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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...
One-Room Schoolhouse 
Back to school. A hundred years ago in Topanga, it would have been on foot—and often barefoot—to the little, red, one-room schoolhouse by the creek in the bend of the dirt road.  Public education in California was still relatively...
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Canyon Sages Upcoming Events 

Sages activities and classes resumed on May 29, after a brief Topanga-Days-related pause. Noteworthy upcoming events will include: June 5 from 1PM – 2:30PM: Book Talk, discussing Misfits by Mark Harris, featuring the local author himself. Misfits is a collection...
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Be Prepared: Safety Fair 

Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin  and Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, are hosting a free, family-friendly safety fair. The event will feature information related to disaster preparedness, home hardening, and personal health. Presentations will feature representatives from the Resource Conservation...
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Fort Sumter 

Following the election of Abraham Lincoln to the White House on November 6, 1860, the slave states of the American South pondered secession. By the time Lincoln actually took office on March 4, 1861, seven states had officially declared...