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Ex-MLB pitcher Garza scores in Fresno cannabis license fight – but curveballs remain
Ahead of the holidays, Fresno has, once again, awarded all of its cannabis licenses. Don't expect the fighting to stop for the yuletide.
December 19, 2021
Suit questions Fresno cannabis license awards
One of the cannabis dispensaries vying for, but denied, a permit in Fresno but rejected is suing the city, claiming other dispensaries lied in their applications.
December 14, 2021
After long wait, Madera OKs application process for pot shops
Madera’s long-running saga to kickstart the city’s cannabis operations has finally come to fruition.
December 1, 2021
Fresno faces new legal hurdles over pot shop licensing
A retail cannabis dispensary that did not make the cut in Fresno’s the awarding of preliminary licenses is suing the city to halt the process altogether.
December 1, 2021
Madera’s cannabis push stalls out at the one-yard line
Once again, Madera’s future pot shops are kept waiting as lawmakers could not muster up enough support Wednesday evening to pass the city’s cannabis business permits ordinance.
November 17, 2021
Hanford hikes recreational marijuana tax to legal maximum
Shortly after deciding to add a third recreational pot shop, Kings County's largest city is looking to leverage legal pot's financial benefits quickly.
November 16, 2021
With 4 Fresno weed licenses left, lawsuits, fraud charges stack up
With four licenses yet to be awarded, what is the future of retail marijuana in Fresno?
November 15, 2021
Fresno faces quandary in weed process as ex-CEO of major retailer charged with fraud
The former CEO of a major cannabis firm could muddy the waters for Fresno's dispensary licensing process due to felony charges filed by Bay Area prosecutors.
November 9, 2021
Madera OKs change to cannabis rules, opening door for applications
Following a protracted, months-long stalemate over how to handle vertically-integrated licenses, Madera is back on track to take applications for weed shops.
November 3, 2021
Fresno nixes pot shop near poor Clovis Unified school – and three more
“It’s Red Ribbon Week and I stand before you as I’m teaching our kids to say no to drugs, I’m having to fight a dispensary going into my community close to where my children are,” Pinedale Principal Debra Bolls argued.
October 27, 2021