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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...
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We Cool You Off! 

From our advertiser, HVAC Consulting Solutions, Inc. Our mission at HVAC Consulting Solutions is to be “your neighborhood HVAC company for all things comfort”.  The company, founded by Topanga local Craig Scher in the 80s, strives to promote his...
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Virtual Evacuation Drill 

All Topanga Canyon and Sunset Mesa residents are encouraged to take part in a Virtual Evacuation Drill on Thursday, August 12 at 6 p.m.  “The recent Palisades Fire highlights the importance of being ready. We will provide information on...
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Art in the Mountains 

Officials still haven’t verified the cause of the five-acre Tuna Canyon fire that ignited just after midnight in dense brush and steep terrain on July 9, but the unofficial consensus is that it started in a homeless encampment in...