| Medical Marijuana Ordinance Passed... |
| KHSL TV 12 - May 25th, 2011 |
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It was another long afternoon for Butte County Supervisors as they held yet another meeting, trying to strike common ground on the regulation and cultivation of medical marijuana. " It's all one sided, you're all narrow minded", said a Butte County resident. Read More |
| Third Hearing For Marijuana Ordinance Set |
| Oroville Mercury Register - May 24th, 2011 |
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The hearing will be the third one on the proposal that, if adopted, will establish the county's regulations for the cultivation of medical marijuana.
The proposed regulation prohibits all growing of cannabis on parcels of less than one-half acre. On lots greater than one-half acre but less than 1.5 acres, the proposal would allow the ... Read More |
| The Era Of Marijuana: Inside Look At Legal And Illegal Practices |
| http://www.khsltv.com - May 24th, 2011 |
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The marijuana market has changed dramatically since the passage of Prop 215 in 1996, and even in the past couple of years.
Law enforcement officials have centered their focus on the illegal grows destroying public lands, while patients and business innovators are embracing the medical allowances of the law. Read More |
| Merger of art and pot |
| - October 22nd, 2010 |
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On a hillside just east of Santa Rosa, a small band of artists cultivates marijuana plants and assembles artwork side by side. They claim the pot is grown legitimately for medicinal purposes and the proceeds are used to underwrite their nonprofit art organization. Read More |
| Dispensary Advocates And Law Enforcement Officials Agree |
| News Review - October 14th, 2010 |
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Californians approved the state’s medical-marijuana law, Proposition 215, on Nov. 5, 1996. That’s back when President Clinton was serving his first term in the White House and Friends was just a couple of years into its decade-long run on NBC. Read More |
| Curator Kirsha Kaechele To Fund Art With Medical Marijuana Farming |
| Nola - October 13th, 2010 |
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The New York Times reported Monday, that Kirsha Kaechele, the Crescent City’s most audacious art impresario, has begun harvesting a crop of medical marijuana on a 120-acre plot of land she co-owns in northern California, where laws governing marijuana are in flux. Income from the enterprise may fund future public art projects at Kaechele’s ... Read More |
| Santa Rosa Art Foundation Raises Funds With Medical Pot |
| KTVU - October 13th, 2010 |
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- A Santa Rosa non-profit arts foundation has taken a new approach to fund raising. Instead of putting on gala banquets for deep-pocketed patrons, the foundation has turned to selling medical marijuana to finance its art programs.
On a quiet hilltop above Santa Rosa, Life Is Art Foundation founder Kirsha Kaechele ... Read More |
| Medical Cannabis Groups Present Draft Policies |
| Times Standard - October 13th, 2010 |
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The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors seems to be receiving plenty of advice on how medical marijuana should be regulated.
The Humboldt Medical Marijuana Advisory Panel (HuMMAP) presented its draft policy -- which included graduated licensing fees for cultivation starting at $200 a year for 100 square feet -- to the board Tuesday ... Read More |
| Will Mendocino County Become The Napa Valley Of marijuana? |
| Usa today Travel - October 8th, 2010 |
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MENDOCINO, Calif. — Swap the Dungeness crab cakes and peasant skirts for lobster rolls and L.L. Bean khakis, and this snug seaside hamlet a few hours north of San Francisco could be a dead ringer for a New England village. (It was a stand-in for Cabot Cove, Maine, in the long-running TV series Murder She Wrote.) Read More |
| Local Briefs- $52m In Pot Yanked In Sequoia Park |
| Fresno Bee - October 7th, 2010 |
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Rangers removed 13,077 marijuana plants worth more than $52 million Sept. 29 from an illegal plot in Sequoia National Park, park officials said.
Rangers also found trash, fertilizers and pesticides that are hazardous to the natural environment, park spokeswoman Dana Dierkes said. Read More |
| $52 Million In Marijuana Plants Eradicated In Sequoia National Park |
| Examiner - October 6th, 2010 |
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The National Park Service announced today that an illegal marijuana plot was removed by rangers in nearby Sequoia National Park on Wednesday, September 29th. According to a report submitted by Public Affairs Specialist Dana Dierkes, the plot contained 13,077 plants worth more than $52 million. Rangers also found environmental hazards at the site, ... Read More |
| Central Valley's Booming Medical Marijuana Crop Draws Violence |
| Los Angeles Times - October 5th, 2010 |
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As farmers turn to lucrative pot amid the recession, robberies and shootings put law enforcement and locals on edge. The region is heavily conservative, but some of those affected say the solution is to legalize it. Read More |
| Two Marijuana Theft Suspects Elude Capture |
| ChicoER - October 5th, 2010 |
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OROVILLE — Officials arrested two men during the weekend who were suspected of being involved in a recent marijuana robbery on Swedes Flat Road, but two other suspects got away.
Butte County Sheriff's Detective Paul Leveto said late Monday the remaining two suspects were still at large. He said the only description of the men is that ... Read More |
| Weed's Dave Pearce Rejects Selling Marijuana In His Town |
| Mail Tribune - October 5th, 2010 |
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WEED, CALIF. — Weed is a Northern California town that has gone loco over its name.
T-shirts available at local stores say "I Love Weed" and a local brewery urges visitors to "Try Legal Weed" on bottle caps.
Almost everywhere you look, this struggling town makes fun and as much money as it can over its name. Read More |
| Royal Oak Cannabis Clubs |
| WWJ - October 5th, 2010 |
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Following action last night by Royal Oak City Commissioners, you still cannot grow medical marijuana in that suburb.
A moratorium has been extended until February. That’s expected to give commissioners time to take a closer look at all the potential benefits and pitfalls of growing pot in their city for medicinal purposes. Greg ... Read More |
