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Florida’s New Hemp Regulation Bill: What It Means for Delta-8 THC and the State’s Hemp Industry

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:38 GMT

The shifting sands of legislation surrounding delta-8 THC are constantly on the move, with Florida being the latest state to take a stance on the cannabinoid.Recently, Florida legislators advanced a hemp regulation bill that, while introducing protections for children and maintaining the legality of delta-8 THC, sets strict controls and requirements on its manufacture and sale. Let’s break down what consumers and sellers of hemp-based products in Florida can expect.What is Delta-8 THC?First, let’s quickly review what delta-8 THC is.Delta-8 THC, or delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol, is a natural compound found in the cannabis plant family. It shares similarities with the more infamous delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9 THC), the primary psychoactive component in marijuana, but it’s known for its less potent effects. Some consumers use delta-8 for its reported stress and pain relief properties, while others appreciate the milder psychoactive effects it reportedly provides.Although...

The Bellrays Dig Fishbone

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:38 GMT

FishboneFishbone (Columbia)The Bellrays Dig Fishbone: Lisa Kekaula, powerful frontwoman with rock & soulers the Bellrays, told us about her love for Fishbone‘s debut EP.(Columbia)Lisa Kekaula: Many years ago a friend of mine said of my record collection, “you have a little of everything and all of Fishbone.” I hadn’t realized it until he said that but he was pretty spot on. It was a collection that I had been building in earnest ever since I first heard Fishbone’s self-titled EP in 1985. It became a creative guiding light and a thumbs up to do music the way I see it first and foremost.  Most of the kids in my circle had already seen Fishbone play live in L.A. or Orange County several times before they played close enough for me to make it to a show. In the meantime they released their first EP and I wasted no time bringing a copy home and putting it on. From the beginning of the frenzied vocal harmonies of the school yard taunt “Ugly”, to it’s equally manic ender “Lying As...

High school baseball rankings: Bay Area News Group season-ending Top 20

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:38 GMT

Bay Area News Group Baseball Top 20 (season finale)(Mercury News & East Bay Times)No. 1 DE LA SALLE (27-5)Regular-season-ending ranking: 2Final word: Beat Clayton Valley to win the North Coast Section Division I title and Valley Christian to capture the NorCal Division I crown, stretching postseason win streak to 30 dating to 2016.No. 2 VALLEY CHRISTIAN (31-4)Regular-season-ending ranking: 1Final word: Beat Hollister to win the Central Coast Section Division I title, lost to De La Salle in the NorCal Division I final.No. 3 CLAYTON VALLEY CHARTER (22-7)Regular-season-ending ranking: 8Final word: Lost to De La Salle in the NCS Division I final and to Valley Christian in the NorCal Division I quarterfinals.No. 4 ST. IGNATIUS (20-12)Regular-season-ending ranking: 18Final word: Lost to Valley Christian in the CCS Division I semifinals and beat Casa Grande to win the NorCal Division II championship.No. 5 SAN RAMON VALLEY (20-10)Regular-season-ending ranking: 4Final word: Lost to Clayt...

TasteFood: This grilled swordfish is all about the sauce

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:38 GMT

It’s officially grill season. While you’re brushing off the grill grates and prepping your proteins and vegetables, don’t forget to make a bright and zesty sauce for serving. Herbaceous, citrusy condiments, such as salsas and pestos, will complement and elevate your charred grill food. And zhoug is one sauce you should consider adding to your repertoire.Zhoug (pronounced zoog) is a ubiquitous Yemenite condiment composed of fiery green chiles, fresh leafy herbs and ground spices, including cardamom, caraway, coriander and cumin. Toasting and grinding whole spice seeds is worth the extra step and will deliver the deepest, most fragrant flavor to the sauce.The toasting method is easy: Simply heat the whole spices in a small skillet until fragrant, then finely grind them in a mortar or spice grinder. For the cardamom, crack open the pods to release the small dark seeds and discard the pod shells. (To do this, place the pods on a work surface and bang them with the bott...

What’s behind Oakland cat’s refusal to go inside the (litter) box?

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:38 GMT

DEAR JOAN: Our 3½-year-old male cat, Orion, occasionally doesn’t squat in the litter box. He steps in with his behind facing out of the box and lets loose all over the floor. He has been diagnosed with crystals and is mostly on a wet food urinary diet (c/d). The little dry food he does get is a c/d variety as well.We have tried buying litter boxes with doors, but the other two cats refuse to use them. Orion has figured out how to use one box with a door, but seems to prefer the ones without doors.Otherwise his behavior is normal and he’s very affectionate and playful. Do you have any idea why he might be doing this and what we could do to help him stop?We try to clean the boxes regularly and wash them and change the litter at reasonable intervals.— Rod Miller, Oakland DEAR ROD: The first thing that comes to mind is also the easiest to remedy. The litter box might be a tad too small for Orion. While cats seem happy to squeeze themselves into tiny spaces, that doesn’...

Pedestrian’s death in Vallejo investigated as homicide

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:38 GMT

A man was run over and killed in a Vallejo cul-de-sac, and the car’s driver has been arrested on suspicion of homicide, police said.The collision happened at 4:22 p.m. Saturday on Donna Court. The victim, who has not been identified, died at a hospital.After questioning witnesses, police arrested the driver at the scene. She was taken to Solano County Jail and booked on suspicion of homicide.It was Vallejo’s seventh homicide of the year.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication, rebroadcast or redistribution without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited. Bay City News is a 24/7 news service covering the greater Bay Area.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Millbrae man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting 11-year-old family member Crime and Public Safety | Man stabbed to death on residential street in South San Jose Crime and Public Safety | Two killed in Oaklan...

Two SFPD officers slashed with knife in hotel standoff

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:38 GMT

(KRON) -- Two police officers were cut with a knife when responding to an incident at a hotel in the Tenderloin neighborhood Sunday afternoon, according to the San Francisco Police Department. Two dead after shooting in Oakland The incident began Sunday morning when Hotel Spero staff at 405 Taylor Street alerted police that a woman was causing a disturbance in her room. Video from the scene shows smoke pouring out of a twelfth floor window.The woman went quiet for about 20 minutes when police arrived on the scene before throwing her phone and a knife out the window. She then allegedly lit a fire in her room before officers could get through the door. Other guests at the hotel were evacuated for their safety. KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }O...

1 dead in fiery, early-morning crash in San Jose

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:38 GMT

(BCN) -- San Jose police are investigating a fatal traffic collision near Meridian Avenue and Woodruff Drive that occurred early Monday morning. Two SFPD officers slashed with a knife in hotel standoff Police were called to the scene at 1:26 a.m., police said on Twitter. A vehicle struck a tree and became engulfed in flames.KRON On is streaming now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }One person was declared dead at the scene, police said at 4:45 a.m. Meridian Avenue was closed from Redmond Avenue to Oakglen Way as of 4:45 a.m. Drivers were asked to use other routes if possible.

GM to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan, plants

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:38 GMT

FLINT, Michigan (AP) — General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan manufacturing plants for the production of the next-generation internal combustion engine heavy-duty trucks. Gerald Johnson, executive vice president, Global Manufacturing and Sustainability, said Monday that the company will build internal combustion vehicles throughout this decade, in addition to making electric vehicles.GM has a goal of building only electric passenger vehicles in the United States by 2035.The Detroit automaker reported a 38% year-over-year increase in heavy-duty pickup sales last year, with nearly 288,000 trucks sold. GM will invest $788 million in the Flint assembly plant, with updates including a body shop building expansion, general assembly conveyor expansion, and new tooling and equipment.The company will invest $233 million in the Flint metal center for new stamping dies to support production of its next-generation ICE heavy-duty trucks, as well as press refur...

Michael Keaton dice que el director Tim Burton y él están haciendo ‘Beetlejuice 2’ “exactamente como hicimos la primera película”

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:30:38 GMT

(CNN) — La mayoría está de acuerdo con que la película de 1988 “Beetlejuice” es un clásico. Y dos de las principales fuerzas creativas detrás de la macabra y cómica película —la estrella titular Michael Keaton y el visionario director Tim Burton— dicen que planean apegarse estrechamente a la icónica cinta cuando aborden su largamente esperada secuela.Keaton, nominado al Oscar, habló el fin de semana con la revista de cine británica Empire sobre los planes de Burton y él para realizar la secuela, que lleva décadas provocando a los seguidores de Hollywood.“Los dos estamos de acuerdo en que, si pasa, tiene que ser lo más parecida a la primera”, dijo Keaton, señalando la importancia de utilizar efectos prácticos e “improvisar y hacer riffs, pero literalmente cosas hechas a mano, como gente creando cosas con sus manos y construyendo algo”.Keaton añadió que hacer la secuela es “lo más divertido que he trabajado en una película en no sé cuánt...