THE COASTWATCHERS CHAPTER 14
For the second time that year I felt cut adrift. The war was pulling away everyone I cared about. My father was serving in the Pacific; my friend Kitty and her whole family were ripped out of their lives...
Fire History
Rising from the ashes. The 2018 Woolsey Fire happened five years ago; the 1993 Old Topanga Fire, thirty years ago; the 1938 Topanga Fire was 85 years ago this November. Join TNT for a look at how wildfire has...
Recovering the Past: Mapping Los Angeles Landscape History
They are called the Chumash. The name refers to a group of related languages and dialects, but it has become the de facto title for the people who spoke them and who lived along the California coast from San...
18th Anual Topanga Film Festival
The theme of the 2023 Topanga Film Festival is “Unreel.” It’s a playful invitation to reflect on many aspects of filmmaking illusion, from cutting edge AI to more traditional forms of film magic. The 18th annual Topanga Film Festival...
THE COASTWATCHERS Chapter Thirteen
Jessie and I printed the The Malibu Coastwatcher the day after Kitty and her family were forced to leave for the internment camp. It wasn’t the same without our friend and our hearts weren’t in it. I carefully used...
Location is Everything
How the Santa Monica Mountains Helped Shape Film History A reader recently reached out for help finding the film location for an episode of the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, filmed in 1955. The location he sought turned out...
Location Location
The Santa Monica Mountains have been a destination for filmmakers and a location for filming for more than a hundred years, and movie history is an important part of the cultural heritage of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation...
Open Studios of Topanga
Topanga’s artists studio tour is back! We miss our Gallery but the newly organized Open Studios of Topanga won’t disappoint. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and support local artists, explore their working spaces, and experience a one-of-kind journey...
Silent, Sleeky, Salamanders
“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 white-hot to look at. But they are most like small dragons. They speak to...
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