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See You at Topanga Days 
May 16, 2025 0 61  
TREES IN BLOOM 
Suzanne Guldimann, April 18, 2025 0  
This isn’t one of those springs when the hills are covered in a vivid profusion of wildflowers. The Santa Monica Mountains have received just a fraction of the average rainfall for the season. Hot weather is already arriving, drying...
SAVING THE COAST 
Suzanne Guldimann, April 4, 2025 0  
The Trump Administration is taking aim at the California Coastal Commission, and according to a recent New York Times article, the President may have an ally in California Governor Gavin Newsom. The Times headline states “Trump and Newsom Find...
Mission Impossible U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Suzanne Guldimann, March 21, 2025 0  
If it’s dangerous, difficult, or downright impossible and it involves American infrastructure, disaster recovery, or water resources, there’s a good chance the US Army Corps of Engineers will be the ones called in to deal with it, sometimes with...
Malibu Reeling 
Suzanne Guldimann, March 7, 2025 8  
The Malibu stretch of Pacific Coast Highway turns 100 next year. It’s strange to know its centennial will begin with a third of the houses, businesses, landmarks that have built up along this road over the past century almost...
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Topanga Storyville 

TNT Staff, May 16, 2025 0 7 min read  
Historian Pablo Capra tells a true tale from behind the scenes of the Topanga Beach Auto Court—also known as the Topanga Ranch Motel—located near the intersection of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway, recently destroyed in the Palisades...
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Liberty’s Torch 

Urs Baur, May 16, 2025 0 4 min read  
The Statue of Liberty, that towering green goddess of idealism, was gifted to the United States in 1886 by France—a gesture ostensibly celebrating the centennial of American independence, but more accurately, a passive-aggressive nudge to remind the U.S. to...