“‘Just now our blood dances to other music.’ They fell a-twittering among themselves once more, and this time their intoxicating babble was of violet seas,...
A desert experience doesn’t always require one to crawl on hands and knees through the thornbush and cactus, regardless of what Edward Abbey says. Anyone...
The COVID-19 crisis has presented a host of unique challenges for visual artists. Galleries, museums and individual artists continue to scramble to move artwork online....
On Sunday, September 13, at 8 pm, TCEP—Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness— will test its new, more capable Top-of-the-Hour (TOTH) report transmitter on FRS radio...
Topanga New Times, September 11, 2020 Our cover photo this issue was provided by Genevieve Pruddock, picturing her rabbit, Lavendar, checking out one of our...
Edit 9/5/2020 Topanga Library has extended their cooling center through Tuesday, September 8, 2020Hours of Operation: 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 122 N. Topanga Canyon...
Happy Labor Day, Topanga! We’ve almost made it through the strangest summer in recent history—one without many of the activities we love the most but...
Fire season traditionally used to reach its peak after Labor Day. This year, fire season arrived early. So far, the Santa Monica Mountains have been...
Many businesses have been turned upside down by the digital revolution, but of those that have survived, few have changed as radically as the newspaper...
Beasties Spotlight! Although many residents have never seen one, scorpions are common in the Santa Monica Mountains and there are several native species in the...
For our DIGITAL ISSUE we interviewed two local educators in their respected fields, the arts and sciences, and gave them the opportunity to share insight...
The coyote was a trickster spirit for the Chumash and Tongva people who were the first human residents of the Santa Monica Mountains. This intelligent...
The historic Topanga Ranch Motel has won a reprieve. When the Topanga Lagoon Restoration Project moves forward, the motel will be restored, instead of demolished,...
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 the nation’s first presidential election beginning in 1788, George Washington won 69 of 69 electoral votes, the only unanimously chosen president in our history....