A Tehama County sex offender is going to prison for growing pot. 45-year-old Ruben Soliz has a prior sex offense that requires him to register and holds him to a stricter standard for crimes, regardless of their nature. On April 10th the district attorney’s office did a compliance check at his home and found that he was growing more than a thousand marijuana plants. Convicted of cultivating marijuana with a specified prior conviction, Soliz has been given a three year prison sentence.