Deputies clear out former marijuana grow operation less than a mile from major highway

Some surprising news for people living in Santa Margarita, as deputies clear out a major marijuana growing operation located less than one mile from a major highway. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Deputies believe the Mexican mafia was behind the 7,000-plant grow. It was located in the Los Padres National Forest about a quarter mile off Highway 101, near Santa Margarita. The plants were ...