Rhoda Agatha Rindge Adamson
The Story of the Adamson House, Malibu, California Rhoda Agatha Rindge Adamson lived life on her own terms in a time when women—even wealthy ones—...
Recovering the Past: Mapping Los Angeles Landscape History
They are called the Chumash. The name refers to a group of related languages and dialects, but it has become the de facto title for...
Location is Everything
How the Santa Monica Mountains Helped Shape Film History A reader recently reached out for help finding the film location for an episode of the...
Silent, Sleeky, Salamanders
“What kind of beast is your salamander?” asked the Prince. “It is hard to tell their kind, your Honor,” said Golg. “For they are too...
IMAGINE A WORLD…WITHOUT SMMNRA
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is turning 45 on November 10, 2023. Almost all of the big western national parks were created from...
Parrots in Paradise
Almost every spring for the last eight years, mitered parakeets have nested in the old windbreak of eucalyptus trees that borders our garden. By the...
La Costa Beach
La Costa Beach is almost entirely hidden behind the houses that locals have nicknamed “the Great Wall of Malibu.” Also hidden here, among the homes...
Coastal Eddy
The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. —Carl Sandburg Coastal Eddy...
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