marijuana

Pot shop closes in Colfax

COLFAX — Golden State Patient Care Collective — known as the GSPCC — has closed its doors in Colfax. The collective had dispensed cannabis to patients with medical prescript ...

Sheriff’s Office destroys 16,700-plant pot grow

Even though a marijuana garden was planted in an extremely remote area of Placer County northeast of Colfax, its 16,721 plants were still visible from the air. The color of “ripe ...

Placer K-9 sniffs out 175 pounds of pot in Loomis

AUBURN CA - A Placer County Sheriff’s K-9 sniffed out a large cache of marijuana in the truck of a Calistoga man who was passing through Loomis Tuesday night, according to a pres ...

Harvest time means more crime for area

It’s harvest time for marijuana plants and with that comes an increased potential for violent crimes. In the past month, the Journal has reported a handful of thefts involving ...

Pot shop debate hits home

It’s not so easy being green in Placer County, particularly for those looking to open a commercial medical cannabis dispensary. Recently the towns of Colfax and Loomis have put ...

County prepares to dole out medi-pot cards to patients

Placer County plans to roll its medical marijuana identification-card program out March 1. But it's still uncertain whether the state-overseen and state-authorized program ““ ...