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Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles 
June 13, 2025 0 31  
Amusement Piers 
Suzanne Guldimann, June 13, 2025 0  
A pier is a folly, a highway to nowhere. Whether lined with fishermen or filled with the cries and clattering of a roller coaster, whether thick with the aromas of hotdogs and fries or freshly gutted fish, they are...
California Mustard: Beauty or Bane 
Suzanne Guldimann, May 30, 2025 0  
A beautiful but unwelcome tide of golden blossom is sweeping over the Santa Monica Mountains this year. The late—and light—rainy season has resulted in few native wildflowers but an abundance of mustard, an opportunistic invasive that thrives even in...
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...
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FOOL’S GOLD 

Suzanne Guldimann, May 30, 2025 0 5 min read  
Mustard is beautiful, bitter, spicy, invasive, quick to grow and almost impossible to uproot once it becomes established. This plant’s brilliant golden flowers are  synonymous with spring in the Santa Monica Mountains and all over coastal California, even though...
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Baseball & Politics 

Jimmy P. Morgan, May 30, 2025 0 7 min read  
On June 11, 2025, US Congressional Democrats and Republicans will square off against one another testing their political will, challenging their physical endurance, and settling once again the time-honored question of egoists everywhere; who’s still got it? The field...
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Theatricum Season Opens 

TNT Staff, May 30, 2025 0 2 min read  
Spring into summer with two timeless comedies at Theatricum Botanicum’s spectacular outdoor venue. ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ will kick off Theatricum’s 2025 ‘Season of Resilience.’ There’s no better way to spend a summer afternoon...