The Press Democrat, 25 Jun 2013 – Emily Brady was 14 when she watched her best friend in Occidental say goodbye to her father on the morning he left to serve a prison sentence for marijuana cultivation. Her friend ran to her bedroom and shut the door as her younger brother wailed, said Brady, now 36. A notice that the property had been seized and belonged to the FBI hung on the door.

The Press Democrat, 03 May 2013 – The owners of a Ukiah-area medical marijuana dispensary are scrambling to find a new home after their landlord received a letter from the U.S. Attorney’s Office demanding they evict the business or risk losing the property. The letter is part of a national wave of cease-and-desist notices sent by federal authorities to marijuana dispensaries and their landlords in California, Washington and Colorado. Marijuana remains an illegal drug under federal law.

The Press Democrat, 10 Dec 2012 – The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors this week could drastically cut the amount of medical marijuana allowed for patients outside city limits. The board on Tuesday will consider a proposal to get rid of guidelines the supervisors approved six years ago allowing medical marijuana patients to have 30 plants and three pounds of dried pot per year.

The Press Democrat, 25 Jul 2012 – California’s 28-year-old marijuana eradication program that has destroyed millions of pot plants in public and private wilderness areas is no more. The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting – CAMP as it was commonly known – was dropped this year after the state cut funding for the program. It is being replaced this season with a new name, new bosses and a scaled-down approach.

The Press Democrat, 25 Jul 2012 – California’s 28-year-old marijuana eradication program that has destroyed millions of pot plants in public and private wilderness areas is no more. The Campaign Against Marijuana Planting – CAMP as it was commonly known – was dropped this year after the state cut funding for the program. It is being replaced this season with a new name, new bosses and a scaled-down approach.

The Press Democrat, 18 Oct 2010 – Marijuana prompted several men to strong-arm their way into a west Santa Rosa home last week and tie up residents with duct tape. It lured a pair into an illicit garden in Round Valley where they were shot dead by its tenders. It led an unknown killer to shoot a 31-year-old father in his Santa Rosa garage, leaving him for dead and making off with the goods.