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—It's 4/20! Oklahoma-based Zen Cannabis made the 'Big Zen' to celebrate every cannabis enthusiast's favorite holiday. It broke the record for being the largest cannabis chocolate bar in the world. The cacao mass weighs 420 pounds and the legal medical cannabis company used 100 pounds of cannabis to infuse it. It took 12 people 360 hours to make the Big Zen, reports Cool Material. It has a hard-to-comprehend potency of 4,200,000 milligrams of THC. For comparison, your standard bar of chocolate edibles is 100 milligrams of THC. [Cool Material]
—An anti-Olympics group is criticizing Mayor Bass for appointing “another Olympic executive from the private sector to a city position.” Bass wants Renata Simril to sit on the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners. Simril was reportedly instrumental in bringing the Olympics to Los Angeles. NOlympics says it’s a conflict of interest for someone who has a personal interest in the Olympics to be associated with a government agency that is expected to take in millions of dollars from the International Olympic Committee. [No Olympics in L.A.]
—Following criticisms over his performance, Frank Ocean has officially pulled out of being the headline in week two of Coachella. [Pitchfork]
—Inglewood: NBA Owner Shares Firm Decision After Researching Potential Team Name Change. Steve Ballmer said he would not change the name of the Clippers when the team moves to Intuit Dome in Inglewood. “We’ve done our research on this,” Ballmer said, “And our answer is no.” [Eye on Inglewood]