The managers of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, whose slopes have been overrun with marijuana gardens in recent years, want to keep the crooks out of the backcountry. So what's their plan? Gate a popular road that might make life tougher for growers but will certainly block many law-abiding users as well.

A federal judge has dismissed a Redding doctor's First Amendment lawsuit in which he accused law enforcement officials of targeting him because he was an outspoken cannabis advocate who recommended marijuana to patients.

A drug sweep Wednesday uncovered some 9,000 marijuana plants in the Old Cow Creek drainage of eastern Shasta County, the Sheriff's Office reported.

A drug sweep Wednesday uncovered some 9,000 marijuana plants in the Old Cow Creek drainage of eastern Shasta County, the Sheriff's Department reported.

Humboldt and Mendocino counties have gone so far with their tolerance of medical marijuana that they've all but legalized the drug -- whatever state and federal laws migth say about the matter. But now there's a backlash. Mendocino County will...

DORRIS — A 26-year-old Dorris man was arrested Monday on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale and possession of marijuana while driving.

SEATTLE — Timothy Garon’s face and arms are hauntingly skeletal, but the fluid building up in his abdomen makes the 56-year-old musician look eight months pregnant. His liver, ravaged by hepatitis C, is failing.

A Cottonwood man could face drug charges after Tehama County Sheriff's deputies said they found a marijuana grow operation at his house when they responded Saturday to the report of an accidental gunshot wound.

A Cottonwood man is facing a drug investigation after Tehama County sheriff’s deputies said they found a marijuana grow at his house Saturday when they responded to a report of an accidental gunshot wound.

A Weed man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of illegally prescribing medical marijuana to patients and booked then released from the Siskiyou County Jail.

A pair of 5-pound pilotless drones could be buzzing the north state this summer in search of illicit marijuana gardens, a forest law enforcement official said Friday.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The U.S. Forest Service has purchased a pair of flying drones to track down marijuana growers operating in remote California woodlands.

Wooden shoes? Cheese? Tulips? Windmills? The Dutch as the world power in spice trading in medieval Europe?Nah. Nobody cares. You know what everyone wants to know about when I say I've been to Amsteram. Drugs. Sex and drugs.."Hard" drugs -

We had to be at Chico to catch the flight to San Francisco at 6 AM, so we left Redding at around 2 AM as I recall now, since it's about 1 1/2 hours down there and you have to go through security, etc. My first misconception was that the airport was always open. It's not. The first human arrives at 4:15 AM to open the buildi

It was before my time, but I'm informed that years ago Bob Denver -- the actor who played Gilligan on "Gilligan's Island" -- was busted for marijuana possession in Anderson. He wasn't the only toker from the cast, apparently. From...

The former owner of a holistic herbal medicine store in Redding that catered to medicinal marijuana patients was sentenced this morning to 90 days in jail.

We got here safely. No matter how you slice it, a long-assed trip is still a long-assed trip, even when divided into smaller, more palatable sections. Last night was the first real sleep we'd gotten since Sunday night.The room is small. How small, you ask? The mice are hunchbacked (rim-shot). However, it is chea

In most of the United States, if a marijuana garden sprouted across the street from a high school, its owner would be in jail faster than you can say Drug Abuse Resistance Education.

Calling Shasta County "ground zero" for illicit marijuana cultivation on federal lands, the state's senior senator announced Thursday that more federal, state and local law enforcement resources will be coming the county's way.

I've been gathering string for a piece about the debate in Trinity County over education offiicials' pressing for some limits on the medical-marijuana gardens near schools and parks. Some of them say that, since the supervisors relaxed limits on the...

The founder of "Oaksterdam University" tells the AP that he'd like the marijuana industry to be "taken seriously" and likens it to brewers and distillers. Funny, he didn't mention pharmaceutical companies. I thought pot was legal under a doctor's recommendation....

OAKLAND -- You know you're in a different kind of college when a teaching assistant sets five marijuana plants down in the middle of a lab and no one blinks a bloodshot eye.

WEAVERVILLE -- A 42-year-old British Columbia woman was sentenced Tuesday to one year in Trinity County Jail after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana for sale, authorities said Wednesday.

WEAVERVILLE - A 42-year-old British Columbia woman was sentenced Tuesday to 365 days in Trinity County Jail after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana for sale, authorities announced today.

• YMCA to host volunteer fair today • R.B. pair arrested after marijuana found at home • Mount Shasta man injured in morning wreck on I-5 • Free training offered for senior fitness instructors

SAN FRANCISCO -- Employers can fire workers found to have used medical marijuana even if it was legally recommended, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in another setback for California in its increasingly rancorous clash with federal law over medical pot use.

The former owner of a holistic herbal medicine store in Redding that catered to medicinal marijuana patients is facing up to 90 days in jail under a plea bargain that was reached the day before he was due to begin standing trial.

A traffic stop for speeding turned into a marijuana bust with two arrests Wednesday night on Interstate 5 near Mount Shasta.

For the second time in just more than a month, Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko will travel to Washington, D.C. to discuss his fight against illegal marijuana growing.