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Long Beach Beer Lab Is a New Fermentorium Where Brewing and Baking Science Meet

Brace yourselves — the breweries are coming. It’s been more than two years since the city of Long Beach decided to streamline the application and permitting process for new beer makers, and the next wave of local homebrewers-gone-pro is starting to roll in. First up is Long Beach Beer Lab, a husband-wife-run combo production brewery …

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Wheel of No Confidence Lands on Huntington Beach Police Chief Handy

It’s as if someone spun a big Wheel of No Confidence that landed on the City of Huntington Beach, where Police Chief Rob Handy became the latest victim of a no-confidence votes against police chiefs in Orange County by the cops they lead. The Huntington Beach Police Officers’ Association released the results of a poll …

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Dr. Richard Berton Mantell Stopped by “Mental Illness Effecting Competency”

A weight-loss/pain-management/medical marijuana doctor, who resides in Dana Point and has practiced in spas and clinics all over Orange County and Southern California, has surrendered his license to practice medicine in California. The Medical Board of California had placed Dr. Richard Berton Mantell’s license on probation last year for 13 causes for discipline, including unprofessional …

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Montel Williams Launches New Medical Cannabis Line at Bud & Bloom TODAY

“About 55 percent of this nation currently has one chronic illness, and of that 55 percent, 80 percent have two,” Montel Williams says, prefacing his prediction that in years to come, chronic illness will be one of the leading causes of death in the United States. “According to the American Medical Association, by 2020 the …

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Closing Marijuana Dispensaries Actually Increases Crime, UC Irvine Study Shows

One of the key arguments against legalizing marijuana is that doing so increases crime. This logic is apparently part of the rationale behind the decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions–who has infamously compared marijuana to heroin–in setting up a  task force to study the links between violent crime and marijuana. The task force idea is …

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La Tarte Cerise Cherry Sour at Hoparazzi Brewing Company, Our Beer of the Week!

The city of #AleAHeim is home to 14 breweries, and yes, more are on the way, from large production facilities to mom-and-pop brew houses. Hoparazzi Brewing Company is one of the smaller breweries, but its list of suds rivals anyone’s in town. Tangy sours, rich porters and stouts, and light but flavorful Kölsches are among …

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Automated Inhalation Regulation Meets Vape Technology With hmbldt

According to Gunner Winston, hmbldt’s chief executive officer, his company uses pioneering vape technology to create a product based on the medical needs of the patient. Thus, hmbldt offers a dose control vaporization device—the company’s flagship product. With each three-second inhale, the hmbldt dose pen releases exactly 2.25 milligrams before a small vibration signals the …

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Pacific Symphony Joins Forces with Kenny Loggins and The B-52s at the OC Fair

Thankfully, when it comes to the Pacific Symphony, we can finally talk about the music. It was touch and go for a while though. As recently as September, the labor disputes over musicians’ contracts at the Pacific Symphony were ongoing, Gabriel San Roman writing that a lack of guaranteed income for the performing musicians was …

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Interstate 710’s Seed-Sourced Vaping Meets Solventless Extraction

Cultivating at their own fully organic site in northern California allows Interstate 710 to cut out the middleman and ensure that their patient customers are getting the finest homegrown concentrates available. According to a volunteer representing the company, 710 doesn’t use CO2, butane or any other chemicals to extract the oils from the plant but …

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