Howard Himes, who has served as the Health and Human Services Agency Director for Napa County since 2014, is retiring this summer. Himes will step down on July 13.
Many cities and counties “signed up for pensions they can’t afford” and need to “handle that themselves,” the governor said.
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted to bring the county’s cultivation taxes down to $5 per square foot for greenhouses, $8 per square foot for indoor grows, and $1 for nurseries. And that’s not all. Manufacturers, distributors, dispensaries, and testing laboratories will all see significant breaks.
A city councilman and D4 candidate is facing sexual harassment allegations from at least 9 women, including former students at the high school where he teaches.
The number of local jail inmates taking psychiatric drugs has skyrocketed in recent years, according to a new analysis based on Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) data.
Monterey County sheriff’s officials say they have destroyed 43,500 opium poppies that were openly planted along a road in Moss Landing
Los Angeles County will welcome its first full-fledged arts department this summer.
The Bureau of Cannabis Control, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Department of Public Health have proposed the re-adoption of their emergency regulations on cannabis for another 180 days.
A federal investigation into alleged civil rights abuses at the San Luis Obispo County Jail will take a new turn this week, as FBI agents are expected to begin interviewing potential witnesses.
Lake County has agreed to pay $2 million to the family of a Santa Rosa woman who committed suicide in the county jail during an apparent drug-induced psychosis.
Activists are urging counties in northern California to reassess their needle exchange policies to thwart what they call a growing threat to public safety.
