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After years of existing in a legal gray area, marijuana entrepreneurs now appear to have a clear pathway to full-on legal sales. The state of California recently unveiled emergency rules under which sellers, makers, growers and deliverers of cannabis can apply for permits. At the same time...

By unanimous vote, the Anderson City Council extended their existing moratorium on the business of non-medical marijuana business within city limits. Citing the need to better understand the legal ramifications of California municipalities allowing legal recreational marijuana, the council...

Two churches in San Jose that offer its members marijuana are being scrutinized by the city. Authorities say the churches are fronts for illegal dispensaries. Inside Coachella Valley Church you'll find pews, an altar and pictures of Jesus. But you'll also find lighting up is encouraged. We...

Sacramento police broke up more than 600 illegal marijuana growing operations over a two-month period this year, arresting 10 people, issuing millions of dollars in fines and seizing nearly 5,000 plants. In response to concerns from multiple City Council members, a team of SWAT officers...

Oakland officials are reviewing 255 applications from individuals seeking special business permits to cultivate, sell, distribute and transport marijuana legally under the state cannabis laws that take effect Jan. 1. The largest number of the applications, 78, are from individuals who want...

Most of San Diego's pot farms and marijuana manufacturing sites will be concentrated in three areas of the city: Mira Mesa, Kearny Mesa and near the Mexican border. Of 78 proposals submitted Thursday to open such businesses in San Diego, 67 are in one of those three areas. That's primarily...

Close to the Pacific Ocean and tucked between two lakes, Dunes City is a residential oasis and a popular place to live for retirees. Yet Dunes City has become the latest little Lane County community to become divided over marijuana. The state is reviewing plans from three commercial marijuana...

The Thousand Oaks City Council this week introduced an ordinance that will allow one medical marijuana retailer and one marijuana testing facility in an industrial-zoned part of town. The ordinance is scheduled to be adopted at the council's Nov. 28 meeting and will become effective 31 days...

On Jan. 1, Petaluma residents that overwhelmingly voted to legalize recreational cannabis last November, will still not have access to dispensaries to purchase the product inside the city limits under a set of regulations approved Monday. The city will allow businesses to manufacture...

During a special meeting on Monday night, the Planning Commission unanimously approved the Development Agreements for six cannabis-related businesses. Those agreements were then approved by the City Council during another special meeting held by that body on Tuesday night. The names and...

A divided City Council asked the city attorney Tuesday to prepare an ordinance allowing the sale of marijuana for adult recreational use in Long Beach – six or seven months from now. California voters approved use of marijuana recreationally last November, and state regulations go into effect...

The San Jose City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday that will allow 16 medical marijuana dispensaries in the city to sell marijuana for recreational purposes to adults 21 and older starting on Jan. 1, 2018. The ordinance only allows recreational marijuana sales in the city for...

Establishing a retail marijuana firm would require a $500 fee and a special permit from the City Council and the business would be confined to general industrial zones, under a City Council committee's recommendation Tuesday. The full City Council will vote whether to adopt the Ordinance...

A citizens committee in Colton has launched an initiative to regulate and tax local cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and distribution in order to generate millions of dollars in revenue for law enforcement, schools and public safety programs. The Committee for Safer Neighborhoods and...

We asked James Lathrop, founder and owner of Cannabis City, Seattle's first pot shop, about his business. Here is what he had to say: Q: When did you open your retail store? A: I founded Cannabis City in November 2014 and put in an application for a Seattle License (which was awarded by...

Now that Long Beach has settled the issue of medical marijuana, leaders on Tuesday will turn to an even thornier question of whether to allow commercial sales of recreational pot. Long Beach joins a long list of other cities grappling with the issue after California voters passed Prop. 64 in...

A marijuana controversy is brewing in Roseville after a group claiming to be a church opened a temple that uses marijuana in its practice. The Temple of Healing and Meditation opened in October in a business plaza off Harding Boulevard. The city, however, claims it's a dispensary, not a...

Carson opened its doors to commercial marijuana growing, testing and manufacturing during a special meeting Thursday. The City Council also approved licensing door-to-door delivery operations and added restrictions on personal-use cultivation allowed by the state beginning Jan. 1, requiring...

There's a quiet fight raging for property right now among businesspeople aspiring for a piece of Ohio's nascent medical marijuana industry. And that battle for real estate is acutely felt in the Northeast Ohio market, a region that will be called home by up to 18 of the state's initial 60...

Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson says the city is not looking to make a profit from marijuana sales after pot is legalized on July 1. But he said the city wants to make sure costs are covered for extra policing and rezoning for dispensaries, areas the city will be responsible for. On Friday...