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Six Months After the End of the World 
Suzanne Guldimann, July 11, 2025 0  
For many, the devastation created by the Palisades Fire felt like the end of the world. Six months later, most of the fire debris has been removed, but stark reminders of the damage remain, as residents and local governments...
The Fire Followers 
Suzanne Guldimann, July 11, 2025 0  
As communities struggle to rebuild and recover from the devastation of the Palisades fire, nature is also in the process of regenerating.  When Topanga Canyon Boulevard reopened at the end of May, drivers were met not with bare hillsides...
Amusement Piers 
Suzanne Guldimann, June 13, 2025 0  
A pier is a folly, a highway to nowhere. Whether lined with fishermen or filled with the cries and clattering of a roller coaster, whether thick with the aromas of hotdogs and fries or freshly gutted fish, they are...
California Mustard: Beauty or Bane 
Suzanne Guldimann, May 30, 2025 0  
A beautiful but unwelcome tide of golden blossom is sweeping over the Santa Monica Mountains this year. The late—and light—rainy season has resulted in few native wildflowers but an abundance of mustard, an opportunistic invasive that thrives even in...
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Events of the Season 

TNT Staff, December 18, 2020 0 2 min read  
The Water Babies. A Zoom production for the entire family. Join the Topanga Actors Company for this imaginative and beautiful adaptation of Charles Kingsley’s classic children’s story The Water Babies, originally written in 1862. “Fairies, sea creatures, wise women,...
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Coming Events 

TNT Staff, December 4, 2020 0 2 min read  
SMC Update This winter, Santa Monica College is offering free Online Sustainability Certificate Programs. The noncredit programs offer training to become a Sustainability Assistant and Sustainability Services Technician. Winter classes begin January 4, 2021. In the Sustainability Assistant program,...