Blowing Smoke: Oakland’s Massive Pot Farms
You may remember last summer, July 2010, when the city I live in, Oakland, CA, decided to license four major pot farms.
Browsing: Oakland
Oakland Plan Permits 5 New Pot Dispensaries, Farms
Oakland's dream of licensing some of the largest marijuana farms in the world was crushed by both a failed November ballot measure to legalize recreational pot and the threat of prosecution.
How Oakland Became Ground Zero in Marijuana Legalization
Take a walking tour of the Bay Area city that's the U.S. capital of the cannabis movement.
Pot Factories A Gamble For Oakland?
Industrial-sized marijuana production could bring need cash to Oakland and further the legitimacy of the marijuana industry. But will competition, legal risks and the unknown economic effects from potential legalization make it a bumpy road?
Oakland City Council Approves Large-Scale Production of Medical Marijuana
In a lively, standing room only meeting, the Oakland city council voted Tuesday night to approve on first reading a city-wide plan for the cultivation of medical marijuana in four new large-scale factories.
Pot Goes Union As Oaksterdam University Joins UFCW
Organized labor and the burgeoning marijuana industry are converging in California.
iGrow: Walmart of Weed Opens in Oakland
A giant, 15,000-square-foot grow store called iGrow has opened in Oakland, California.
Oakland Voters Approve Marijuana Tax
Oakland residents overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to approve a first-of-its kind tax on medical marijuana sold at the city's four cannabis dispensaries.
Oakland Takes Step Toward Medical Marijuana Tax
Proposal to increase business tax on Oakland medical pot dispensaries wins support of city council committee
‘Guru Of Ganja’ Heads Back To San Francisco Court
Oakland marijuana author and activist Ed Rosenthal will be back before a federal appeals court in San Francisco Wednesday to challenge his conviction for growing marijuana.
