California

California’s legal cannabis market continues to descend into financial turmoil, according to the latest annual tax figures released this week. The total market is shrinking in size, according to state-released data, and additional tax information obtained by SFGATE shows hundreds of pot stores are

Pot shops owed millions in taxes, so California sold their bongs and pipes, and made $2,075. The state of California says 10 Los Angeles marijuana dispensaries owe $14.4 million in taxes. A public auction was held to make up those fees with property seized from the businesses. But after the gavel

A lawsuit filed earlier this month has put a spotlight on an ongoing loophole in the cannabis industry. California’s pot companies have found a way to ship cannabis products across the country, injecting much-needed cash into the struggling industry. There’s just one problem: It might be illegal

Banned pesticides keep showing up in California’s legal weed products. Legalization was supposed to solve this problem. When California’s voters legalized pot in 2016, they voted for an initiative that specifically called on the state to regulate pesticides in cannabis products. However, an SFGATE

Mission Compostable: Revolutionizing Cannabis Packaging with Sustainable Solutions. Since adult-use legalization came to California in 2016, a constant irritation is the sheer volume of single-use packaging generated under the premise that cannabis is so dangerous it must be sealed in childproof

Several other valley cities have already cut taxes. With the Coachella Valley’s cannabis industry facing what local officials and business owners describe as a struggling, oversaturated market, the Palm Springs City Council opted Thursday to cut retail taxes for marijuana sales in half while

Travis Barker of Blink-182 is selling ‘Mini Barkies’. Travis Barker might be the most quintessential California rock star alive. As drummer for Blink-182, he created the suburban punk soundtrack for an entire generation. He became an MTV reality star husband to a famous wife, survived a private

Encinitas Extends Contract with Marijuana Business Consulting Firm. Council increases funding for consulting company to do marijuana business background checks, site inspections, compliance visits. Three of the four businesses that won a city-organized lottery in 2022 allowing them to open marijuana

Legendary San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana had an unparalleled intuition as a football player. He had an uncanny knack for finding an open wide receiver at critical moments, even when facing a wall of incoming linebackers. Well, it looks like that intuition extends beyond the football

Five men have been arrested in a gruesome multiple slaying in a remote part of the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County. Six men were fatally shot — and four of them were also severely burned — in Tuesday’s incident, authorities say. Their bodies were left scattered amid the desert landscape. The

Bryn Spejcher's defense warns of 'high potency marijuana' California woman smoked before killing boyfriend. Lawyers for the California woman who avoided prison time in the killing her boyfriend after succumbing to a cannabis-induced psychosis are warning that extra potent marijuana strains from

Long Beach City Council initially approved tax breaks for cannabis retailers and cultivators in the city. Long Beach, California is on track to establish an ordinance that will give cannabis retailers a minor tax break and reward the ones in good standing on their payments with a bigger tax break