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Mayhem in the Desert

By | July 11, 2012 at 8:50 pm | No comments

by Cara Pellegrino With the recent onslaught of medical marijuana dispensaries in the Coachella Valley, it only makes sense that more smoke shops appear out of thin, or cloudy, air. But one smoke shop stands out from the rest, and it really isn't a smoke shop at all. Mayhem...

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Amidst Legal Battle, Medical Marijuana Collectives Worry About Patient Wellbeing

By | April 19, 2012 at 9:53 pm | 1,836 comments

By Marissa Willman   With a flurry of local and state legal battles set to decide whether medical marijuana collectives can legally operate storefronts in the valley and the state, local collectives and medical marijuana activists are concerned that patients who rely...

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Car Show Season!

By | April 11, 2012 at 12:01 am | 917 comments

A chance meeting leads to wicked vehicles and new friends By Joseph Lucero   Car shows are so much fun! Thankfully, they’re held around these parts every weekend during the car-show season, which runs from the first part of April through September—when the...

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Good Show!

By | April 4, 2012 at 11:55 pm | 960 comments

A weekend at a tattoo expo is a weekend well spent By Joseph Lucero Cultural events like custom-car shows are a blast to attend. Looking at row after row of beautiful cars and appreciating the time and effort that went into restoring and/or customizing each of them—and...

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