MORE ON: marijuana

Daily Report: Public Safety

Drug agents closing in on NFL player's pot supplier

January 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
California drug enforcement agents say they are closing in on the suspected marijuana suppliers to pro football player Jerome Simpson, four months after the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver received a 2.5-pound package of Northern California pot sent to his suburban Kentucky home. The... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Prosecutors move to shut down Mendocino pot permit program

January 11, 2012, 12:05 AM
Mendocino County’s ambitious effort to regulate marijuana production – the first of its kind in California and the nation – is facing growing uncertainty following new threats of legal action by federal prosecutors. The controversial program, which began two years ago,... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Marijuana prices rising after federal clampdown

December 9, 2011, 12:05 AM
A crackdown by federal prosecutors is casting a long shadow over the state’s marijuana industry, but there is one bright spot, at least for some Northern California growers willing to risk prison time: Wholesale prices appear to be on the rise. After slumping precipitously, prices for a... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Federal intelligence may help target marijuana growers

November 10, 2011, 12:05 AM
Lawmakers soon may enlist the nation's spymaster to help fight Mexican drug traffickers and others who use federal land in California and elsewhere to grow marijuana. A provision of the 2012 intelligence authorization bill calls on the director of national intelligence to assess and report... + read more
Spotlight: Public Safety

Mendocino County marijuana program at risk after DEA raids permitted farm

November 8, 2011, 3:42 PM
On Oct. 13, the Drug Enforcement Administration raided Northstone Organics, a medical marijuana co-op farm in Mendocino County. + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Pot becoming big cash crop in Central Valley

October 19, 2011, 7:35 PM
Marijuana is transforming California’s Central Valley as pot has become a more lucrative crop than almonds and grapes in the nation’s most productive farm belt, Fresno County Farm Bureau officials say. Now, federal authorities are sending letters to landowners who lease farmland to... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Public Safety

Feds to target radio, newspapers for medical marijuana ads

October 12, 2011, 12:06 PM
Federal prosecutors are preparing to target newspapers, radio stations and other media outlets that advertise medical marijuana dispensaries in California, another escalation in the Obama administration's newly invigorated war against the state's pot industry. This month, U.S.... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Landlords, property owners are new targets in anti-pot strategy

October 6, 2011, 12:05 AM
The federal government is intensifying its efforts to smother California’s pot industry by targeting not only medical marijuana dispensaries and growers, but also those who do business with them. The latest possible targets: landlords and property owners who rent buildings or land where... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Calif. marijuana tracked to NFL player's home

September 21, 2011, 4:17 PM
An operation by state narcotics agents that tracked a shipment of high-grade marijuana from Northern California led police to a suburban Kentucky house and two National Football League players, law enforcement authorities said. Cincinnati Bengals teammates Jerome Simpson and Anthony Collins,... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Sheriff launches manhunt for suspect in councilman's killing

September 3, 2011, 12:26 PM
As residents around Fort Bragg confront the loss of two community leaders, the Mendocino County SWAT Team and supporting law enforcement units continue the manhunt for the shooting suspect. Aaron Bassler, 35, is wanted in connection with the Aug. 26 killing of city Councilman and former Fort... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

California pot sellers pursue higher prices in other states, face arrest

July 25, 2011, 9:18 AM
Police outside California say more and more marijuana is drifting into their territory – as the Golden State’s burgeoning medical marijuana trade has pushed down prices here and prompted growers to seek more lucrative business across the country. In a recent string of high-profile... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Mendocino Forest braces for major pot raids

July 5, 2011, 2:36 PM
Law enforcement agents in six northern counties are preparing for the largest series of marijuana raids ever conducted in this part of California. Operation Full Court Press will unleash hundreds of local, state and federal agents into the Mendocino National Forest later this summer. The... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Marijuana lobbyist's fundraiser for DA raises questions

July 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
Wearing a black cocktail dress and maroon high heels, Jessica Ryan balanced a check-filled leatherbound guestbook in one hand and a mojito in the other. A secretary for one of the top medical marijuana lobbyists in Sacramento, Ryan flashed a smile as she greeted each of the roughly three dozen... + read more
Daily Report: Public Safety

Federal officials could target state's marijuana industry

July 1, 2011, 12:37 PM
A long-awaited Justice Department memo suggests the Obama administration supports renewed law enforcement action against some of California’s biggest medical marijuana operators. “Persons who are in the business of cultivating, selling or distributing marijuana, and those who... + read more
Daily Report: Environment, Public Safety

Armed volunteers clean up garbage, toxins left by marijuana growers

June 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
Early on a recent Saturday morning, two men wearing camouflage fatigues parked a pickup truck deep in the Mendocino County backwoods. They checked their gear. Industrial trash bags, weapons, water, food and first aid in place, they were ready to descend the hillside. A quick radio check-in to their... + read more
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