“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...
Every year, volunteers all over the state gather for California Coastal Cleanup Day: Saturday, September 18, 2021 from 9 a.m.-Noon. Prior to the coronavirus crisis,...
The California Wildlife Conservation Board has granted the National Wildlife Federation $20 million for the construction of the wildlife crossing at Liberty Canyon in the...
On September 21, UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge is hosting a conversation on Los Angeles wildlife corridors and a pending city of Los Angeles ordinance...
After many delays, the final stage of Southern California Edison’s Topanga Utility Underground Project is scheduled to begin on September 10 and set to be...
The California Coastal Commission is expected to approve a drainage and erosion control project for Topanga State Park. The item is scheduled to be heard...
ON THE COVER: Power, grace, and freedom. Surfer Carolyn Daycatches the perfect wave at Topanga Beach. Surfing is an integral partof her life, a lifestyle...
Though ballots are already arriving for the September 14 California Gubernatorial Recall Election, many people remain confused about the process, even as voting gets underway....
Topanga has dealt with a multitude of fire scares over the past few years, including several recent fires that originated in homeless encampments in Malibu....
Senator Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles) is leading a diverse coalition in Sacramento, seeking immediate funding and long-term solutions to the climate disasters facing California. “The...
Things are about to change for art lovers in and around Topanga. Topanga Canyon Gallery, which has resided at Pine Tree Circle for many years, is moving...
One may start to float away in thought peering closely at a handcrafted piece of furniture or sculpture by contemporary artist and designer Chad Hagerman....
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...