The Obama administration announced it won’t go after pot users and providers in the states where marijuana is legal, but that doesn’t appear to have stopped the pain in Northern California. U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, notorious for her persecution of medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivators in the Northern District of California, has indicated she has no plans to change course ...

Alameda County Geographical Information Covering most of the San Francisco Bay Area’s East Bay, Alameda County was estimated to have a population of more than 1,510,000 in 2010. Alameda is the 7th most heavily populated county in California. Some of the major cities in the county are the county seat Oakland, Fremont, Berkeley, and Hayward. Like many counties in California, ...