Five years after voters in the state approved a measure allowing marijuana use for medicinal purposes, Fresno County has agreed to issue marijuana ID cards.

Fresno County will take applications for medical marijuana identification cards beginning next month.

People can make an appointment to apply for the cards at the Department of Public Health by calling (559) 445-3434 weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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.

A 40-year-old Bakersfield man caught up last year in a crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries pleaded guilty Monday to felony charges, federal prosecutors said.

Charlie Lynch is the California medical marijuana dispensary owner convicted in federal court of selling drugs. Lynch scrupulously complied with all state laws but is facing as much as 100 years when sentenced in November.

FRESNO, Calif.—A Washington D.C.-based lobbying group seeking to change U.S. marijuana policy says environmental damage in national forests and parks caused by illegal gardens shows a need for a new national approach.

In response Tuesday to a recent Associated Press story describing contamination by herbicides and pesticides used by growers for Mexican drug cartels, Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project said that it's time to consider regulating and taxing marijuana.

A Tulare man told sheriff’s deputies Thursday that about 50 pounds of medical marijuana plants were stolen from his property two weeks ago, a Tulare County Sheriff’s report stated.

The Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 on Tuesday, Sept. 9, to participate in California’s Medical Marijuana Program (MMP).

There was no debate. No controversy. No protest. People using marijuana for medical purposes with doctors' recommendation will be issued state-sanctioned identification cards in Kings County, the Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday.

FRESNO - A scheduled sentencing for two Modesto men convicted on federal drug charges for operating a medical marijuana dispensary was postponed again today in U.S. District Court.