Activist and historian David Mundstock’s political archive was recently donated to the Berkeley Historical Society. A sampling of papers, posters and more will be on display starting Nov. 6.
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Berkeley Patients Group is moving its cannabis operations to University and San Pablo avenues
A number of neighbors oppose the move, expressing concerns about allowing customers to consume on-site and its proximity to a library.
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Berkeley Patients Group celebrates 20th 4/20 with up to 50% off products, tips for consumers
[Sponsored] This year is Berkeley Patient Group’s 20th 4/20 and it will commemorate the day with significant discounts, a fun 4/20 event and, as always, making a community impact with donations from the week’s sales.
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Post-legalization, there are clear benefits to having a medical marijuana recommendation
[Sponsored] Having a marijuana recommendation makes getting and using cannabis easier than ever, especially in the recreational age. Let NuggMD bring yours right to you today.
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Berkeley first city in nation to become a ‘sanctuary’ for cannabis
The City Council voted to prohibit city employees, including police officers, from spending city money to help the federal government crack down on cannabis businesses.
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Berkeley halves business tax on recreational cannabis
Only a few weeks after the start of recreational cannabis sales, Berkeley decided to lower the business tax
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Man, 22, arrested after 3 Berkeley shootings, charged with attempted murder, child abuse
A former Berkeley High student has been charged with 13 felonies, including attempted murder and child abuse, after three shootings in Berkeley this year, two of which left teenage boys with injuries. Two of the shootings took place in September. In one, Sept. 18, a cyclist shot at a pickup truck near Oregon and Dohr streets. No […]
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Berkeley council picks Amoeba, Apothecarium as new cannabis dispensaries
Berkeley City Council last night approved the city’s fifth and sixth cannabis dispensaries, four months after approving the fourth. A long night of public comment and testimony was followed by a relatively brief discussion by councilmembers before selecting Berkeley Compassionate Care Collective (BC3), 2465 Telegraph Ave. (led by the owners of Amoeba Music), and The Apothecarium, […]
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Zoning Board says cannabis collective a public nuisance
Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustments Board voted unanimously Nov. 6 to declare the Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Growers’ Collective a public nuisance – the latest step in Berkeley’s three-year odyssey to shut the place down. ZAB officials listened to two and a half hours of testimony at the hearing, including impassioned pleas from neighbors who said the area […]
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3 busted in Berkeley with firearms, marijuana for sale
Police arrested a man and two teenagers last Friday night after finding a stolen handgun, a second firearm and a large amount of marijuana in their car during a traffic stop south of the UC Berkeley campus. Berkeley Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats said officers conducted a vehicle stop shortly before 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. […]
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Berkeley dismisses official who made ‘insensitive’ racial comment during cannabis collective appeal
The city of Berkeley on Thursday dismissed the official who was overseeing the nuisance abatement appeal by the Forty Acres medical cannabis collective after he made “insensitive” remarks concerning race during the hearing. It is the fifth hearing officer to be assigned, and then withdrawn, from the case. Berkeley officials are now uncertain how to […]
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Berkeley still battling Forty Acres cannabis collective
The lawyers for Chris Smith, the owner of Forty Acres Medical Marijuana Grower’s Collective, will ask an Alameda County judge Friday to force the city of Berkeley to hold a public hearing on Smith’s appeal of the declaration that his collective is a public nuisance. Berkeley officials have scheduled a closed-door hearing, with no press […]