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MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH 
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Christmas in Topanga, 1942 
Suzanne Guldimann, December 13, 2024 0  
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 
Suzanne Guldimann, November 29, 2024 0  
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...
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...
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The Hotel Arcadia 

Suzanne Guldimann, May 3, 2024 1 12 min read  
It loomed above the beach like Count Dracula’s beach residence: stark, turreted, treeless, and not exactly inviting, but Dracula wasn’t written yet when the imposing Hotel Arcadia opened its doors in Santa Monica on January 24, 1887. Celebrated for...
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49th Topanga Days! 

TNT Staff, May 3, 2024 0 1 min read  
Topanga Days is back for its 49th year. The three-day family-friendly festival and fundraiser offers an eclectic mix of musical acts, activities for all ages, local artists and vendors, food, desserts, drinks, and of course the beloved Memorial Day...
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Kit Carson 

Jimmy P. Morgan, April 19, 2024 0 10 min read  
In Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West (2006), renowned narrative historian Hampton Sides introduces us to an extraordinary man whose legendary and myth-inspiring exploits span over three decades of...
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49th Topanga Days! 

TNT Staff, April 19, 2024 0 3 min read  
Topanga Days is back! In its 49th year, the three-day family-friendly festival and fundraiser continues to draw a diverse group of people to the Topanga Community Center (TCC) through an eclectic mix of musical acts, activities for all ages,...