US CA: Peninsula Marijuana Growers Being Weeded Out, But

San Francisco Examiner, 12 Dec 2011 – Cmdr. Marc Alcantara of the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force showed a visitor photographs of marijuana bales being hoisted by helicopters onto pickup trucks. This year, task force deputies removed 5,070 plants worth $1.5 million from deep in the county’s Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve just south of San Francisco.