Taste of the Emerald Triangle: Harvest Box 2016
QUICK & DIRTY Terpine nerds will go nuts for this 28-gram bonanza of buds from the 2016 Emerald Triangle Harvest. Made to savor. $190, Natural Cannabis Company Imagine 28 grams of the best...
View ArticlePAX Era: A Vape for Techies
A vape pen with an app that let’s you control the temperature, records your usage, has a lock feature and the sleek, modern look of a smart device? Yes, please. For years, PAX products have been at the...
View Article10 Best Valentine Gifts for Cannabis Lovers
We’re not saying dinner and a movie isn’t enough for you and your sweetie this Valentine’s Day. We’re just saying that these 10 cannabis-related products might just jazz things up when it’s time to...
View ArticleNew cannabis cryptocurrency aims for social impact
A new cannabis-backed cryptocurrency hopes to prove that a digital currency designed for social impact can solve real-world problems. The Cannabium marijuana-backed token, which trades like Bitcoin,...
View ArticleCannabis tourism: Welcoming travelers behind the Redwood Curtain
California’s new cannabis industry is valued at $7 billion. With such a large green pie on the table, it’s no surprise that legal marijuana comes with a dizzying amount of red tape. Many farmers and...
View ArticleIsraeli medical marijuana companies may bolt overseas if export ban continues
At the CannaTech cannabis innovation conference in Tel Aviv this week, medical marijuana activists and business leaders voiced their disappointment with the Israeli government’s move to block medical...
View ArticleNevada law still hazy on cannabis users’ rights at work
Three years after medical cannabis became legal, and nearly a year into the state’s legalized recreational market, Nevada legal experts say there is no clear guidance or protections for employees who...
View ArticleNeighbors balk as legal cannabis gains ground in Sonoma County
David Drips has spent weeks tending cannabis seedlings and clones inside an old milking barn in rural Petaluma in preparation for the day he’d plant them in the ground. On Friday, that day arrived....
View ArticleYour guide to 4/20 events in Sonoma, Mendocino
Northern California holds a special place in cannabis history and culture. From San Francisco to Crescent City, thousands of people will be celebrating the cannabis holiday on April 20. The most...
View ArticleNew rule for drug testing? Oakland lawmaker pushes bill to protect medical...
A proposed law that would protect California medical cannabis patients from losing their jobs after failing a company drug test has overcome its first legislative hurdle. The legislation sailed through...
View ArticleFrom recreation to medicine, more seniors turning to cannabis in Sonoma County
Edna Fogarty first heard about cannabis in her mid-twenties. The Montreal native had recently left a convent in the Northeastern United States, where she was a nun for eight years. She soon found...
View ArticleEstonian district asks the internet for help picking new symbol. Their...
This much ought to be clear by now: If you ask the internet to settle anything, you do so at your own peril. A municipality in southeastern Estonia recently asked internet users what its symbol should...
View ArticleHigh Times’ Santa Rosa cannabis cup will be second event in nation to allow...
High Times, the pioneering marijuana media company, is bringing its two-day cannabis festival back to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds this weekend and making local history in the process. The marijuana...
View ArticlePetaluma chooses first cannabis delivery service from 4 finalists
When Claire Firestone’s mother was diagnosed with cancer, conventional medications failed to provide much relief. She started researching the benefits of cannabis products and found that it was far...
View ArticleDIY extraction: Sonoma couple shares tips to make cannabis tinctures at home
Dispensaries hawk a wide range of cannabis products, from flowers and edibles to topicals and extracts for vaporizers and capsules. Medicinal cannabis tinctures, which are alcohol-based extracts that...
View ArticleSonoma dispensaries say stock up on cannabis before Sunday or face shortages
California cannabis sellers are facing a harrowing decision this week: Sell much of their inventory at fire-sale prices, or dispose of any remaining products — from joints and edibles to topicals and...
View ArticleFlow Kana raises $22 million to expand Mendocino County cannabis site
Flow Kana has raised $22 million in additional funding that will help ramp up its cannabis manufacturing and processing facility in Mendocino County on the former Fetzer Vineyards property in Redwood...
View ArticleMove over, mint chip. Cannabis ice cream is moving into new markets
Ice cream infused with cannabis or flavored with terpenes seems to be popping up everywhere this summer. From North Carolina and Oregon to Canada and Israel, dessert makers are looking to cannabidiol...
View ArticleMendocino cannabis job fair returns to Willits July 28
Gone are the days when cannabis work was limited to farming, trimming or sales. More than seven months into California’s recreational cannabis market, companies are hiring to fill positions ranging...
View ArticleSanta Rosa family fights for girl’s medical cannabis use in school
Brooke Adams stretched across a gray sectional in her Rincon Valley home Tuesday, playing educational games on an iPad. Like many kids her age, the red-headed, pigtailed 5-year-old girl can count to...
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