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ON THE COVER:Vote! Elections put direct democracy in the hands of the people.Together, we have the ability to bend the arc of the moral universe alittle closer to justice, but only if we vote, and thanks to mail-in ballots,early...
Cut Out & Cut Loose
October is winding down. The nights are growing longer, the days shorter. Temperatures are cooling after what is now being considered the longest heat wave in California’s history. Our autumn color will arrive more towards Christmas than Halloween, but...
Deer Neighbor,
The scariest part of Halloween season in the Santa Monica Mountains is the threat of Santa Ana winds and the high fire risk they bring. We’ve been spared so far this autumn, but they are coming. This is the...
Topanga Film Festival 2022
Fall officially arrives on September 22, when the autumnal equinox occurs. The days are already growing shorter, and the temperature at night has dipped into the 50s for the first time in months. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year,...
Humor is a Funny Thing
Blistering heat baked much of the West over Labor Day weekend. Temperatures at the beach reached an almost unprecedented 102 on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. Beach parking lots at Zuma and Westward filled to capacity by early afternoon...
Wish You Were Here
Nature’s Grand Hotel has its Season, like the others. As the guests one by one pack, pay, and depart, and the seats at the table-d’hotel shrink pitifully at each succeeding meal; as suites of rooms are closed, carpets taken...
Local Sting Operations in Progress
What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? It’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy...
A Window Into the Beginning of Time
The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore, we’ve learned most of what we know. Recently, we’ve waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of...
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