Modesto, California United States Attorney McGregor Scott and DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña announced that United States District Judge Oliver W. Wanger sentenced Luke Anthony Scarmazzo, 28, of Modesto, Calif. to 21 years and 10 months and Ricardo Ruiz Montes, 28, of Modesto, to 20 years for conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, manufacturing marijuana, and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute.

An aspiring hip-hop artist and his business partner in a lucrative Modesto medical-marijuana operation were given lengthy prison terms Friday for violating federal drug laws.

FRESNO, Calif.—Two men who ran a medical marijuana dispensary in Modesto are headed to prison after being convicted of running a criminal enterprise.

A federal judge in Fresno on Friday sentenced 28-year-old Luke Scarmazzo to nearly 22 years and 28-year-old Ricardo Montes to 20 years for manufacturing marijuana and possessing it with intent to distribute.

A Merced County woman with back and neck pain and a clean 37-year driving record is the latest California medical marijuana patient to have her driver's license yanked by the Department of Motor Vehicles, says an advocacy group that has sued on her behalf.

In this year’s presidential election, medical marijuana advocates in California were pretty clear on which candidate they were rooting for. On multiple occasions, Democrat Barack Obama has pledged to end the federal raids that have bedeviled the state’s dispensaries for years under the Bush administration.

Today's scheduled sentencing for two Modesto men convicted on federal drug charges for operating a medical marijuana dispensary was postponed until Friday because one of the defense attorneys is finishing up another trial.

The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday heard a plea to issue state-mandated medical marijuana identification cards.

CHICO, Calif.—Authorities are finding marijuana gardens hidden in suburban homes from Chico to Modesto.
Butte County officers found pot growing in six Chico homes, including three in the same apartment complex that had been modified so marijuana could be grown without neighbors knowing.

STOCKTON, CA - Authorities said they found more marijuana gardens hidden in suburban homes in Chico, Modesto and Stockton this week.

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