Marijuana | Big Weed: Consolidation is changing the face of California cannabis By Lisa Krieger May 21, 2024 at 11:25 a.m. Mergers and acquisitions follow the state's "Green Rush" of explosive growth, then falling prices.
Marijuana | DoJ formally moves to reclassify marijuana as less-dangerous drug By Apress May 16, 2024 at 11:32 a.m. "This is monumental," President Joe Biden said in a video statement, calling it an important...
Marijuana | Alameda County had $77.8 million in black-market marijuana seized last year — the most in California By Katie Lauer April 13, 2024 at 1:14 p.m. Roughly $53.6 million in illegal cannabis was seized in California within the first three months...
Marijuana | Did legal marijuana help or harm Californians? Here’s what the data says By Lisa Krieger January 26, 2024 at 12:39 p.m. Life changed after legalization in at least four different ways.
Crime and Public Safety | Suspect identified in killing of Oakland police officer during brazen dispensary burglary By Nate Gartrell January 3, 2024 at 2:32 p.m. Tuan Le, 36, was working a plainclothes detail in response to cannabis dispensary burglaries when...
Crime and Public Safety | Fatal shooting of Oakland police officer renews fears of crimes around Bay Area cannabis shops By Ethan Varian January 1, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. The shooting is bringing renewed calls to confront a problem police officials and cannabis business...
Nearly a million US union members got double-digit raises this year By Cnn Com Wire Service November 22, 2023 at 6:53 a.m. But not surprisingly, the union members are enjoying better gains. Union members earned average weekly...
Marijuana | ‘It’s competitive’: East Bay school offers first cannabis education courses in Cal State University system By Andre Byik October 31, 2023 at 12:20 p.m. The 6-month courses are separated into four disciplines: cannabis health care and medicine; cannabis agriculture...
Marijuana | Chronic financial woes for cannabis dispensaries have led Berkeley to consider a tax holiday By Katie Lauer May 25, 2023 at 7:13 a.m. Berkeley may retroactively pause all tax collection for legal cannabis retailers between January 2023 and...
Crime and Public Safety | Death Valley marijuana grow: 10,000 plants and deadly pesticide By Bay Area News Group May 17, 2023 at 1:26 p.m. The plants were eradicated, and 35 cubic yards of trash were removed, park officials said.