Wine country hit with Bay Area's biggest earthquake in 25 years
NAPA, Calif. • The San Francisco Bay Area's strongest earthquake in 25 years struck the heart of California's wine country early Sunday, igniting gas-fed fires, damaging some of the region's famed...
View Article2-alarm hash oil blast injures 3 in Forest Grove
FOREST GROVE, Ore. -- Police say a two-alarm fire that injured three people in Forest Grove was...
View ArticleHash-Oil Blast In San Diego Investigated By DEA; 3rd Weed Explosion In SoCal...
For the third time this month by our count, suspects allegedly extracting hash or honey oil from marijuana set off an explosion. The latest blast happened at the Heritage Inn near SeaWorld in San Diego...
View ArticlePrice of pot: Hash oil brewing explosions on the rise
Law-enforcement authorities and substance abuse experts agree that hash oil has been...
View ArticlePowerful quake rocks northern California
The strongest earthquake in the San Francisco Bay area in 25 years struck the heart of California’s wine country early on Sunday, igniting gas-fed fires, damaging some of the region’s famed wineries...
View ArticleCrews seek survivors, bodies after Texas blast
WEST, Texas -- Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone...
View ArticleStrong California quake shakes famed wine country
NAPA, Calif. (AP) -- The strongest earthquake in 25 years struck the heart of California's wine country early Sunday, igniting gas-fed fires, damaging some of the region's famed wineries and historic...
View Article10 women, many in 90s, escape burning US limo
Ten elderly women escaped unharmed when the limousine they were in burst into flames while idling in Northern California, authorities and a passenger said. The Sunday morning fire came a little more...
View ArticleSheriff: Vail man burned in hash oil explosion faces felony charges
( | ) Authorities in Eagle County say a 24-year-old man faces felony charges after sustaining second-degree burns on 25 percent of his body in an...
View ArticleExplosions highlight dangers of making hash oil
Nicholas Broms was trying to squeeze a better high from marijuana when his Oregon condo caught on fire. An explosion knocked out a wall, blew out his sliding glass door and torched his arms. "I just...
View ArticleTen women, many in 90s, escape burning limo
Ten elderly women escaped unharmed when the limousine burst into flames while idling in Northern California. Photo: AP Walnut Creek, California: Ten elderly women have escaped unharmed when the...
View ArticleButane canisters explode at Puyallup hash oil lab
PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of butane canisters exploded like the sound of a commercial Fourth of July fireworks display as flames erupted at a house where marijuana was illegally being processed...
View ArticleRash of hash-oil lab blasts prompt warnings
Two explosions at makeshift hash oil labs in Santa Cruz in the past two weeks are the latest in a string of similar accidents in the Bay Area, authorities said Thursday as they warned of a growing...
View ArticleSuspected 'hash oil' lab explodes in Malibu home; 1 man burned
A suspected drug lab at a home in Malibu caught fire and exploded Tuesday, injuring one person who had to be transported to the hospital via helicopter, authorities said. Firefighters responded to the...
View ArticleHash oil causes home to burn down
Her house went up in flames, and now she's accused of making illegal drugs, but Kathy Smith says she did nothing wrong. The home on East Airport Avenue in Lompoc burned to the ground on Tuesday....
View Article>Feds charge 7 connected to 4 hash oil explosions
Federal prosecutors announced a series of charges Tuesday against seven people connected to four recent hash oil lab explosions that have occurred in the Puget Sound area since November. Each explosion...
View ArticleVictim named in Walnut Creek house fire
(01-11) 13:31 PST Walnut Creek -- A man who died in a house fire Friday night in unincorporated Walnut Creek has been identified as 62-year-old Charles MacDonald,...
View ArticleMan burned in blast making hash oil sues butane businesses
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) An Oregon medical marijuana patient who was badly burned in an explosion while he was legally using butane as a solvent to make hash oil is suing the makers and sellers of the...
View ArticleHash oil causes blast, hurts 3 near SeaWorld in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — An explosion tore through a hotel near SeaWorld San Diego where a couple was allegedly extracting hash oil, sending guests fleeing for safety and putting three people in the hospital,...
View Article>Hash oil causes blast, hurts 3 near SeaWorld in SD
SAN DIEGO (AP) — An explosion tore through a hotel near SeaWorld San Diego where a couple was allegedly extracting hash oil, sending guests fleeing for safety and putting three people in the hospital,...
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