read More
Arrests made in marijuana grow house robberies
Oakland police on Thursday conducted an investigation into several burglaries and robberies committed at marijuana grow houses and dispensaries throughout the Bay Area.Read More
Cannabis tax measures pass easily in Solano, Santa Clara counties
A pair of cannabis tax measures in Benicia and Suisun City passed easily Tuesday night.Read More