Up Next
Back to Show
SoCal Connected
Cannabis Cowboys
Over four million pot plants destroyed, this season alone. Squads of law enforcement officials spend each fall eradicating plants from thousands of illegal pot farms. The cops say most are operated by Mexican cartels. They figure it's easier to grow the weed here then it is to try and smuggle it across the border.
Finding the pot farms is the easy part - they can be fairly easily spotted from the air. But getting to them is where it gets tough. Many are in very rugged, remote areas
Correspondent John Larson went on a search and destroy mission with a group of elite officers we call the Cannabis Cowboys.
This story was part of our duPont-Columbia award winning series on marijuana in Southern California.
Sign up now for inspiring and thought-provoking media delivered straight to your inbox.
Support Provided By
27:29
A man's search for his missing wife who suffers from early onset Alzheimers reveals gaps in the system meant to locate and care for the mentally impaired in California. "SoCal Connected" documents the journey to answer, where's Nancy?
27:15
Public street disrepair is costing Los Angeles millions in costly personal injury claims.
26:59
They’re tiny, weaponized, and carry a potentially deadly payload. They’re called “Assassin Bugs” and they can be as common as the backyard mosquito or as exotic as the so-called “kissing bug"--and they're here in Southern California, spreading some of the
24:49
SoCal Connected's Deepa Dernandes questions Santa Barbara landlord Dario Pini.
24:30
Examine L.A.'s unregulated short-term housing market and an indoor marijuana facility employing veterans.
26:59
A look at the spike in the number of employers retaliating against undocumented workers.
28:29
As new developments pop up all over L.A., many are asking, 'Who approved that?'
