Petition To Repeal San Jose Pot Law Qualifies For Ballot
Medical marijuana advocates in San Jose have qualified a petition for the ballot that would repeal recent city-approved restrictions on pot clubs.
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Medical marijuana advocates in San Jose have qualified a petition for the ballot that would repeal recent city-approved restrictions on pot clubs.
Christmas came early for several Bay Area law enforcement agencies this week, when they received a total of $1.2 million in cash disbursements for their roles in the arrest and successful prosecution of a major marijuana dealer in Hayward.
A coalition of medical marijuana activists that represents dispensary workers has proposed a 2012 ballot initiative that would create an appointed Board of Medical Marijuana Enforcement.
One woman is in custody after local and state law enforcement raided a marijuana dispensary in Newark and a related home in Danville Wednesday afternoon.
A Northern California medical marijuana dispensary is going out of business so it's planning a huge TGIF party — complete with free pot.
Three men were arrested for drugs and evading arrest after leading police on a chase through Concord early Sunday morning.
As federal authorities crack down on California's medical marijuana industry, an East Bay dispensary profiled on a reality TV show has added a new dimension to the debate.
Firefighters are battling a blaze at what is believed to be a marijuana grow house in San Jose on Tuesday afternoon, a fire captain said.
A federal judge has rejected a request from medical marijuana dispensaries and patients to order an immediate halt to U.S. attorneys' efforts to shut down pot clubs in California.
Two men were arrested and 130 pounds of marijuana was seized at a raid Friday on an alleged grow house in Watsonville, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department said.
Solano County voters Tuesday appear to have elected mostly incumbents and a few newcomers to various city councils and approved a local measure that imposes a tax on marijuana businesses to provide for city services while defeating a measure that would have raised a citywide sales tax.
Two teenagers were arrested Friday after allegedly robbing medical marijuana from a man who sells the drugs from his home in San Francisco's Richmond District, according to police.
Medical marijuana providers and patients are suing the federal government to keep it from shutting down pot clubs in California.
An illegal marijuana grow on the Llagas River near Morgan Hill was discovered and cleaned up just in time for the spawning of steelhead trout.
San Jose's mayor is calling for an increase in the city's tax on medical marijuana dispensaries to fund a special election on the city's pot regulations.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday is poised to send a message to the federal government about medical marijuana by considering a resolution in support of medicinal cannabis dispensaries.
A large group of teens forced their way into a Kentfield house early Sunday morning for a party that included alcohol and marijuana, a California Highway Patrol sergeant said Monday.
Medical marijuana advocates in California are suing the federal government in an effort to quash a recent crackdown on the state's pot dispensaries.
Medical marijuana grows and illegal pot fields have become a major problem in Sonoma County, according to some residents, and the Board of Supervisors is now looking sweeping changes to laws applying to marijuana dispensaries.
Two Bay Area state legislators called on federal prosecutors Wednesday to "cease your senseless assault" on medical marijuana dispensaries, but at the same time said they want to talk to U.S. officials.
A 29-year-old man was arrested Monday afternoon after a police narcotics unit discovered a marijuana grow house in Santa Rosa, police said.
A man was shot and killed near Healdsburg early Sunday morning, and authorities have arrested three alleged marijuana growers in connection with the murder.
Deputies arrested a man after discovering over 500 marijuana plants along with processing materials in an Aptos residence Tuesday, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office said.
Federal prosecutors in California announced Friday a full-press crackdown on the state's commercial marijuana industry, saying they will not allow large-scale, for-profit enterprises in the name of medical marijuana.
Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores that they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation of their property even if they are operating legally under the state's 15-year-old medical marijuana law.
