TOYON
All over Topanga Canyon and throughout the Santa Monica Mountains, toyon bushes are ablaze with red fruit. Their presence is both a conservation success story...
On Fire
Two years ago, fire came here. It licked the thick brush from the high hills, And filled the canyon with flame. It leaped from the...
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...
