Early this morning, at the ungodly hour of 4:30, we were standing in front of the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, waiting for a cab, when a young gentleman appeared, looking slightly disheveled from a night of pre-Halloween partying. He was in his stocking feet, carrying one Timberland boot in his hand. “Where’s your other […]
marijuana
Posted inNews
SoCal Public TV Further Boosts HumCo Pot Rep
Southern California public television affiliate KCET recently produced a report on Humboldt County — which they say is known as “the pot capital of the world” (eat it, Amsterdam!) — and our conflicted feelings about Prop 19. The segment was picked up last week by PBS’s prestigious big dog, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. KCET […]
Posted inNews
I Can’t Smoke 55
The California Highway Patrol pulled in a pretty good haul up in McKinleyville last night — $120,000 and 55 pounds of weed. The suspect is from Jamul, Calif. — apparently a real place. The CHP press release is below. (Reminder: Follow our @HumboldtCHP feed for other real-time dispatches from the local CHiPs.) On 09/21/2010, at […]
Posted inNews
Crowdsourcing the Weed Market
You ever read or watch a news story in which they mention the “street value” of some marijuana bust and think to yourself, “That doesn’t sound right”? Of course you have. And so have the guys behind priceofweed.com, a website and blog that’s compiling and reporting market data on marijuana sales from all over the […]
Posted inNews
Cash Crop: Coming Soon
Coming soon to a movie theater near you, Cash Crop, a film by Adam Ross about what he figures is America’s No. 1 cash crop. Where else would they shoot it but in the fabled Emerald Triangle. Yes, he borrowed the title from Ray Raphael’s book, but Ray’s in the movie, so it must be […]
Posted inNews
Penis-free Pot Seshes With Randos
That’s the sales pitch for Seshroulette.com, a sort of Chatroulette for weed smokers looking to get faded commune with random, anonymous weed smokers on camera. Strictly medicinal, of course. (Cough-wheeeeze.) The site was created three months ago by one Dan “Chill,” a college dropout/Web developer from Playa Del Rey who nabbed his 215 for stomach-aches. […]
Posted inNews
Summer CAMP
It ain’t legal yet, goddammit. That could well be the subtext of a press release today from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, in which they announced the end of week one of the 2010 Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP) season. The multi-agency law-enforcement effort yielded more than 33,500 marijuana plants in just four days, according […]
Posted inNews
Humboldt’s Changing Economy
The latest issue of the Humboldt Economic Index offers some fascinating nuggets of information. For example, the composite index (a sketch of our overall economic health) reached a 16-month high in June. On the other hand, the report states that, “All three leading indicators [unemployment insurance claims, building permits and help wanted ads] point to […]
Posted inNews
Eureka Approves Medical Marijuana Ordinance
Medical marijuana proponents Laura Benedict, Ian Hammon-Hogan, Bob Wiener and Charles Davy outside the Eureka City Council chambers last night. Council chambers erupted with applause when the Eureka City Council unanimously voted to approve the city’s first medical marijuana ordinance last night. The ordinance regulates land use for patients, who grow for personal use, and […]
Posted inNews
New Legalization Poll
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released today shows that support for this November’s Proposition 19, which would legalize marijuana in the state, is slightly trailing but within the survey’s margin of error — 48 percent for, 50 percent against, with a 4 percent margin.
Posted inNews
Fargas Family Bust
Above: Humboldt County’s beloved Fargas Family Band, doing one of their signature sets. Everyone — everyone — loves a Fargas Family show. Below: The Anderson Valley Advertiser reports that bandleader Angel Fargas was recently on trial in Mendocino County, after having been busted with 70 pounds of weed. FREE ANGEL FARGAS!
Posted inNews
Eureka Planning Commission Approves Marijuana Ordinance
Eureka Planning Commissioner Jeff Ragan. Photo by Ahron Sherman. Fourteen years have gone up in smoke since Californians passed Proposition 215. Tuesday, Eureka’s Planning Commission voted 4-1 to recommend the city’s first medical marijuana ordinance to the Eureka City Council. The ordinance — Medical Cannabis: Cultivation, Processing and Distribution — seeks to regulate personal grows […]