“What kind of beast is your salamander?” asked the Prince. “It is hard to tell their kind, your Honor,” said Golg. “For they are too…
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is turning 45 on November 10, 2023. Almost all of the big western national parks were created from…
Almost every spring for the last eight years, mitered parakeets have nested in the old windbreak of eucalyptus trees that borders our garden. By the…
La Costa Beach is almost entirely hidden behind the houses that locals have nicknamed “the Great Wall of Malibu.” Also hidden here, among the homes…
From the moment the first transcontinental railroad steamed across the county in 1869, the nation had train mania. In California, that mania reached a fevered…
The battle against toxic pesticides in California is heating up, with a pair of important bills making their way through the legislative process, and some…
Cover: A symphony of vibrant spring wildflowers is blooming not only on the mountain sides but along the roads and in gardens throughout the Santa…
It’s a good year for the California poppy. The extended heavy rains came at just the right time for California’s state flower to flourish, and…
Rabbits are everywhere in the Santa Monica Mountains in spring: zigzagging across the road at dusk, sunning themselves in a peaceful patch of warmth in…
I started school on Monday. I dreaded it, but it wasn’t so bad. My sister Ali and I had a lot of practice going to…
Books were a very important part of my childhood. TV had not been invented so we learned from books and listening to the radio. And…
A green tsunami of weeds is rising throughout the Santa Monica Mountains this spring. This living tide of vegetation threatens to drown the native plants,…
Weeds! They are everywhere this spring, but just because they may be ubiquitous or even invasive doesn’t mean that they aren’t interesting in their own…
Oct. 5:30 - 7 pm Book Launch Party for “Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep,” by Kenneth Miller Topanga...
Dinner is at the Topanga Comm. Center 1440 N Topanga Cyn Blvd • Friday October 6, 3:30 - 5:30 PM • RSVP is required by...
A Perfect Ganesh Written by Terrence McNally Directed by Mary Jo DuPrey July 15 – October 7 Terrence McNally’s play finds humor within the self-searching...
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum Americana Harvest Festival Sunday, October 8th from 11am – 5pm PST Welcome in autumn with some Folk and Country fun for the...
Sunday, Oct. 8 – Geer Family & Friends present The Woody Guthrie Story
Sunday, October 8th from 11am-5pm Welcome in autumn with some Folk and Country fun for the whole family at Theatricum! This celebration is a fundraiser...
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