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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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High Heat Alert 

Edit 9/5/2020   Topanga Library has extended their cooling center through Tuesday, September 8, 2020Hours of Operation: 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 122 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, CA 90290The cooling center will take place in the meeting room; unfortunately...
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Recent Books by Local Authors 

Fiction Lee Goldberg: Lost Hills.This 2020 New York Times bestselling police procedural revolves around a brutal murder in the author’s Calabasas neighborhood. Gary Johnson: Zipper. This 2016 thriller is set almost entirely in Topanga. Kate Milliken: Kept Animals. Milliken...
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Our Calendar 

Events have moved online during the coronavirus crisis, but it can still be as much of a challenge to keep track of this virtual reality as it was to find events pre-coronavirus. Making sure Topanga residents have up-to-date access...