Weedmaps, facing pressure to work only with legal cannabis shops, lays off a...
Two months after online cannabis directory Weedmaps promised it would stop listing illicit marijuana businesses, the Irvine-based company abruptly laid off 25% of its workforce. More than 100 people...
View ArticleCalifornia agency recommends major overhaul to state’s cannabis taxes
California’s struggling cannabis industry didn’t get the recommendation many hoped for — a call to sharply lower the industry’s tax rate — but a long-awaited state report did suggest a marijuana tax...
View ArticleMarijuana sales ‘on fire’ as demand spikes amid coronavirus outbreak
Toilet paper, hand sanitizer and food aren’t the only things flying off the shelves amid the coronavirus scare in Southern California. Marijuana is the latest addition to the consumer stockpile....
View ArticleCannabis 4/20 celebrations go virtual as industry adjusts to new reality
This Monday — and, really, all of April 2020 — was supposed to be big in the world of cannabis. Since 1971, when a group of Northern California teens started meeting at 4:20 p.m. each day to smoke weed...
View ArticleLA moves to stop illegal marijuana shop in Chatsworth
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer Friday announced his office filed a civil complaint against a Chatsworth cannabis dispensary for allegedly operating illegally, and it was the site of...
View ArticleMedical marijuana retail workers move to head of vaccine line, ahead of teachers
It was with a sense of accomplishment that young cannabis entrepreneur Jerred Kiloh scheduled his first COVID-19 vaccine appointment for Feb. 11 in San Francisco. Jerred Kiloh, owner of The Higher Path...
View ArticleStudy: California’s licensed cannabis shops aren’t selling to minors
California’s licensed marijuana shops are doing an excellent job at preventing sales to minors, according to a first-of-its-kind study commissioned by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. That...
View ArticleSan Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies accused of illegally seizing $1...
A Pennsylvania armored car company that transports proceeds from licensed cannabis businesses to banks alleges in a lawsuit that San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies confiscated more than $1...
View ArticleTax cut for California pot industry: Too little, too late?
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor on Friday proposed a temporary tax cut for the state’s struggling legal marijuana industry, but businesses said it falls far short of what’s...
View ArticleEx-councilman, associate charged in alleged bribery scheme tied to Baldwin...
LOS ANGELES — A former Compton city councilman was arrested Monday on federal charges alleging he and a business associate paid $70,000 in bribes to a member of the Baldwin Park City Council in...
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