Weed and Gangs. Crime follows logical path.
Authorities in Monterey County said a person was wounded in a shooting near a cannabis dispensary Monday night.
According to Seaside Fire & Police, officers were called to The Reef dispensary on the 1900 block of Fremont Boulevard around 8:20 p.m. Police said a young adult was shot outside the business.
Carpool lanes – I remember them being a way to reduce the number of cars coming into big cities and a bit of the reductions of exhaust.
Bad news, electric vehicle owners. Starting Monday morning, one of California’s longest-running incentives for people to buy electric cars — a program that provided access to carpool lanes regardless of how many people are in a zero-emission vehicle — is coming to end.
The Clean Air Vehicle decal program expired Oct. 1, after Republican leaders in Congress and the Trump administration declined to reauthorize the federal law that allowed it.
Two months ago, the California Highway Patrol gave motorists across the state a 60-day grace period until Dec. 1. That’s Monday. The CHP says it will begin writing tickets for solo EV drivers who are in carpool lanes during restricted times from here on out.
‘We offset our carbon emissions by feeling really bad about them.’
Just literally spat my coffee out, bloody brilliant. 🤣😅🤭
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— Benonwine (@benonwine) November 8, 2025
Burglars just ram the building with stolen cars.
Two Oakland marijuana dispensaries previously targeted by burglars were hit again by invaders using cars to get inside.
Oakanna, on Lakeshore Avenue, was hit just before 4 a.m. Friday. Several carloads of burglars converged on the business and rammed an Acura MDX with stolen plates into the storefront.
The dispensary was hit in similar fashion in October. In 2022, Oakanna’s owner was shot and wounded during a robbery.
Early Monday morning, the Stiiizy dispensary on Telegraph Avenue and 21st Street, was rammed by a Honda Accord, similar to an incident back in September when carloads of burglars surrounded the store. In that earlier case, a suspect was charged by Alameda County prosecutors last month.
A party at a Caltrans office in Monterey earlier this month in which a stripper purportedly entertained on-the-clock workers, who also drank alcohol before departing in official vehicles, was condemned by an agency spokesman Monday.
Employees allegedly held the party July 10 for an unidentified employee at the 2111 Garden Road office, according to KSBW which was tipped off about the party by an unnamed source. “It involved open consumption of alcohol, the presence of a hired stripper and employees participating while on the clock and being paid with taxpayer dollars,” according to the source. The event was ‘ ‘interrupted by another supervisor who arrived unexpectedly and witnesses the situation firsthand,” according to the news station.
over ordering a “hush money” severance package deal.
And possible unprofessionalism for expense reimbursements.
In February 2024, in response to Harvey’s request for reimbursement of expenses, Claimant asked to see his signed employment agreement to confirm that the expenses were authorized by his contract. Harvey asked Claimant, “Why can’t you just process the reimbursement?” At first, Claimant thought Harvey was joking and explained that City policy required supporting documentation to justify any payment to employees beyond their regular paycheck. She soon realized, however, that she was dealing with a different kind of city manager,
Ojai’s Ben Harvey Is In Legal Trouble Already
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Got to keep them children working at the marijuana farm.
With search warrants in hand, federal agents raided two Central Coast cannabis farms on Thursday – one in Carpinteria and the other in Camarillo – resulting in a protester pointing a gun at agents, a farm worker’s death and the discovery of 10 children at one of the cannabis facilities.
All of the children were undocumented and eight were unaccompanied, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott. The owners of Glass House Farms are now facing allegations he violated child labor laws.
While cannabis is legal to use and grow in California, it is against the law for anyone under 21 years of age to be on the premises of a cannabis business, even if they are a family member.
Wonder if city leaders called them a moron?
Health officials are threatening to take away Lucy the pig because of a New York City law that doesn’t allow pigs to be kept as pets.
But at 15 years old, the now senior emotional support pet owned by the Gannone family spends these days on a series of meds, resting on the couch.
In a statement, the city department of health says pet pigs have been illegal in New York City for decades, adding “they can become aggressive toward people” and that there’s no USDA-approved rabies vaccine for pigs.
The health department says no violations have been issued, and a City Hall spokesperson says they’re working on a solution that involves getting Lucy moved to the Gannones’ house upstate, which the family says is under a lot of construction.
In the past week, nearly over 11,000 people have signed an online petition for the family to keep the docile pig.
Bringing it to the forefront aids in health discoveries, not demonic reefer madness.
“When you burn something, whether it is tobacco or cannabis, it creates toxic compounds, carcinogens, and particulate matter that are harmful to health,” Cohen said in an email.
However, edibles may also play a role in heart disease, according to a May 2025 study.
“We found that vascular function was reduced by 42% in marijuana smokers and by 56% in THC-edible users compared to nonusers,” Dr. Leila Mohammadi, an assistant researcher in cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco, told CNN in a prior interview.
The danger of high potency weed
None of the studies included in the new meta-analysis asked users about the potency of THC in the products they consume. Even if they had, that information would be quickly outdated, Silver said.“The cannabis market is a moving target. It is getting more potent every day,” she said. “What’s being sold to people today in California is 510 times stronger than what it was in the 1970s. Concentrates can be 99% pure THC. Vapes are over 80% THC.
But the gov said no illegals get free medical care. Think about that the next time somebody say Californians will suffer.
The shortfall comes a year after California launched an ambitious coverage expansion to provide free health care to all low-income adults regardless of their immigration status. That’s costing far more than the state projected.
Here’s what to know about California’s Medicaid gap:
Did expanding coverage to adult immigrants cause the gap?
Partly. California first extended health care benefits to low-income children without legal status in 2015 and later added the benefits for young adults and people over the age of 50. The program was expanded again last year to cover adults ages 26 to 49.
