New California Wildfires Sparked By Weed Farm Fire 3.62K The Cajun Boy 08/17/09 12:05AM Filed to: Marijuana Marijuana California Los Angeles Times La brea fire Mexican drug lords Authorities say that the recent outbreak of California wildfires started in the cooking area of an illegal marijuana farm run by Mexican drug lords. The "La Brea fire" has already burned 75,000 acres in Santa Barbara County. [LA Times]