Roughly two weeks ahead of legal sales, state regulators have granted the first batch of temporary cannabis business licenses.

Under strict new water rules in California, cannabis farmers who haven’t thought through their water use could be left out to dry.

Los Angeles has long been an unruly frontier in the cannabis industry. The legal marketplace is seen as a way to impose order.

Los Angeles wants to ensure that a fair share of what’s expected to be a lucrative legal market belongs to those most affected by the drug war.

Here’s how to rally support of local officials as members of a community that’s long carried social stigma.

As California creeps closer to legalization, a commercial land grab has led to soaring lease and sale prices.

San Diego area cannabis-delivery services went on lockdown this week following a law enforcement sting on local delivery operations that put at least six drivers behind bars.

This special license allows small-scale operators to build the cannabis equivalent of microbreweries.

Is California’s biggest city about to give the cannabis industry the boot? In its draft regs, retail would be allowed but not growing or processing.

In a warehouse outside Downtown Los Angeles, a group of military veterans are cultivating a new set of skills and transforming their careers.