ILLICIT WEED WITHOUT THE ROMANCE

All seeds considered, California cultivation more resembles a low-budget grow in Anza—an unincorporated Inland Empire township whose inhabitants on average earn $41,200 yearly—than a dispensary in The Castro or Francis Coppola's Napa operation. And most cannabis cultivators have common ground with Ronnie Bell, “a peaceful farmer" with back pain, who only wants to grow a business legacy. Chronic busts by law enforcement are Bell's biggest pain of all.Los Angeles Times . . .