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A Woodland native and former UC Davis Fire Department captain has been charged with the illegal possession and cultivation of marijuana for sale after a controversial investigation.
The recent raid on the man’s business and home by narcotics agents is drawing complaints of harassment and a closer look at local medical marijuana laws may ultimately suggest that the action was unfounded.
Paul Fullerton Jr., 44, battled blazes for more than two decades before an on-the-job spinal...

A former UC Davis Fire Department captain turned Woodland business owner is facing criminal charges for allegedly selling marijuana out of his hydroponics store.
But the attorney for Paul Brandon Fullerton Jr. and his wife Maricel, who also has been charged, says that Paul Fullerton — who retired from UCD in January 2014 after suffering a work-related spinal injury — is a medical marijuana user whose alleged actions are legal under state law.
“Law enforcement is...

Most people know how the O.J. Simpson trial ended.
A jury found him not guilty for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
That was 21 years ago, after a lengthy court case played out on television. These are the facts.
But this case was about so much more than the facts. Issues such as race, class, sex, gender, power, celebrity, and a flawed criminal justice system all came to the forefront in a way no one could have...

A few weeks ago, Owen Ouyang was piloting a small drone near his Martinez, Calif., home when the screen on his iPad went black. His DJI Phantom III had lost its signal near some power lines, so a safety feature sent it soaring.
Federal Aviation Administration guidelines specify that hobbyists’ drones should stay below 400 feet. But Ouyang, who lives on a hill, with homes, power lines and antennae towers nearby, had programmed his to fly to around 750 feet to avoid any collisions...

The operator of a drone that nearly collided with a California Highway Patrol helicopter in the skies over Martinez earlier this month said Wednesday the drone was on autopilot at the time because a safety feature had kicked in when he lost its signal.
Aviation student Owen Ouyang said in an interview that he wants to publicly apologize to the CHP pilot for the incident.
"Even though it was not in my control, I am the owner of the drone, I would like to ask for forgiveness from the...

The operator of a drone that nearly collided with a California Highway Patrol helicopter in the skies over Martinez earlier this month said Wednesday the drone was on autopilot at the time because a safety feature had kicked in when he lost its signal.
Aviation student Owen Ouyang said in an interview that he wants to publicly apologize to the CHP pilot for the incident.
“Even though it was not in my control, I am the owner of the drone, I would like to ask for forgiveness...

The operator of a drone that nearly collided with a California Highway Patrol helicopter in the skies over Martinez earlier this month said Wednesday the drone was on autopilot at the time because a safety feature had kicked in when he lost its signal.
Aviation student Owen Ouyang said in an interview that he wants to publicly apologize to the CHP pilot for the incident.
“Even though it was not in my control, I am the owner of the drone, I would like to ask for forgiveness...

To start off this week’s guest interviews, we consider what can happen if your filmmaking drone loses control and somehow interferes with police operations. Joseph Tully, founder of California criminal law firm Tully & Weiss and author of “California: State of Collusion,” explains exactly that situation with student Owen Ouywang, who had go drone went rogue in San Francisco. Hear how to protect yourself and your production!
Larry Jordan: Last week, a police...

On the night of December 6th, a young man who was flying his drone near his Martinez home nearly caused it to collide with a California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter.
Now, the 23-year-old foreign exchange student tells KTVU he's studying to be a pilot himself and that he’s sorry for his drone's near miss with the CHP helicopter.
"I feel really upset and really bad," said Owen Ouyang.
He showed KTVU his drone. He says he hasn't flown it since the night of the near...

A long saga through the criminal justice system is nearly over for two women who once operated the Planet Herb medical marijuana dispensary in Redding.
Among the last acts — getting back possessions seized in a July 2014 raid — took place this week.
Linda Silvey and Charree Richey, mother and daughter owners of Planet Herb in Redding, were the targets of a nine-month investigation by the Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force. They were eventually found not guilty....