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Fire on the Mountain

Suzanne Guldimann, May 21, 2021 0 7 min read

It’s only May, but Topanga has already experienced its most serious wildfire since 1993. Fire has transformed a large swath of Topanga State Park, including the Hub and Eagle Rock, into a lunar landscape of ash and dust. When...

Books & Such

1942

Jimmy P. Morgan, May 21, 2021 1 6 min read

“In a 2018 poll, over 60 percent of respondents in a citizenship survey could not identify the nations that the US fought in World War II.” —Tracy Campbell In The Year of Peril: America in 1942 (2020), social historian...

ArtBeat

On Location in Malibu 2021 Paintings by the California Art Club

TNT Staff, May 21, 2021 0 2 min read

The California Art Club’s Malibu show is going digital this year. On Location in Malibu 2021: Paintings by the California Art Club at Pepperdine University’s Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art. opens online on May 22, and will include...

ArtBeat

The Hollywood Bowl is Back

TNT Staff, May 21, 2021 0 2 min read

The Hollywood Bowl is back, with a 2021 season that includes Christina Aguilera, Yo-Yo Ma, and Viola Davis. “Following the latest public health and reopening guidelines from Los Angeles County, the LA Phil will offer more than 50 performances,...

E-Issues

In Gratitude

Suzanne Guldimann, May 21, 2021 0 3 min read

Fire. The thing all residents of the Santa Monica Mountains fear and know that sooner or later they will have to face. Topanga and Pacific Palisades were plunged into wildfire hell this week. As of Tuesday, May 18, when...

Discover

Poison Paradise: Toxic Plants Often Hide in Plain Sight

Suzanne Guldimann, May 21, 2021 0 8 min read

Wildlife advocates are warning about a common ornamental plant that grows in gardens all over the West. Heavenly bamboo (Nandia domestica)—a well-behaved shrub with bamboo-like leaves and pretty red berries—is poisoning wild birds. The berries can contain high levels of...

Topanga Life

A Year of Topanga New Times

Bonnie Morgan, May 21, 2021 1 9 min read

May marks the first anniversary of the Topanga New Times. In the editorial for issue No. 1, we wrote: “the Topanga New Times is meant as a lifeline during one of the most difficult times in living memory. We...

Feature

What the Bible, Buddha, and Bill Murray Say About Happiness

Gwendolyn Kudra, May 21, 2021 0 5 min read

I’ve found the key to contentment. That is to say, partial bliss. I know, I know. I sound pretentious, superficial, and maybe even naïve. Bear with me. The Bible’s Gospel of John teaches life-lessons that can be valuable to...

NewsBeat

SMC Offers Summer Sustainability Certificate Programs

TNT Staff, May 21, 2021 0 1 min read

Santa Monica College is once again offering free online sustainability certificate programs this summer, beginning June 21. “This summer, we are excited to offer two of our free Noncredit Sustainability courses: Sustainability in Organics Aide and Sustainability Assistant,” an...

NewsBeat

County Seeks Input for Park Needs Assessment

TNT Staff, May 21, 2021 0 1 min read

The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation is conducting a comprehensive study to understand and document park needs of the rural parts of the County, including Topanga and the Santa Monica Mountains. The study includes an online...

NewsBeat

Wildlife Crossing Project Receives $25 Million Challenge Grant

TNT Staff, May 21, 2021 0 2 min read

The Annenberg Foundation has made a record $25 million grant to the National Wildlife Federation to help fund the Liberty Canyon wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway. The Annenberg Foundation is challenging other philanthropic organizations and individuals to match...

Work/Life Balance

Do This One Simple Thing to Experience More Focus

Olivia Pool, May 21, 2021 0 5 min read

How many times have you walked by the console in the hallway and reminded yourself, “I really need to put a new lightbulb in that lamp” but was too busy to actually do it? How many times have you...

ArtBeat

Theatricum Live!

TNT Staff, May 21, 2021 0 1 min read

Live performances are back at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum! The inaugural 2021 event on June 6 is an in person concert by Topanga native and longtime Theatricum friend, singer-songwriter and musician Inara George. Joining George at Theatricum’s spectacular outdoor...

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Rescheduling due to Palisades Fire

skybonnie, May 16, 2021 0 1 min read

KUMMERSPECK Live Music Event at Topanga Community Center is now planned for May 29. More info here. Today’s BEACH Cleanup will be rescheduled. Stay tuned. Topanga Historical Society’s Zoom presentation on old Messenger photos was to be held today...

NewsBeat

Malibu Poison Ban

TNT Staff, May 14, 2021 0 1 min read

It’s taken years of activism, advocacy, protests, marches, letter writing campaigns, meetings, and a full environmental impact report, but the city of Malibu is finally going poison free. On May 14, Malibu joined Topanga and the rest of the...

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The Train to Nowhere: Travels on the Hueneme, Malibu & Port Los Angeles Railroad

Suzanne Guldimann, May 7, 2021 7 11 min read

Imagine a train steaming along the beach, just yards from the ocean on tracks laid on the shifting sand. It sounds like a surrealist painting by Magritte, or a scene from a Miyazaki movie, but it was real—or almost...

NewsBeat

The Chinook 47—World’s Largest Fire-Fighting Helicopter

TNT Staff, May 7, 2021 0 1 min read

Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura Counties have each secured the use of a Chinook Helicopter for the coming fire season, beginning June 15. The Chinook 47 is currently the world’s largest fire fighting helicopter. Built by Boeing, this aircraft...

E-Issues

Mother’s Day

Suzanne Guldimann, May 7, 2021 0 4 min read

It’s still springtime, but wildfire season is already here. Fires broke out in Agoura Hills and Thousand Oaks last week but quick response limited both to just a few acres. Beach season arrived early, too, as temperatures soared into...

Work/Life Balance

An Ode to Lemonade Makers

Olivia Pool, May 7, 2021 0 2 min read

This is for all of you who are Lemonade Makers, Reframe Artists, Bad*ss Tetris Masters of Life. It’s an understatement to say the last year has been challenging for most. We have been tested in many ways, and many...

NewsBeat

Pine Tree Circle Acquires a Compost Bin for its Tenants

TNT Staff, May 7, 2021 0 1 min read

Pine Tree Circle owner Nathan Daneshgar held a small ceremony to open the shopping center’s new onsite composting facility, which will convert the food waste generated by the center’s tenants into nutrient rich compost and keep it out of...

TCEP—Our Non-Profit for 2024

TNT Staff, December 13, 2024 0

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...