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Mushroom Madness 
Suzanne Guldimann, November 1, 2024 0  
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 
Suzanne Guldimann, October 18, 2024 0  
“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 
Suzanne Guldimann, September 20, 2024 0  
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 
Suzanne Guldimann, September 6, 2024 0  
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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TECS Variety Show a Success 

TNT Staff, April 19, 2024 0 2 min read  
Topanga Elementary Charter School (TECS) students shone brightly under the enchanting oaks of the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in the school’s third annual Variety Show. The talent and creativity of the school’s young stars were showcased at the event...
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The Making of Butterfly Day 

TNT Staff, March 22, 2024 0 10 min read  
Young Topangan Coyolli Jimenez has been designated this year’s Butterfly Day Goodwill Ambassador. “Coyolli” is an Aztec name for a small ringing bell. It’s also the first name of the twelve-year-old daughter of Sergio Jimenez, the man in charge...