Santa Clara County

Police in San Jose say illegal grow houses are becoming an increasing problem – one they’re not fully equipped to handle as their resources shrink and other issues take priority over weed. In March, the body of a 26-year-old man was found in a grow house in the Coyote Creek neighborhood. He had been shot to death. Police haven’t said ...

A California couple were arrested in Arizona on suspicion they tried to drive a marijuana grow-op through the state in a rental truck. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Department in northern Arizona arrested Le Nguyen, 46, and his girlfriend, Kathy Nguyen, 42, along Interstate 40 near the small high-desert town of Seligman. The Nguyens live in San Jose. They were being ...

A California man has pleaded guilty to selling a large quantity of marijuana in Pennsylvania in 2012. Benjamin Choi, 26, pleaded guilty to a single charge of possession with intent to deliver in the courtroom of Philadelphia common pleas Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy. Choi, a San Jose resident, entered the plea without making a sentencing deal with prosecutors. That means the ...

A group hoping to establish a nationwide certification for medical marijuana dispensaries gave its first-ever stamp of approval to two California pot shops Feb. 20. Americans for Safe Access, a pro-marijuana group, certified two dispensaries in the Bay Area: the Berkeley Patients Group and the San Francisco Patient and Resource Center. The group uses a certification process known as Patient ...

A man accused of trying to burglarize a medical marijuana dispensary was arrested by San Jose police early Jan. 21. Police arrested the suspect, whose name was not immediately released, after several hours searching for him. He was found hiding in the elevator shaft of a neighboring dance studio, and was brought to the Santa Clara County jail and booked ...

HempCon, a major event for medical marijuana users, kicked off a tour of the Southwest in San Jose this month. The festival, which ran from Jan. 17-19 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, will reappear in the same place April 19-20 after touring three other cities. HempCon is geared toward those in the MMJ community, but it celebrates all ...

The City of San Jose may be cracking down on medical marijuana dispensaries, but don’t expect weed advocates to go down without a fight. MMJ activists filed a petition Jan. 13 to ask voters whether they want to keep dispensaries in business throughout town. The move is intended to cut off city leaders before they can even enact their planned ...

Leaders in San Jose are trying again to crack down on a still-thriving dispensary industry, though marijuana advocates have promised to put the issue before voters. The new regulations would make it much harder for patients in many parts of town to get their medical weed, advocates say, and could cause new problems for the neighborhoods where dispensaries would be ...