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Pacific Coast Shorebirds 
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 
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 
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 
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...
ArtBeat

Theatricum Goes Live! 

Two plays by William Shakespeare are set to welcome audiences back to the spectacular outdoor venue at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum this summer. The 2021 summer repertory season, sponsored by the S. Mark Taper Foundation, opens with Julius Caesar,...
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Toby Salkin: “Unleashed” 

Toby Salkin is known for her bright expressionist paintings, giving a distinct colorful spin to subjects ranging from celebrity portraits, local streetscapes and whimsical still lifes. Toby says her most recent series of paintings began when she dreamed she...
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69 Bravo Update 

Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Helistop 69 Bravo, high above Topanga, is gearing up for a potentially severe fire season. The facility’s four 6,000 gallon vinyl/rubber “pumpkins” have been replaced with new 8,000 gallon metal pumpkins. The new tanks...