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Christmas in Topanga, 1942 
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 
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 
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...
ArtBeat

TYS Teen Open Mic Night 

Topanga Youth Services Presents: TEEN OPEN MIC NIGHT Hosted by River Noble & Adam Roberts Topanga Community Center, June 2nd 7:30-9:30pm Sign up in advance or at the door. Share your poetry, music, comedy, story, dance or whatever mode...
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The Bear Truth 

We have a new neighbor in the Santa Monica Mountains. On April 23, National Park Service biologists captured and radio-collared a 210-pound black bear in the western Santa Monica Mountains, south of the 101 Freeway. The bear, a young...
Books & Such

Beans II 

In the fictional town of Chamisaville in the Southwestern United States, during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Cipriano García—stark naked save for a pair of boots on his feet and a rose in his hand—stood next to the...
Feature

One way to look at AI 

If merely hearing or reading the word ‘AI’ triggers you, you’re not alone; some of my closest friends feel the same. However, the fact that you are still reading tells me you may be willing to stay with me...
NewsBeat

Bug Fair 

On May 20 and 21, 2023, 9:30 to 5:30 pm the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) in Exposition Park will host its 37th annual Bug Fair, a two-day festival celebrating insects both local and exotic, including...