Supporters of The Cannabis Center line up for public comment at last night’s city council meeting. Photo: Lance Knobel Supporters of The Cannabis Center line up for public comment at last night’s city council meeting. Photo: Lance Knobel Berkeley City Council last night approved the city’s fifth and sixth cannabis dispensaries, four months after approving the […]
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Cannabis accelerator program opens, but some worry about a corporate cannabis industry
Acro-Vape, one of the start-ups participating in Canopy’s accelerator program for cannabis-start-ups, produces a vaporizer. Photo: Acro-Vape Acro-Vape, one of the start-ups participating in Canopy’s accelerator program for cannabis-start-ups, produces a vaporizer. Photo: Acro-Vape As California edges closer toward cannabis legalization for adult recreational use in November, a marijuana-focused business accelerator program has announced a […]
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Neighbors express frustration with cannabis club
The Cannabis Buyers Club of Berkeley sits on the edge of a residential neighborhood and neighbors complain that some of its clients are not respectful. Photo: Google Street Maps Outside the Cannabis Buyers Club of Berkeley at Shattuck Avenue and Essex Street, the scene is busy. A black-clad security guard mindfully scans the street, making […]
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Berkeley may soon have 6 cannabis dispensaries
After Berkeley residents voted in 2010 to increase the number of medical cannabis dispensaries in town from three to four, it took the City Council six years to approve the first new one. Two months later, the council is on the verge of approving another two new dispensaries, which means Berkeley may soon have six […]
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Bike lane opens by near-fatal crash site; DUI charges filed against driver
There’s a new bike lane on Fulton Street and Bancroft Way in Berkeley. Photo: Kent Chen A new “protected” bike lane — set off from vehicular traffic — has been completed this week in Berkeley on Fulton Street with a ribbon cutting scheduled for 8 a.m. Thursday just in time for Bike to Work Day. […]
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Berkeley names iCANN as next cannabis dispensary
There was a full house at the Berkeley City Council on Tuesday night for the selection of the city’s fourth medical cannabis dispensary. Photo: Emilie Raguso There was a full house at the Berkeley City Council on Tuesday night for the selection of the city’s fourth medical cannabis dispensary. Photo: Emilie Raguso Tuesday night, the […]
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Berkeley commission shortlists 3 for cannabis dispensary
More than 50 people crowded into a room at City Hall on Feb. 4 to listen as the Medical Cannabis Commission selected three finalists for the fourth dispensary. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Berkeley’s Medical Cannabis Commission selected three finalists for the city’s coveted fourth dispensary opportunity Thursday. This despite the fact that a number of the commission’s members […]
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Finalists pitch for Berkeley’s fourth cannabis dispensary
Members of Berkeley’s Medical Cannabis Commission,(l to r): Michael Cooper, Stewart Jones, Karen Marie Rice, Damond Tims, Tina Ferguson and Charles Pappas, heard pitches from six dispensaries Jan. 28. Photo: Lisa Tsering By Lisa Tsering One offered expanded services to senior citizens living with chronic illness. Another pledged to provide strict round-the-clock security. Still another promised […]
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Berkeley marijuana dispensary robbed at gunpoint
The Berkeley Patients Group has been on San Pablo Avenue in varying locations for more than 16 years. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel The Berkeley Patients Group has been on San Pablo Avenue in varying locations for more than 16 years. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Police are looking for three masked robbers with a gun who tied up a security guard […]
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6 groups vying for dispensary permit hold meetings
The owners of Amoeba Music would like to open a cannabis dispensary on the property. Photo: Tom Dalzell The owners of Amoeba Music would like to open a cannabis dispensary on the property. Photo: Tom Dalzell When David Prinz goes before a gathering of Telegraph Avenue neighbors Thursday to talk about the cannabis dispensary he would like […]
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Berkeley cannabis dispensary selection proceeds, despite mayor’s suggestion to stop process
Berkeley City Council, Jan. 27, 2015. Photo: Emilie Raguso A plea by the chair of the Medical Cannabis Commission to reinstate his application for Berkeley’s fourth medical cannabis dispensary was ignored by the City Council Tuesday night, but council members did vote to slightly jigger the selection process. The City Council voted 6-1-1, with Mayor Tom […]
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Berkeley medical cannabis commissioner faces fraud and extortion charges
Dan Rush addresses a group at the Cannabis Workers Rising Symposium in Winchester, Nevada. Photo: Facebook The former chair of Berkeley’s Medical Cannabis Commission (MCC) is scheduled to appear in federal court today, Sept. 23, to face extortion, fraud and money laundering charges connected to his dealings with cannabis dispensaries in Berkeley, Oakland and Las […]
