Union City Police Bust Massive Illegal Marijuana Operation; 15,000 Pot Plants With Street Value Of $27.5 Million SeizedActing on an anonymous tip, Union City police detectives have busted up a massive marijuana operation, uncovering 20 illegal grow rooms in the San Francisco Bay Area and seizing approximately 15,000 pot plants with a street value of about $27.5 million.
Sonoma County DA Set To Dismiss More Than 2,700 Pot ConvictionsProsecutors in Sonoma County have announced they are finalizing the dismissal of 2,735 marijuana convictions under a proposition passed by voters in 2016.
Santa Clara County Superior Court To Wipe Out Thousands Of Marijuana ConvictionsMore than 9,000 people convicted of marijuana charges in Santa Clara County will have their convictions expunged or reduced next week as a result of Prop. 64, authorities announced Friday.
2 Suspects Busted For Allegedly Selling Pot To Novato High School StudentsTwo suspects have been arrested and plants from an illegal pot grow seized in an alleged distribution operation that sold marijuana to students at several schools including Novato High, authorities said.
Meet The Co-Owners Of Oakland's Black-Owned Cannabis Dispensary 'Blunts & Moore''Blunts and Moore' co-owners Brittany Moore and Alphonso T. Blunt talk to BR's Christin Ayers about how they came to own Oakland's first pot dispensary created through the city's cannabis equity program.
CDC: Most People Who Got Sick Vaped THC Health officials announced Friday that their investigation into a recent outbreak of severe vaping-related illness was increasingly focusing on products that contain THC.
Democratic Presidential Hopeful O'Rourke Talks Pot Legalization In OaklandDemocratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke continued his campaign visit to the Bay Area Thursday, talking about his plan to legalize marijuana at an Oakland cannabis dispensary.
North Bay College First In CA To Offer Degree In Hemp CultivationSanta Rosa Junior College will become the first community college in the state next year to develop a certificate and degree program in the cultivation of hemp, a strain of sativa cannabis.
Outside Lands Requests City Permit For Marijuana Sales And ConsumptionMarijuana could be sold legally by vendors at this year's Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gate Park if a permit can be issued in time.
California Laws On Recreational Cannabis May Be Hurting Medicinal Patients Who Need PotThree years ago, Californians voted for Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana. Now, in an odd twist, the rules that allow people to use cannabis for fun may be shutting out people who need it to survive.
Driving While High: Offenders Don't Think They'll Be ArrestedA new survey released by AAA shows an alarming trend: more people are admitting they are driving high and many don't think they will get caught.
San Francisco Man Mailed Quarter Ton Of Pot To Virginia A San Francisco man has been sentenced to prison after admitting to mailing more than a quarter ton of marijuana to an associate in Virginia five pounds at a time.
Former Oakland Airport Baggage Handler Sentenced For Role In Marijuana Smuggling PlotA former baggage handler at Oakland International Airport was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 2 ½ years in prison for his part in a plot to smuggle marijuana grown in Northern California to at least 10 other states.
Major Illegal Pot Operation Busted In San Francisco's Sunset DistrictMore 3,000 pot plants and thousands of dollars in currency were seized and two people arrested in a series of raids in San Francisco's Sunset district targeting an illegal marijuana grow operation.
Massive Pot Recall After NorCal Lab Allegedly Faked Test Results For PesticidesCannabis distributors may have to destroy millions of dollars worth of marijuana due to a recall over falsified test results at a Northern California lab.