The California cannabis community mourns the loss of Zourz founder Cookie Boy B.
Author: Dan Wilson
Los Angeles — Last week California cannabis tradeshow Hall of Flowers announced their “Hall of Flowers Equity Grant,” which offers to “cover the full cost of participation to (5) eligible brands to participate in our new virtual matchmaking platform, ENGAGE,” according the official online application. Applications are due on June 24th for the virtual event, which will take place on July 22. After this year’s Hall of Flowers exhibition was cancelled due to coronavirus, the organizers of the popular California B2B showcase developed an alternative virtual called Engage. Scheduled for July 22, 2020, Engage will match Retailers and Exhibitors in…
A live benefit event called “I Got 5 On It” scheduled for June 16th will raise funds to “aid in the rebuilding of Bay Area businesses that were damaged during the recent riots and to support the Movement for Black Lives,” according to the official website igot5onit.live. Scheduled for Tupak Shakur’s birthday on 6/16, the live event will be broadcast starting at 5pm PST. Watch the live event on YouTube. The event is using GoFundMe to make their goal of raising $55,555 for rebuilding local businesses and to be donated to M4BL.org. Many dispensaries in the bay area and in…
Recent drops and new strain releases spotted in the past week. Terpenstein – Guava Lava Out of the Bay area, an official fresh drop of the man Terpenstein’s Guava Lava x Frosty Flowers rosin has been spotted in the wild. If you’re plugged in look for it. Sourwavez strain Sourwavez has quietly released the official Sourwavez strain and sauce. If you’re plugged in around L.A. and can check it out, lucky you. Sourwavez flower is produced with Zackwoods/Saved by the Zelle (Maqui x Zackwoods). Got Bars – Barslatti You can find the man himself, Gotbars510, staring right back at you…
Now that the classic marijuana strains are abundantly available by numerous brands in every weed shop in L.A., smokers are on the lookout for those rare, exotic, and trendy strains. Usually exotics are stronger, which is part of the appeal. But they are also grown by brands that are tapped in to underground urban farmers, musicians and artists, and local weed scenes that stretch way back. In this article, we discuss some of the brands offering rare and exotic strains that are hot at the moment in Los Angeles. Add a few of these strains to your list the next…
Visit Hollyweed launched its website today, timed with the worldwide 4/20/20 celebration. “We hope to grow this into a community hub,” said the site’s editor Dan Wilson. “Eventually we’ll expand our coverage to include all aspects of the people, places, and culture of weed in Los Angeles.” Visit Hollyweed will feature a directory of weed dispensaries in Los Angeles County and will regularly spotlight regional weed brands. “It’s all about celebrating the important place of Los Angeles in California’s weed community and history,” Wilson said. Visit Hollyweed also posts to its Visit Hollyweed Instagram and Twitter account.
Cannabis has been grown and cultivated in California for hundreds of years. The form of cannabis that is used for fibers, hemp, was grown as early as 1795 at Spanish missions in California. It was most likely brought from the Middle East by the Spanish colonialists. Around the turn of the century, Arab, Armenian, and Turkish immigrants in California began to cultivate cannabis to make hashish for local consumption. Cannabis became illegal to grow and distribute by 1913 in California. It was made at the time to represent Mexicans as either criminal or lazy. In the 1960s and 1970s, people…
