Your weekend: Webster Street Jam
1, September 9, 2010 – 4:50 am | No Comment

The ninth annual Webster Street Jam is being held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, September 11-12, on Webster Street between Central and Lincoln avenues. This year’s version of the street …

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Council okays pot club ban
1, May 5, 2010 – 5:00 am | 3 Comments
Council okays pot club ban

The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries from setting up shop in Alameda.
“Conceptually, it’s something everybody thinks should be done,” Councilman Frank Matarrese said of providing marijuana for medical use. …

Council talks golf, ganja
1, March 16, 2010 – 5:50 am | No Comment
Council talks golf, ganja

The City Council is set to consider a ban on medical marijuana dispensaries as part of its jam-packed agenda tonight.
The Planning Board decided unanimously in January not to recommend the council adopt the ordinance. They …

Up in smoke
1, January 11, 2010 – 5:50 am | 2 Comments
Up in smoke

The Planning Board is set tonight to circle back to a proposed ordinance that would bar medical marijuana dispensaries on the Island.
Quick recap: The City Council enacted a temporary moratorium on new pot clubs in …

Planning Board to consider pot club ban
1, December 14, 2009 – 6:00 am | 4 Comments
Planning Board to consider pot club ban

The Planning Board is set tonight to discuss a proposed ban on medical marijuana dispensaries.
City staff is recommending a permanent ban because they say the dispensaries flout federal law and also, potentially, state law, which …

Council votes to shutter pot club
1, May 20, 2009 – 6:00 am | 4 Comments
Council votes to shutter pot club

The City Council voted 4-0 on Tuesday night to uphold revocation of the business license for the Purple Elephant medical marijuana dispensary. But an attorney representing the dispensary said he intends to sue to keep …

City continues bid to shut pot club
1, May 18, 2009 – 5:50 am | No Comment

The City Council is slated to decide Tuesday night whether it will shutter the Purple Elephant medical marijuana dispensary, which opened on Webster Street in July and remains open until a decision is reached.
City officials …

Medical marijuana teach-in set for Thursday
1, April 1, 2009 – 6:45 am | No Comment

The College of Alameda will host a teach-in titled “Marijuana as Medicine: The Science and The Law” from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2 in the student lounge, Building F. The event is …

Breaking news, late
1, January 15, 2009 – 2:00 pm | No Comment

We just got word that the city revoked the Purple Elephant medical marijuana dispensary’s business license. The decision came down December 17. The dispensary is appealing the decision, Senior Assistant City Attorney Donna Mooney said. …

POT MORATORIUM EXTENDED
1, December 3, 2008 – 9:00 am | No Comment

The City Council unanimously extended its emergency moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries here on the Island on Tuesday night. An ordinance regulating the dispensaries is not expected to be on the books until June …

UPDATED Council okays moratorium on pot clubs
1, November 7, 2008 – 8:45 am | No Comment

UPDATED 2:09 P.M.
In what might have been the shortest hearing we’ve ever witnessed (20 minutes!), the City council voted unanimously to put a 45-day moratorium on pot clubs opening up in town.
Council members said they …

TONIGHT, COUNCIL TALKS POT
1, November 6, 2008 – 11:00 am | No Comment

We’ve been so focused on election stuff we almost missed this special council meeting agenda and its main item: An urgency ordinance establishing a moratorium on the establishment or expansion of medical marijuana dispensaries (thanks …