California
How the War on Drugs crushed California’s greenhouses and cannabis legalization is bringing them back
A trade agreement with South American countries is largely blamed for the failure of greenhouse nurseries along the California coast. Now the vacant flower greenhouses are getting snapped up in a cannabis land boom.
California county wants gov to declare state of emergency over illegal marijuana farms
A California state senator has asked Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency in Siskiyou county, where the sheriff says he’s overwhelmed by illegal marijuana farmers.
Eaze accelerating marijuana delivery tech with $27 million investment
Eaze, a San Francisco-based firm that developed software to facilitate marijuana delivery sales, has hauled in $27 million in investment capital.
On-demand cannabis: California becoming hot spot for marijuana delivery, e-commerce
Tech company Eaze and others are banking on marijuana delivery expanding at “explosive” rate in California as state prepares for recreational sales.
California Rastafarian cannabis farm dispute ends with one man dead, 2 deputies shot
A suspect died and two California deputies were shot and wounded in a shootout with an agitated man at a Rastafarian church’s marijuana farm.
A veteran cannabis farmer mourns the passing of a more paranoid, more profitable way of life
Tim Blake, owner of Healing Harvest cannabis farm and Area 101, an iconic dispensary and gathering spot in California, discusses the past and future of weed.
Riverside, California has spent ten years shutting down all of its dispensaries
Riverside, California has been working to eradicate medical marijuana dispensaries since banning them in 2007, and they have apparently now succeeded.
From chrysanthemums to cannabis: the “Green rush” in Salinas Valley
Fueled by the dream of marijuana riches, Salinas Valley, once the heart of the nation’s flower-growing business, has moved on to a new crop: cannabis.
Thousands arrested for weed in California before legalization applying to have sentences, convictions reduced
It’s hard to say how many people have benefited, but more than 2,500 requests were filed to reduce convictions or sentences, according to partial state figures reported through March. The figures do not yet include data from more than half of counties from the first quarter of the year.
California police not down with Gov. Brown’s marijuana plan
California law enforcement officials object to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed plans for the state’s marijuana rules, saying they could endanger public safety.