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Melinda Haag to step down as U.S. attorney
Beginning in 2011, Melinda Haag joined the three other regional U.S. attorneys in California in cracking down on medical marijuana dispensaries.Read More
Bar owner accused of running fake pot dispensary
A bar owner was arrested last week for allegedly running a marijuana dispensary at his Aptos businessRead More
Court denies tax deductions for pot dispensaries
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a San Francisco medical marijuana dispensary can't deduct business expenses for sales of the drug.Read More
San Jose Organics raided, owner arrested
Police arrested two men who ran a San Jose marijuana dispensary that was raided Thursday.Read More
Vallejo green lights new pot dispensaries
Vallejo adopted an ordinance earlier this week allowing four medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in city limits.Read More
Man gets year in jail for possession of marijuana and weapons
A Sebastopol man was sentenced Tuesday in Sonoma County Superior Court to a year in the county jail and four years’ supervised probation on marijuana-related charges. Yarrow Kubrin, 42, pleaded no...Read More
Pot grower convicted of killing undocumented worker
A Humboldt County marijuana grower will be sentenced in federal court for the shooting murder of one of his workers.Read More
Santa Clara County enacts marijuana moratorium
Santa Clara County Supervisors enacted an immediate moratorium on marijuana dispensaries.Read More
San Jose sets limits for pot clubs
The San Jose City Council approved tight restrictions on medical marijuana collectives.Read More
Dalai Lama says ‘si’ to medical pot
While visiting Mexico Tuesday, the Dalai Lama weighed in on the marijuana legalization debate — and wore a sombrero.Read More
Police chief pitches plan for more pot
A new proposal in Healdsburg could allow medical marijuana users there to double the size of their medicinal gardens.Read More
LA voters clamp down on medical marijuana
In a city whose medical marijuana laws resembled the Wild West, a historic election has finally brought some order.Read More
Second medical pot initiative certified in Los Angeles
There are now officially two medical marijuana initiatives on the table for California’s largest city.Read More
Drug czar kills medical marijuana buzz
U.S. "Drug Czar" Gil Kerlikowske bashed both medical and recreational marijuana at a law enforcement conference in San Francisco.Read More
Competing plans cloud future of LA pot clubs
A second plan to regulate — and tax — medical marijuana has taken one step closer to Los Angeles voters.Read More
Los Angeles pot club battle heats up
Supporters hoping to derail a ban on marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles filed 72,000 signatures with the city Friday. Read More
Will winds shift in time to save pot clubs?
States have moved toward responsible, legal marijuana usage. But will it be fast enough to save dispensaries like Harborside?Read More
Pot activists blow smoke at Obama
Cannabis backers plan to show President Obama "where he is" when he visits the heart of Oakland's Oaksterdam district Monday.Read More
Feds aim to snuff out huge pot clubs
Oakland's Harborside Health Center is the first "marijuana superstore" to be targeted by federal officials.Read More
DA plans medical pot pow-wow
The San Francisco DA's office plans to meet with pot clubs to clarify The City's seemingly schizophrenic rules on medical pot.Read More