Every Holiday season, Topanga New Times chooses to honor a local non-profit for longevity, relevance and growth as a service organization. The Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness (TCEP) is a 100% volunteer-run 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been operating...

Meet the Krampus. This once-obscure ancient alpine Christmas spirit is growing in popularity in the United States. Santa Claus knows if you are naughty or nice. In much of Central Europe, Saint Nicholas still hands out the rewards for...

I love a good spicy gingerbread cookie. Crispy and sweet with the warm color, and flavor of black strap molasses. Making gingerbread cookies was a Christmas tradition in my house for years. Especially when my kids were younger. They...

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” ~George Santayana, 1905 In The Fourth Turning is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End (2023), historian, economist, and...

In the spirit of the season, I offer a few books that you might consider as a treat to yourself or, as my title suggests, as a gift for others. It is cliché to write that this or that...

A conversation with Ryan C. Coleman First-time novelist Ryan C. Coleman has penned an authentic account of the short dramatic life of Billy the Kid—born Henry McCarty, aka William H. Bonney—in Billy the Kid: The War for Lincoln County...