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September 15, 2012
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'Hippy "Gourmet" arrested for commercial pot-growing 

A Nevada County resident who hosted the popular “Hippy Gourmet” cooking show on PBS for six years was arrested after narcotics detectives conducting a medical marijuana compliance check allegedly discovered a commercial pot-growing operation. Bruce Murray Brennan, 58, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of growing marijuana and possessing marijuana for sale and was booked and released on $10,000 bail. Nevada County Sheriff’s deputies had gone to Brennan’s home in the 20000 block of Woodbury Drive in response to a complaint, said Lt. Stephen Tripp. They were initially conducting a compliance check to determine if he was in violation of the …

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