The open ocean is a strange place, always shifting, always changing. It begins where coastal waters end, and it covers most of the planet—300 million...
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...
“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...
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum presents the world premiere of The Last, Best Small Town, a modern-day Our Town by L.A.-based Latinx playwright John Guerra. Performances...
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area beaches received good marks on Heal the Bay’s annual Beach Report. Every year, the nonprofit organization ranks the beaches...
The State Budget includes funding for two important projects in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The California legislature has approved a $7 million...
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to extend the Los Angeles County Temporary Eviction Moratorium through September 30, 2021. The moratorium, which was first put...
Independence. What an interesting word. As we just recently celebrated Independence Day in the United States, I woke up thinking about this word, and even...
Pamela Lillard, a long-time resident of Topanga Canyon, passed away unexpectedly on May 13. Pamela had a gorgeous and versatile voice, which one critic described...
The June supermoon coincided with big surf, resulting in high tides that tore stairs from decks and tossed wooden planking around like straws along the...
National Park Service biologists have discovered California red-legged frogs (Rana draytonii), a threatened species, independently breeding at two sites that were severely impacted by the...
Memorial Day Weekend 2024 is almost here—and that means so is Topanga Days! The three-day family-friendly music festival and fundraiser for the Topanga Community Center...
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...