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Move over, pot brownies. The world's largest legal recreational marijuana market kicks off Monday in California, and the trendsetting state is set to ignite the cannabis culinary scene.

Environment

CARB Approves $663 Million For Clean Trucks, Low-Income Communities

December 19, 2017 | Ezra David Romero

The funding includes investments and incentives to put cleaner vehicles on the road, and $125 million set aside to get more clean cars and buses into disadvantaged communities.

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Burly Beverages Brings Locally Sourced Soda To Sacramento

December 19, 2017

Local soda maker Gabriel Levan Aiello on the art of making natural, locally sourced beverages.

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Food and Sustainability

California Issues First Licenses For Legal Pot Market

December 15, 2017

(AP) — Thursday California issued the first batch of business licenses to sell and transport recreational-use pot, just 18 days before legal sales will begin on Jan. 1.

State Government

California Opens Online System To License New Pot Industry

December 8, 2017

(AP) — California is taking applications to license its emerging legal marijuana industry.

Food and Sustainability

Turning Sacramento Kitchen Scraps To Compost, One Bike Ride At A Time

December 8, 2017 | Julia Mitric

Californians send more than 5 million tons of food waste to landfills each year. The man behind Oak Park Soil aims to reduce that tonnage, one bike ride at a time.

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State Government

California Rules Leave Cities And Counties To Set Cannabis Acreage Caps

December 5, 2017 | Julia Mitric

California will start issuing licenses for growers and sellers of recreational cannabis Jan. 1. The state's rules leave it up to cities and counties to cap acreage of cannabis grows.

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