California News
Police found more than 1,400 marijuana plants inside a building in Northern California
By Nicole Chavez | CNN A man was arrested in West Point, California, after authorities discovered 440 pounds of illegal marijuana inside a building, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office said. More than 1,400 marijuana plants were seized Thursday when deputies served a search warrant and found that a large shop building adjacent to a home […]
Making cannabis normal at Oakland’s NUG
It takes a lot of courage to start your own business. Taking an idea from concept to reality, and dealing with everything from finding a location for the business, keeping up with inventory, learning about distribution and making payroll can test the mettle of the most-confident entrepreneur. Now, consider doing all of that in a […]
State cannabis regulations remain complex, but growers steadily becoming compliant
Save for a few adjustments in state laws, a cannabis permitting workshop in Fortuna on Wednesday carried out in exactly the same way as another workshop 18 months prior — each serving as an effective how-to on becoming legally compliant with California’s pot regulations. But for state officials walking attendees through the ins and outs […]
Man sentenced for bribing 2 New Jersey postal workers to deliver packages of marijuana shipped from California
NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey drug dealer who bribed postal workers to bring him marijuana parcels he had shipped in from California has been sentenced to two years in prison. Glenn Blackstone, 50, of Newark will also have to serve five years of supervised release once he’s freed from prison under the sentence imposed […]
Whoopi Goldberg’s California cannabis company has shut down
By Alicia Wallace | CNN Business Whoopi & Maya, the medical cannabis company co-founded by Whoopi Goldberg, is closing up shop, according to a statement posted on its website. In an interview with CNN Business, Rick Cusick, a Whoopi & Maya board member who helped found the company with Goldberg and Om Edibles founder Maya […]
State confiscates nearly 1 million marijuana plants, arrests 148 in 2019 effort to combat illegal grows
LOS ANGELES — State Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Monday the arrests of 148 people so far this year during the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting Program enforcement effort, the nation’s largest such multi-agency eradication program. During this year’s effort, CAMP personnel also eradicated 953,459 marijuana plants from 345 raided grow sites across the state and […]
Weedmaps makes good on pledge to drop rogue cannabis shops
IRVINE — Facing massive fines from state regulators, Irvine-based Weedmaps has taken major strides toward fulfilling its pledge to drop ads for illicit cannabis shops from its online directory, cutting about 2,700 rogue stores from its site since the start of this year. The company’s long-awaited move to follow state law is drawing praise from […]
California agency recommends major overhaul to state’s cannabis taxes
California’s struggling cannabis industry didn’t get the recommendation many hoped for — a call to sharply lower the industry’s tax rate — but a long-awaited state report did suggest a marijuana tax overhaul. The report from California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office, released Tuesday, Dec. 17, says lawmakers should ditch the way the state currently taxes […]
New committee to review cannabis marketing, branding proposals
A group of Humboldt County residents will review proposals by firms looking to brand and market the county’s burgeoning cannabis industry to the rest of the world. The county on Monday released a list of the members for the new, temporary committee. It will recommend a firm for a bid to promote the county’s cannabis […]