dineLA Winter Restaurant Week Announced (Jan 24 – 29, Jan 31 – Feb 5, 2010)
A tipster writes in to let me know that Eater LA is reporting that the Winter dineLA dates have been announced:
Doesn’t it seem like dineLA’s fall deals happened just last week? (They kinda did. But more like 4 weeks ago.) Anyway, winter dates for 2010 have been announced as follows: January 24th-29th and January 31st – February 5th. No word just yet on the kiddies participating, but as soon as we hear, you’ll be the first to know.
A quick check of the Dine LA site confirms that no updated list has yet been posted of participating restaurants. I will keep you posted as well.
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The Fresh Albacore Sandwich At The Habit In Woodland Hills
After a good run of red meat eating over the past month or so, I wanted to switch things up with some healthier alternatives. I’ve been wanting to try The Habit (22651 Ventura Blvd) for a while, and a friend at the office who avoids red meat suggested I try their Fresh Albacore Sandwich.
From the menu the Fresh Albacore Sandwich consists of:
Hand cut and filleted tuna steak charbroiled with a teriyaki glaze, crisp lettuce, tomato, and our home made tartar sauce.
I ordered the sandwich a whole wheat bun, and it weighs in at about 400 calories according to the nutritional information available on the company’s website. This is definitely a healthy meal alternative, and while The Habit is often crowded, it’s still a speedy option to other ‘fast food’ or ‘good food fast’ restaurants.
But now, for the taste. I’m being totally honest when I tell you that the flavor of the fish, combined with the teriyaki glaze, and tartar sauce is flavorful, and amazing. Such a juicy sandwich! Man, I’m craving another one as we speak. Delicious and healthy, how can you go wrong?
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Catching Up On My E-Policing Tips from LAPD
Did you know the LAPD has a ’service’ called E-Policing? Essentially it’s a community targeted crime & policing notification and news system. You simply sign up for it on their website and the LAPD will send tips, newsletters, and other important information directly to you.
Their words:
E-Policing is our way of bringing community policing to the Internet. The E-Policing program enables Senior Lead Officers, Area Captains, and detectives to e-mail newsletters, crime trends and other important information to you.
On November 11th they wrote:
Residents who park their vehicles outside of their garages should always remember to take their garage door openers with them. We have seen on multiple occasions suspects breaking into vehicles for the purpose of obtaining the garage door opener. The suspects enter the garage and remove the victims tools and other valubles.
An additional consideration is to always ensure that the interior door from your house to the garage is locked and secured. Pet doors into your home also offer an easy way for would be burglars to enter your home. Always remember to make your home as safe and secure as possible.
For additional safety tips and current crime trends in your community contact your Senior Lead Officers and find out how you can get involved in the Neighborhood Watch Program.
Senior Lead Officer Dennis Cunningham #34966 Topanga Area, 818-756-3070
Good, free advice from the LAPD.
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Does Michael Martinez’s Disappearance Involve Narcotics? Someone Thinks So
Mr. 2AM Does Some Searches
I’m a big believer that those who have access to data, have access to power. I pay careful attention to how people who find this site get here. Sometimes it’s boring, but sometimes it’s fascinating.
I noticed four Google searches in the logs this morning that look to me like a fishing expedition. It could be a something, or it could be a nothing. But did the Michael Martinez ‘boat accident’ and his subsequent disappearance have something to do with drugs, even though no references to narcotics have been made in any press accounts? Someone seems to think so.
I’ll let you be the judge for now, but it’s a known fact that people involved in crimes are always very curious what the authorities know or don’t know.
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Exploring The Canoga Park Pot Factory and Updated Pictures
So, yesterday I posted a picture of the warehouse at 8411 Canoga Ave where the LAPD uncovered a pot farm earlier this week. Turns out, the unit of the building with the facility was a different one than I photographed. Their unit was actually even closer to the Topanga Station’s rear gate than the one I posted.
Check out the above video which takes you on a tour of the facility and includes interviews with some of the neighbors – including the son of comedian Paul Rodriguez (best known for his groundbreaking work in A Million to Juan) – who has a skateboarding school in an adjacent unit.
Here are the accurate photos:
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Let’s Start Our Pot Growing Business Next To A Police Station. Brilliant!
8411 Canoga Avenue, Canoga Park
[UPDATE: Above, picture is of wrong unit. See this post for corrected photos and video.]
This morning I took a picture of the industrial warehouse in Canoga Park where cops confiscated over 800 marijuana plants yesterday. Literally, behind me in the picture is a wall, behind which is probably 50 police cars, and a gate which has police officers and vehicles coming and going all day long. Just being there made me check my license, registration, tags, and tire levels. You’d have to be the biggest idiot in the world to be operating an illicit business out of that facility.
Now I’m sure someone’s mom will post a comment, “My son was just doing this to help sick people with their cancer pain!” Here are some Daily News pictures from inside the building.
A little map I mocked up for your edification:
8411 Canoga Ave & Topanga Station Overview
Brilliant!
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Sophisticated Pot Farm Found In Building Near Topanga Station (Canoga Park)
I dunno about you, but if I was gonna start a huge marijuana growing operation I’d do it a little further from the police station. As many of you know, Topanga Station is the LAPD community station that services most of the west valley, including Woodland Hills. Note: The MyFoxLA video seems raw/unedited, and takes 10 seconds before they start to pan around the facility. [See This Article For Picture of Building Exterior]
Canoga Park – Los Angeles police today busted a sophisticated marijuana farm inside an industrial building 25 feet from the back door of the Topanga Community Police Station.
About a week ago, officers smelled marijuana coming from the building at 8411 Canoga Ave., just a few feet from the station at 21501 Schoenborn St., said Officer Karen Rayner of the LAPD’s Media Relations Section.
They notified the narcotics unit which started an investigation.
“They noticed that traffic in and out of the building was very minimal. The ventilation had also been upgraded. The utility bills were disproportionately higher. The rooms in the building were filled with hydroponics equipment,” Rayner said.
Rayner said the farmers had also “gone to great lengths to filter the air coming out of every hole that might leak to the outside.” She said that all the places where the smell might have come had been plugged with liquid caulking stuff.
“But it was not enough,” Rayner said. “Their luck ran out.”
Three suspects were still being booked so their names could not be released, Rayner said. The amount of marijuana in the building had not yet been tabulated.
A warrant was served in the building about 3 p.m. Detectives estimated the operation had been going on for about eight months, Rayner said.
The afternoon bust was made a week after an LAPD Gang Impact Team whiffed evidence coming from the building at at 8411 Canoga Ave.
“Our gang officers were in the parking lot. The air was still. The breeze was right. They could smell growing pot,” said Los Angeles police Lt. Stephen M. Carmona, commander of detectives at the Topanga station.
Not 25 feet from an 8-foot wall along the cop shop was an industrial warehouse that Carmona said contained 850 marijuana plants of different sizes.
The owner of the building was not implicated.
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