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MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH 
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Christmas in Topanga, 1942 
Suzanne Guldimann, December 13, 2024 0  
The Coastwatchers, TNT’s original fiction series set in Malibu during WWII, concludes in this issue. Our story began in December, 1941, just after the United States entered WWII, and ends on Christmas, 1942. Coastwatchers focuses on the experiences of...
New Books: Local Authors / Local Interest 
Suzanne Guldimann, November 29, 2024 0  
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 
Suzanne Guldimann, November 1, 2024 0  
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 
Suzanne Guldimann, October 18, 2024 0  
“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...
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Jill Cotu

Jill Cotu, B.A., lmt, is a licensed massage therapist & Reiki master, part-time writer, and full-time mama. After graduating college, she spent many years in the entertainment industry as a post producer before following a call to the healing arts. Cotu has made Topanga home for the last 12 years. When she’s not writing for the paper, you may find her at the library, reading.
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Let’s Do Something! 

Jill Cotu, November 1, 2024 0 11 min read  
By Jill Cotu in conversation with Peter Walzer Peter Walzer and Jill Cotu, Viewridge buddies and Topanga New Times contributors, find themselves in conversation about the election year, the upcoming season of giving, and good old fashioned neighborliness. Peter:...
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Volcanic Roots 

Jill Cotu, July 12, 2024 0 5 min read  
“The volcano is a she; the locals know, and that is how we refer to her. La Montagna.” Our guide through the vineyard on a northern slope of Mount Etna casts his eyes across the land. This particular business...
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Teen Spirit at the TCC 

Jill Cotu, January 26, 2024 0 2 min read  
I think I remember what it was like to be a teenager. Those years fill my head with a multi-sensory mosaic of sounds, scents, and images. On weekends, open mic nights and turntables, packed coffee houses, warehouses, church basements,...