Pacific Palisades is celebrating its centennial this year. However, when the first Founders Day was celebrated on January 14, 1922, this area already had a…
The mourning doves are nesting in the rain gutter outside the kitchen window this year. I hear the whistling sound their wings make every time…
Water Supplying a clean, dependable, year-round source of water is one of the most rewarding ways to help backyard birds. Most birds prefer a wide,…
Wendi Dunn grows gardens, and it’s not just her job but her passion. It is also part of a vision for a world where everyone…
There are over 91,000 dams impeding the waterways of the United States. During much of the twentieth century, dams were built in just about every…
In response to three years of record drought, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has declared a “water shortage emergency” and Governor Gavin Newsom…
For the past three decades, novelist Richard Russo has been commenting upon the human toll of the decline of small-town America. Along the way, he…
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright died recently, which prompted me to revisit her last book, Fascism: A Warning (2018). Written only a few…
The climate on our planet is changing; and reversing the inevitable seems as if it will require a bit more cooperation than humanity has yet…
Recent events in Ukraine have their origins in a long history of strife. If we in the West are to respond appropriately, we should understand…
Black History Month is tricky. One month a year dedicated to recognizing the contributions and struggles of black Americans seems harmless enough. However, as a…
Best-selling and award-winning writer Jess Walter has produced seven novels. Depending upon the order in which they are read, it seems that one might have…
I cannot recall a time in my reading life when I became so quickly and thoroughly enchanted with a writer. Less than 100 pages into…
In the early 1970s, Rock and Roll icon Bruce Springsteen recorded his first albums inspired by the lives of the blue collar working class. His…
May 25th from 6:00pm to 7:30pm The Next Topanga Community Meeting Will Be a Debate Between Those Running to Be Our Next 3rd District Supervisor....
Paramount Ranch has been a special place in film history since 1927. It is the National Park Service's only site dedicated to interpreting American film...
Come to the Return of the Special Pueblo Pottery Workshop Hand building and hand painting workshop with clay. Participants willconstruct a small hand made pot...
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