Suzanne Guldimann is an author, artist, and musician who lives in Malibu and loves the Santa Monica Mountains. She has worked as a journalist reporting…
On the Trail of a Mountain Lion The footprint was in the middle of the trail. It was shallow, but perfect, and the early morning…
Sea stones with holes in them have long been regarded as magical talismans, carried for protection, or safe passage. There’s a grain of truth in…
Short term rentals have become a source of income for some property owners in the Santa Monica Mountains and a source of aggravation for others,…
Our theme for 2022 at Topanga New Times was “Changemakers,” and there was no greater changemaker than the Webb Space Telescope. In just a few…
Former Coastal Commissioner and lifelong conservation activist Sara Wan has died. She was 83. Whenever and wherever there was a conservation or environmental issue on…
I still recall before the fall, when we were stars, expanding and changing. I still miss home, a home I’ve never known. —Tai Woodville, “Homeworld”…
We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be…
Our theme this year at Topanga New Times is “changemakers,” but this issue’s change maker isn’t a person or even a project, it’s an important…
All over the Santa Monica Mountains, wildlife lives parallel lives with humans. Animals cross roads, transit gardens and navigate their way over and under obstacles…
Environmental issues aren’t just a concern in wildland areas. Residents of Watts are grappling with a legacy of industrial pollution and water contamination that is…
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and…
Imagine a net-zero community, one where every home is carbon neutral. It almost became a reality in a small master-planned community in Colorado. When Norbert…
Journalist, novelist, and screenwriter Joan Didion died on December 23, 2021. She was 87. Her writing is vivid, indelible, and sharp. Once read, her words…
by Sarah Ruhl Nic Few, DirectorAn incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And...
Pilobolus is turning 50! Since the early 1970s, this remarkable company has been wowing audiences with its irresistible mix of wit, vibrant energy, and stunning...
by Sarah Ruhl Nic Few, DirectorAn incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And...
by Sarah Ruhl Nic Few, DirectorAn incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And...
January 28 and January 29. 2 pm Topanga Library. Free/open seating. Heroes by Gerald Sibleyras and Tom Stoppard is a lovely, poignant comedy about three...
by Sarah Ruhl Nic Few, DirectorAn incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And...
Renowned for her “graceful, lyrical” playing (Cleveland Classical), Chinese pianist Ying Li was the first prize winner of the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth...
January 28 and January 29. 2 pm Topanga Library. Free/open seating. Heroes by Gerald Sibleyras and Tom Stoppard is a lovely, poignant comedy about three...
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