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Redding Fines Cancer Patient $40,000 For Growing Cannabis

Mike Rubin lives on borrowed time. The 40-year-old northeast Pennsylvanian native was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2010. In 2011, Rubin endured four months of brutal chemotherapy, only to have the tumors in his neck and shoulders return three months… Continue Reading

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The Valley of Fear – California, Cannabis and Killing the American Dream

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. –1 John 4:20 I like… Continue Reading

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Get Benno! Shasta County Snuffs Out Medical Marijuana — And Gun Rights, Too?

Sometimes, I wonder what the Shasta County Board of Supervisors and the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office have been smoking. Wasn’t it just six months ago they were telling voters that Measure A, by totally banning all outdoor medical marijuana cultivation… Continue Reading

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Ostensible Medical Marijuana Grow Lands Redding Man in Jail

On October 9, 2011 at about 10:02 A.M. officers from the Redding Police Department responded to a report that Jarrett Case Westler, 21 years of age, of Redding, was illegally cultivating marijuana at a residence on Dee Court in Redding.… Continue Reading

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Redding Man Arrested for Pot Garden Robbery

On October 5th, 2011 at approximately 6:59 P.M., officers from the Redding Police Department responded to a residence on Garden Avenue in regards to a robbery and stabbing that had just occurred. Officers arrived and contacted the victim who said… Continue Reading

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Update: Suspect in Pot Collective Robbery Turns Himself in

On Thursday, September 15, 2011, at approximately 6:45 p.m., officers and investigators of the Redding Police Department responded to the “Trusted Friends” marijuana collective located at 1943 Pine Street for an armed robbery. Employees at the business reported that two… Continue Reading

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Error Regarding Medical Marijuana Presentation

CORRECTION: Thursday’s presentation in Redding by Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Tracy Sims regarding medical marijuana is not open to the public. The presentation is intended solely for authorized law enforcement and designated county employees. We regret that we published… Continue Reading

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Arrest Made in Redding Marijuana Collective Burglaries

On August 23, 2011, a commercial burglary occurred at a medical marijuana collective in the city of Redding. The Friendly Corner Collective, located at 1357 Hartnell Avenue, had been burglarized and an undisclosed amount of medicinal marijuana had been taken.… Continue Reading

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Redding Police Investigate 2nd Armed Robbery at Marijuana Collective

On Friday, August 12, 2011, at 7:34 p.m., just over a month after a previous armed robbery, the Redding Police Department received a report of an armed robbery at Northern Patients Group, a marijuana collective on Rhyolite Drive. Redding Police… Continue Reading