Author: Don Thompson
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California looks to build $7 billion legal pot economy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The future of California’s legal marijuana industry is being shaped in a warren of cubicles tucked inside a retired basketball arena, where a garden of paper cannabis leaves sprouts on file cabinets and a burlap sack advertising “USA Home Grown” dangles from a wall. Here, in the outskirts of Sacramento, a handful…
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Trump’s in, California’s out? Longshot exit bid gets boost
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Donald Trump’s election as president is giving a big social-media boost to an unlikely effort in the nation’s most populous state: a plan to vote on seceding from the union. The Yes California Independence Campaign hopes to put a question on the November 2018 ballot that would authorize a statewide independence vote…
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Fresh snow replenishes Sierra ski resorts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The winter has been rough on Sierra ski resorts, but this week’s storms have them looking a lot more like they usually do at this time of year. Squaw Valley, which sits between Truckee and the north shore of Lake Tahoe, received 22 inches of snow at its top elevations between…
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California probes insurers’ investments in Iran
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner on Monday ordered all insurance companies doing business in the state to report investments that might benefit Iran, investments he said harm national security as well as the state’s insurance buyers.Poizner said he wants to ensure that money paid by California policyholders is not flowing to a…