As the most powerful man in the room milled aimlessly about the bar of the United Irish Cultural Center on Friday, looking for someone who recognized him as United States Congressman, all the attention was focused where it always is whenever Gavin Newsom is in the room: right on the lieutenant gover ... More >>
If you're reading this, it's arrived: The marijuana holiday, the tokiest of tokies, the Christmas/Chinese New Year/Yom Kippur of cannabis use. The 20th day of April, the beloved 420.Woot.Today, every medical cannabis dispensary in town will be offering specials and discounts, and many will be offeri ... More >>
The federal Justice Department does not yet have Richard Lee's head. But in the wake of a multi-agency raid on Oaksterdam University, they have his business.The "cannabis college," Oakland's best known institution of higher learning -- sorry, Mills, but you don't teach people to grow weed -- is now ... More >>
It's like any other day, reallyLike buying a gift for the rich person who has everything, celebrating 4/20 in San Francisco presents a bit of a conundrum -- of privilege. Tokers will seep out of the woodwork in many cities across the nation to ring in the weed-burners' day. Yet In San Francisco, ... More >>
Ed knows bestWhat better way to celebrate 4/20 than to get high with Ed Rosenthal -- the man who lives for marijuana. Well, technically, you'd get stoned at your house and he'd get high at his house and then you'd meet up at the Ferry Building. Rosenthal, America's ganga guru, had th ... More >>
Medical pot activists haze the traitors who ratted out Ed Rosenthal
