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Real Life Treasures 
January 10, 2025 0 45  
Pacific Coast Shorebirds 
Suzanne Guldimann, January 10, 2025 0  
Across the lonely beach we flit,  One little sandpiper and I,  And fast I gather, bit by bit,  The scattered drift-wood, bleached and dry.  The wild waves reach their hands for it,  The wild wind raves, the tide runs...
Travels on Pacific Coast Highway 
Suzanne Guldimann, December 27, 2024 0  
The local stretch of Pacific Coast Highway was constantly in the news in 2024, as state and local officials, residents, commuters and other stakeholders grappled with safety on this increasingly deadly road. TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann’s feature on the...
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...
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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,...