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New Books: Local Authors / Local Interest 
This is TNT’s annual holiday season round up of new books by local authors and new books on subjects of interest to our local community. For more local books published earlier this year, check out our summer reads list...
Mushroom Madness 
Fungi can cure or kill, nourish life, and also decompose it back into soil. Fossil evidence for fungi is limited, but the ability to analyze molecular data has led to revelations about the evolution of this extraordinary family of...
Fool’s Gold: The Myth of Tiburcio Vasquez 
“And still of a winter’s night, they say,  when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon  tossed upon cloudy seas,    When the road is a ribbon of moonlight  over the purple moor,    A...
Billions in Flight: Migratory Birds 
Autumn doesn’t officially begin until the equinox on September 22, but all across North America birds are already on the wing—billions of them. Migration times and destinations vary based on the species and variables like weather and food sources—some...
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Our Neighbors 

A July 19 fire in Tuna Canyon that ignited at what appears to be a short term rental property with multiple campsites, spread to 15 acres before being contained, and fanned fears throughout Topanga. In Malibu, where two recent...
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Art in the Mountains 

Officials still haven’t verified the cause of the five-acre Tuna Canyon fire that ignited just after midnight in dense brush and steep terrain on July 9, but the unofficial consensus is that it started in a homeless encampment in...
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Deb Ryder Sings Again 

Topanga musician Deb Ryder is performing live at Corazon, Saturday, August 21, at 9 p.m. It’s a welcome return to the stage for this multi-talented musician. Born outside Chicago, Deb began appearing on stage as a young teen at...
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Annual Beach Report 

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area beaches received good marks on Heal the Bay’s annual Beach Report. Every year, the nonprofit organization ranks the beaches and freshwater sites it tests for bacterial pollution. The recent 17-million-gallon sewage spill at...
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What’s That Racket? 

The Rackets quietly glide onto the stage, over dozens of entangled cables and patterned rugs likely as old as the venue: Del Monte Speakeasy, or Townhouse in Venice, California. During prohibition one would appear to merely be shopping for...