Happy Groundhog Day Woodland Hills!
Strike Up The Music, The Band Has Begun
Groundhog Day is one of my favorite holidays, and I’m not exactly sure why. Probably because of the Bill Murray movie. One day I hope to make it Gobbler’s Knob for the festivities. Looks like we’ve got six more weeks of winter. And a strange winter it has been here in Woodland Hills, hasn’t it? Wet, but not quite as cold (overall) as usual? Do you agree? Granted, there have been some brutally cold days.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes:
Don’t put those cold weather clothes in storage just yet.
Punxsutawney Phil, the internationally known weather prognosticating groundhog, saw his shadow this morning and predicted six more weeks of winter.
Thousands gathered on Gobbler’s Knob in Jefferson County to await the groundhog’s annual prediction. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club said Phil has seen his shadow 98 times since 1887, hasn’t seen it 15 times, and there are no records for nine years.
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From Nixle: 3 People Shot At Mason & Valerio (Winnetka)
Just minutes ago from the Nixle system and LAPD Topanga:
3 victims shot at Valerio/Mason, suspects last seen in a dark Impala w/b Valerio 1 hour ago. Injuries not life threatening.
That’s just not good. Keep your eyes peeled for human garbage.
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Smooch Going Out Of Bussiness Follow Up Pictures, 50% Off Everything
Smooch, Calabasas
In a follow up to yesterday’s article about Smooch’s eventual closing, I stopped by to take a picture of the storefront. The follow note was also posted on the door:
Smooch Specials
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Kardashians Closing Smooch in Calabasas
Kim Kardashian writes on her blog:
Last week Kourtney announced on her blog that she and mom will be closing Smooch. The store was Kourtney’s baby. She put so much time and effort into Smooch to make it what it is, and we were all so proud of her for setting her mind to it and achieving her long time dream of opening a childrens’ clothing store. But now that her son is coming along, she has to focus on being the best mother she can be to him and unfortunately the store just wouldn’t be the same without her. We’re all sad to see the store go, but I think Kourt and mom made the best choice. Now they both have more time to dote on the baby when he arrives!
Smooch is having a huge sale right now. The custom made furniture they sell there will also be on sale! They have the cutest beds, desks and chandeliers!
Smooch is located in the same shopping plaza on Park Granada in Calabasas as the sisters’ more successful (albeit questionably) boutique Dash. I’m sure the unit will be available for lease soon with a crazily jacked up rent.
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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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