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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...
ArtBeat, Environment

A Bad Wrap 

The holiday season is here and amidst the warmth and togetherness, celebration and cheer, is lots of unnecessary, non-recyclable trash. Each year we generate an additional seven million pounds of waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, and it...
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Fundraiser for RCDSMM 

On Sunday, December 12, from 12pm–4pm, Catherine Tirr Watercolors will appear at an annual sale and fundraiser for the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCD). 10% of proceeds will go directly to RCD.  More about RCD...