“‘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...
Late summer in the Santa Monica Mountains is a season of morning fog, scorching afternoons, and tropical sunsets—the perfect time of year for a late...
Topanga New Times, August 13, 2020 Welcome to our end-of-summer outdoors issue of the Topanga New Times, with features on mountain biking (page 11), wildlife...
Although published in 1997, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Wait Till Next Year resonates during this long, hot, isolative summer. It is at heart a book...
Paul Revere Williams (1894–1980) is considered the most significant African American architect of the 20th century. Williams’ distinctive designs helped shape the glamorous Hollywood aesthetic...
A new children’s show, Inside Our Hearts, creates an inclusive space for families to tune in to what’s inside their hearts, together. Wife and husband...
Trailblazing journalist Ida Tarbell was one of a small group of citizen reporters at McClure’s monthly magazine who helped forge the role of the free...
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....