Five county sheriffs and a district attorney run a nonprofit, paid for by a Buffett family foundation, that funds cannabis and trafficking enforcement in five Northern California counties. It has yet to win a trafficking conviction.
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Posted inCannabis
‘Little death bombs’: Illegal cannabis farms poison California’s forests. Who’s cleaning them up?
Even after legalization, illicit cannabis grows continue to pollute California’s public lands. And the contamination, new research shows, lingers.
Posted inWeather
Red flag warning issued for Mendocino County amid wildfire concerns
The weather pattern is expected to bring isolated to scattered thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening.
Posted inFire & Emergency
August Complex surpasses 1 million acres marking new era of enormous fires
The August Complex has been burning for over six weeks. Firefighters are still hard at work.
Posted inFire & Emergency
New evacuation orders south of Covelo as fire pushes northwest; Cal Fire hopes to have some containment on western flank within a day
The August Complex burns on; with thousands of resources at hand, firefighters continue to try to build containment lines. But even with lighter winds, dry fuels and the massive nature of the complex is making things difficult.