The state of California handed out another $18.4 million to 18 cities and counties to aid each of them in funding their respective social equity business licensing programs. The move is an annual dispersal of payments from the Office of Business and Economic Development.

California, the nation’s top cannabis market, continues to battle illegal operations. State officials seized $534 million worth of illegal cannabis in 2024.

A California hemp company has filed a lawsuit against the sheriff of the Madison County Sheriff’s Department and multiple sheriff’s deputies after the department allegedly illegally seized $3.9 million of hemp that was mistaken for illegal marijuana last year.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office is under legal fire from a California hemp manufacturer alleging $4 million in product was seized, thought to be marijuana

An officer found a "large amount" of marijuana during a traffic stop on Interstate 5 in Siskiyou County Thursday morning, according to the California Highway Pa

California governments are hitting the brakes on pot farms as neighbors across the state complain about the smell of cannabis.

Police seized what they call a “large amount” of marijuana during a traffic stop south of Yreka early Thursday morning. According to California Highway Patrol (CHP) out of Yreka, officers pulled over a pickup truck hauling a trailer on I-5 at Louie Road.

On February 27, 2025, at around 10:30 a.m., troopers in Clark County arrested two men from New York for transporting large quantities of marijuana and Ketamine.

The complaint alleges that deputies disregarded documentation showing the hemp was legal but relied solely on smell to identify the product as marijuana.