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A DA's long battle against marijuana

A DA’s long battle against marijuana

How Butte County became a cannabis battleground
This two-part series analyzes three decades of Butte County’s opposition to marijuana and reviews the state of legal cannabis in Chico. Part I On June 30, 2010, Rick Tognoli was tending what he thought was a legal indoor medical-marijuana garden at his residence. Tognoli, who ran a collective called Scripts Only Service, spotted a Butte County sheriff’s patrol vehicle, followed …

Final ruling in public records lawsuit

Judge Stephen Benson has ordered that local law enforcement agencies provide body cam video to a journalist without blurring or otherwise concealing the identities of officers who appear.

Superior Court Judge Benson, in his final May 13 ruling, ordered that video taken during the Chico police killing of Michael Oxley be unredacted within 20 days and re-released to journalist and plaintiff Dave Waddell.

Benson left in place, however, other parts of his initial ruling that favored defendants DA Mike Ramsey, Sheriff Kory Honea and Chico PD.

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May 22
“Thank you for covering this story.”
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