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The ART of PYSANKA 
April 18, 2025 0 20  
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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Cats Belong Indoors! 

TNT Staff, February 23, 2023 0 1 min read  
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Topanga is coyote country: cats (and small dogs) aren’t safe outside. Most residents are drawn to the wild beauty of Topanga and the Santa Monica Mountains, but the nature that surrounds us is no place...
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Ancient Secrets 

Suzanne Guldimann, February 10, 2023 0 5 min read  
ON THE COVER:“Nature’s first green is gold/Her hardest hue to hold…” writes poet Robert Frost. That is certainly true of the aptly named goldback fern, Pentagramma triangularis, which hides an ephemeral golden treasure of spores behind each triangular frond....
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Mabel Christie 

TNT Staff, February 10, 2023 0 1 min read  
Topanga Canyon’s postmaster, Mabel Christie, is finally retiring after many years of hard work.Christie writes: “I want to thank all the Patrons of Topanga Canyon for giving me the opportunity to serve thecommunity. Even though there [were] a lot...