UPDATE: 'Most Bud I Have Ever Seen in One Place,' Officer says of 16K Pound Bust

by Kym Kemp on November 28, 2018 at 10:49AM

you can see them from the road.” Editor's Note: This story previously appeared on kymkemp.com and is reprinted with permission.

After Heated Meeting, Planning Commission Sends Zoning Changes to Supes

by Elaine Weinreb on November 5, 2018 at 10:05AM

Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District General Manager John Friedenbach expressed his opposition to the proposed re-zoning in the vicinity of the wells, adding that his concerns were shared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which stated that "industrial zoning is incompatible with the designated critical habitat for salmon, steelhead and Pacific eulachon." "The staff report," Friedenbach continued, "does not include a discussion of how a sweeping rezone of parcels ... to the most environmentally intensive land use is in the public interest.

'Come into Compliance,' Says State Water Board

by Kym Kemp on October 29, 2018 at 8:30AM

The letter recipients have several options available, the two men stressed. One is to come to a Cannabis Cultivation Permitting Workshop at the Mateel Community Center in Redway on Oct. 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Eureka Council to Consider Allowing Cannabis Use Establishments

by Kimberly Wear on October 2, 2018 at 12:59PM

Cannabis Lounges, Lane Changes to H and I on Eureka Council Agenda

by Kimberly Wear on August 6, 2018 at 10:07AM

Records Missing for at Least 800 Pounds of Marijuana Seized by Rohnert Park Police

by Sukey Lewis KQED News on July 2, 2018 at 3:42PM

that he had all but 10 pounds of the medicine destroyed,” Nelson wrote in a follow-up email to the department on Jan. 5, 2017. “He also informed me that I would have to wait to receive discovery to obtain the details of his reasoning or justification.

Child Welfare Call Leads to Bayside Hash Lab

by Kimberly Wear on June 22, 2018 at 10:28AM

Deputies saw an “active” extraction lab inside the open garage and called the Drug Enforcement Unit to the scene, where it found the hash oil and marijuana as well as a firearm during a subsequent search. The case remains under investigation.

Canada Legalizes Cannabis

by Thadeus Greenson on June 19, 2018 at 7:29PM

With a historic Senate vote today, Canada has legalized recreational marijuana use, becoming the world's largest nation to do so. Today's vote means the legalization bill is headed to the governor-general, Queen Elizabeth's representative, for approval, which is widely considered a mere formality.

'Highway Robbery': Drivers Allege Rohnert Park Police Illegally Seized Cannabis, Cash

by Sukey Lewis KQED News on June 9, 2018 at 8:40AM

efforts to reduce the flow of illegal drugs to Sonoma County, including the City of Rohnert Park,” Schwartz wrote. “Recreational marijuana was illegal until January 1, 2018.”

Trump 'Probably' Will Support State Choice on Cannabis

by Kimberly Wear on June 8, 2018 at 10:41AM

The Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act, or STATES Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-Colo) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Representatives David Joyce (R-Ohio) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), would “ensure that each state has the right to determine for itself the best approach to marijuana within its borders,” a release from Gardner’s office states. Sessions is a staunch opponent of legalization, having notably called marijuana “only slightly less awful" than heroin.