DISPENSARY, CATHEDRAL CITY REACH A COMPROMISE

Cathedral City officials and the owners of a medical marijuana
dispensary have reached a compromise.

Essential Herbs and Oils will remain closed, and the city has dropped
its federal suit against the owners and also will not revoke the
shop's business license.

The short-lived dispensary opened at 68-487 E. Palm Canyon Drive in
January and closed in early March.

"My clients will not distribute any medical marijuana within Cathedral
City without the express consent of the city," said Anthony Curiale,
attorney for dispensary owners Virginia Hurn and Teresa Sotelo.

"We're going to try to discuss with the appropriate people on the City
Council and anyone else that is involved with the issue to see if we
can't come to some kind of resolution, some kind of agreement if
possible to regulate medical marijuana in the city," Curiale said.

Mayor Kathy DeRosa said May 9 that the City Council would take up the
issue in closed session at its Wednesday meeting.

"We will have more information on Wednesday," DeRosa said.