Daily Press, 09 Feb 2013 – Local Government Holds Its Ground On Collectives Medical marijuana patients in the Victor Valley held their collective breath as the California Supreme Court heard arguments this week on whether local governments can ban retail pot dispensaries.

Daily Press, 13 Oct 2012 – APPLE VALLEY * After prescription pain medication did not bring relief to her 64-year-old mother, Sandy McKay decided it was time for her mom to try another method: cannabis. "She took a bad fall while she was a bus driver, and she was in a lot of pain from multiple surgeries," McKay said. "Conventional pain medication just wasn’t effective."

Hesperia Star, 05 Oct 2012 – HESPERIA – The doors to one of the last remaining medical marijuana dispensaries in Hesperia are permanently locked, after owners of the High Desert Compassionate Collective were evicted. Owners of the collective, located in the four-unit strip mall in the Mesa area, on the corner of Danbury Road and "I" Avenue, were served papers on Wednesday morning – one day short of HDCC’s five-month anniversary.

Daily Press, 05 Oct 2012 – HESPERIA * The doors to one of the last remaining medical marijuana dispensaries in Hesperia are permanently locked, after owners of the High Desert Compassionate Collective were evicted. Owners of the collective, located in the four-unit strip mall in the Mesa area, on the corner of Danbury Road and "I" Avenue, were served papers on Wednesday morning – one day short of HDCC’s five-month anniversary.