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Kelley McDaniel, the daughter of Collier County Commissioner Bill McDaniel, was arrested Wednesday night, along with her live-in boyfriend, after detectives found a pound of marijuana, fertilizer and growing equipment in a garage on the property, deputies said. Kelley McDaniel, 20, was living...

Could medical marijuana operations be plucked out of Yolo County? It's something that could be considered by the Board of Supervisors in August. The county enacted an interim ordinance last year allowing for the cultivation of medical marijuana. Cultivators and growers say they're now...

Growers want to grow, and residents want to open their windows. In its ongoing discussions about how to regulate the cannabis industry, Santa Barbara County Supervisors and staff convened on July 11 to receive public input and set priorities. Starting July 12, the county opened the 30-day...

Medicinal marijuana dispensaries will be banned from Collier County until at least the end of the year. Commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday to keep the dispensaries from opening in Collier until Dec. 31 to give the county a chance to lobby state lawmakers for more control over the number of...

Medicinal marijuana dispensaries will be banned from Collier County until at least the end of the year. Commissioners voted, 4-1, Tuesday afternoon to keep the dispensaries from opening here until the county has a chance to lobby state lawmakers for more control over the number of...

In the epicurean world, Northern California is famous for two intoxicants — wine and weed. With recreational marijuana about to be legal in the Golden State, some cannabis entrepreneurs are looking to the wine industry as a model. On the elegant terrace of a winery overlooking the...

A marijuana processor who aims to start a grow operation on Marrowstone Island received the approval of county land-use officials and positive testimony from several members of the public, but a majority of those speaking at the June 27 hearing were less than welcoming. The group crowded into...

A man from San Bernardino County watched Friday night as Merced County sheriff's deputies shut down his marijuana operation near Stevinson that he estimated was worth about $1 million, deputies reported. Deputies received a tip about the site in the 23000 block of Fourth Street in Stevinson...

More medical marijuana dispensaries are coming to Pinellas County. Pinellas County Commissioners recently decided not to extend a medical marijuana moratorium. Based on the county's population and central location, the state could allow as many as 136 dispensaries to open in Pinellas County...

Imagine if all the grape growers, vintners and wine retailers in Sonoma County had to get in line at a county office to stay in business. It'd be a crush. Cannabis industry operators of Sonoma County are set to experience just that. County workers are preparing to be slammed Wednesday when...

Community leaders, industry representatives and policy and health experts met Thursday for the first Los Angeles County Advisory Working Group on Cannabis Regulation. Held under the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), the group will meet a total of eight times this summer to discuss safety...

Imagine instead of being arrested for having marijuana, you get a ticket instead. That's an idea being floated in St. Johns County and in St. Augustine right now. "It would save a lot of time for deputies in the field," said Commander Chuck Mulligan with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office...

The Colorado Supreme Court won't hear a case that pits a Colorado county against three cities within its boundaries in a dispute over who has the authority to levy special sales taxes on retail marijuana. The decision, made June 19, means that the lower court's order against Adams County remains...

A public hearing to shape Humboldt County's new commercial marijuana ordinance was dominated by people who aren't involved in the industry and they told supervisors that they don't want marijuana production near their neighborhoods. Unlike past hearings, the majority of comments at the June...

As the August expiration date of the medical marijuana moratorium approaches, Washington County Commissioners are preparing to establish local regulations for medical marijuana dispensing facilities and legal cultivation or growing. County Planner David Wood shared a draft of an ordinance...

The future landscape of the marijuana industry in San Luis Obispo County is still very much up in the air. Core regulatory questions are not yet settled, despite a third discussion at a Board of Supervisors meeting on June 20 about the latest draft of the cannabis ordinance. Lingering...

Clark County commissioners approved 25 existing medical marijuana dispensaries to sell recreationally — but the big question remains: can alcohol distributors get the pot to those stores in time for a July 1 start? One by one, Clark County gave the green light to companies, including Essence...

Marijuana cultivation for medical use has been prohibited in several Warren County townships, including two where permits were being sought for this use. Since late May, trustees in Harlan, Union and Turtlecreek townships voted to prohibit cultivation, as well as the processing and dispensing...

The SCSO released the latest statistical data on illicit drug seizures made during 2017. The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office reported the following: The SCSO released the latest statistical data on illicit drug seizures made during 2017. Operating primarily on private property using...

Where will marijuana farms will take root in the unincorporated areas of San Luis Obispo County? That topic is up for discussion Tuesday, as supervisors revisit draft rules to shape an emerging industry. The Board of Supervisors and county staff writing the ordinance must balancing...