“Believe me my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” —Kenneth Grahame, The Wind...
Every spring, California gray whales make a monumental pilgrimage from their winter breeding grounds in the warm lagoons of the Sea of Cortez to their...
ON THE COVER:“Nature’s first green is gold/Her hardest hue to hold…” writes poet Robert Frost. That is certainly true of the aptly named goldback fern,...
Love is in the air this month as we get ready to celebrate February 14. Whether you’re observing Valentine’s Day with your sweetheart, “Gal”-entine’s Day...
The Coastwatchers chronicles the adventures of James Ellis Anderson, a young boy from Illinois sent to live with his eccentric aunt in Malibu during WWII....
Extensive remnants of a village were recently discovered during utility installation under the Highway 27. The discovery halted construction, while an archeology team was called...
Topanga Canyon’s postmaster, Mabel Christie, is finally retiring after many years of hard work.Christie writes: “I want to thank all the Patrons of Topanga Canyon...
Topanga Canyon Gallery will be vacating their location at the end of February, and currently does not have a location to open elsewhere. The building...
At the regular meeting of the West Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors on Monday, January 23, 2023, the board elected the following officers:...
Suzanne Guldimann is an author, artist, and musician who lives in Malibu and loves the Santa Monica Mountains. She has worked as a journalist reporting...
One gram of moss from the forest floor, a piece about the size of a muffin, would harbor 150,000 Protozoa, 132,000 tardigrades, 3,000 springtails, 800...
California Conservation Corps Watershed Stewards program in partnership with AmeriCorps, to restore habitat for Monarch Butterflies in the Woolsey fire burn scar! The Woolsey Fire...
Students in grades 3-12 called on to create “Water is Life” artwork by March 17th! The West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) announced the...
Santa Monica College is now offering the first Collegiate Certificates in Recycling and Resource Management in the US! RRM 1: Introduction to Recycling and Resource...
So, let’s take inventory here at Johnny-on-the-Spot corporate offices overlooking the glorious sprawling metropolis of Bakersfield CA. I have reviewed an album, a film, a...
Victory gardens are gaining popularity again, this time in response to the war against COVID-19. Industrialist millionaire Charles Lathrop Pack is credited with creating the...
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...
During the second half of the eighteenth century there gathered along the eastern seaboard of North America an enlightened generation of thinkers whose collective will...