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State of Recovery

Suzanne Guldimann, July 11, 2025 0 5 min read

The landmark Business Block Building has become one of the symbols of the Palisades Fire. The facade of the building, which turned one hundred years old last year, will be preserved as reconstruction begins. Six months after the Palisades...

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Introducing William Fisher Architecture, Inc.

TNT Staff, July 11, 2025 0 1 min read

Working throughout Los Angeles, the Bay Area and most of California, we design new builds, remodels, and projects of all sizes across residential, commercial, and civic sectors. With over 60 years of experience designing environmentally sensitive architecture, Bill Fisher...

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Reggae on the Mountain Returns

TNT Staff, June 27, 2025 0 1 min read

With Julian Marley, Sister Nancy, Marlon Asher, Arise Roots, Vana Liya, Jesse James Pariah and More in Topanga Canyon on July 26, 2025 Los Angeles’ premier Roots Reggae Festival, Reggae On The Mountain will be returning for its 13th...

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Strife Comes to the Theatricum

TNT Staff, June 13, 2025 0 2 min read

Rarely produced ‘Strife’ by John Galsworthy explores human cost of ideological battles at Theatricum Botanicum theatricum.com What compromise is possible when human dignity and health are on the line, along with a business’s survival and the economy it supports?...

Kidsbeat

Announcing OAK TREE Club

TNT Staff, August 23, 2024 0 1 min read

OAK TREE Club is an after-school & enrichment program on the Cali Camp & Manzanita School Campus located in the mountains of Topanga Canyon (CA). OTC is operated by a team of experienced educators, specialists, counselors & coaches. This...

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Six Months After the End of the World

Suzanne Guldimann, July 11, 2025 0 7 min read

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...

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Location is Everything

Suzanne Guldimann, October 6, 2023 0 12 min read

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 TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, filmed in 1955. The location he sought turned out...

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The Fantasy of Sylvia Park

Suzanne Guldimann, July 26, 2024 0 12 min read

The coin is a little bigger than a quarter. It isn’t decorative, but it has a nice weight to it, and the words stamped on it remain clearly legible, even though this token was struck a hundred years ago....

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The Malibu Railway War

Suzanne Guldimann, April 21, 2023 0 10 min read

From the moment the first transcontinental railroad steamed across the county in 1869, the nation had train mania. In California, that mania reached a fevered pitch once transcontinental rail travel was a reality. The railroad had an unimaginable impact...

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There Go I

Jimmy P. Morgan, July 11, 2025 0 12 min read

“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us [sic]. They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists. And some, I assume, are...

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Billy the Kid

Jimmy P. Morgan, November 15, 2024 0 7 min read

A conversation with Ryan C. Coleman First-time novelist Ryan C. Coleman has penned an authentic account of the short dramatic life of Billy the Kid—born Henry McCarty, aka William H. Bonney—in Billy the Kid: The War for Lincoln County...

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Tucking Myself in With Stephen King

Jimmy P. Morgan, October 21, 2022 1 9 min read

I spent several weeks this fall on the road pulling a small camper behind my pickup. While traveling this way, I sometimes visit state parks and commercial RV campsites that provide electric and water hookups, ice and firewood, and...

Books & Such

The Wingnuts are On To Something

Jimmy P. Morgan, April 4, 2025 0 12 min read

I spent several hours this week reading What’s Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing—Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service (2024) by Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack. As most of you know, The West...

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Maddie Ellis & the Malibu Movie Colony Chapter 4

Suzanne Guldimann, June 27, 2025 0 9 min read

Maddie Ellis and the Malibu Movie Colony is an old-fashioned mystery serial set during the end of the silent movie era. In chapter 4, writer Maddie Ellis takes a look at the troubled film project that has brought her...

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Rebuilding Sunset Mesa

Urs Baur, July 11, 2025 0 3 min read

A Neighborhood Returns One Permit at a Time Six months after the Palisades Fire swept through the coastal neighborhood of Sunset Mesa, the first permits are about to be approved. For many of the over 500 households aﬀected—more than...

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GoodLiving

Roasted Zucchini Dip

Nathalie Krull, October 18, 2024 0 3 min read

How poppin was your garden this summer? Many people with home gardens find themselves knee deep in zucchinis at some point or another. I decided to create a luscious creamy zucchini dip to help clear the counters…if you know...

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New Times Radio (NTR)

TNT Staff, June 16, 2023 0 2 min read

It’s been more than a year in the making, and now it’s finally here! The Topanga New Times crew is delighted to present New Times Radio (NTR), audio versions of the top stories from the print edition of TNT—our...

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The Elephant in the Canyon

Keegan Gibbs, September 22, 2023 1 8 min read

A fire through Topanga could surpass the death toll from the Camp Fire in Paradise and the Lahaina Fire in Hawaii, combined. And potentially, several times over. Does that get your attention? If it doesn’t, I understand. I grew...

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What You Can Do About War: The Long Game

Olivia Pool, July 11, 2025 0 3 min read

I have a confession. I hate watching the news. I would much rather pretend that none of it is happening. Sometimes I feel like I’m just too sensitive to be in a world with this much hatred, harm and...

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Do’s and Don’ts of Making More Graceful Choices

Olivia Pool, October 6, 2023 0 4 min read

We are presented with choices every single day. Do I turn left or right? Do I take the job offer? Is it a good idea to move into this apartment? Should I get another degree? Do I want to...

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Energy Management

Olivia Pool, June 14, 2024 0 4 min read

Ever feel like certain people or situations are like vampires, sucking the life right out of you? It’s possible that some people are really energy vampires and have that goal, but most of the time, it’s more about you...

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What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do – Part 2

Olivia Pool, September 6, 2024 1 4 min read

The last time I wrote an article, it was this same title. I’m adding a part 2 to this today because as soon as I had turned it in, I started thinking of so many other things I wanted...

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Hydrating Cucumber Mint Lemonade

Nathalie Krull, July 11, 2025 0 3 min read

It’s that time of year again… that time when you can see the heat rising off the roads, and the leaves of your plants burn to a crisp in the garden. This hydrating cucumber mint lemonade is made with...

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Chocolate Covered Frozen Bananas

Nathalie Krull, March 21, 2025 0 4 min read

Do you ever buy too many bananas, only to sit back, and watch them ripen, and not know what to do with them? I often over-buy nature’s perfectly packed yellow snack fruit… and you can only make banana bread...

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Sweet Potato Biscuits

Nathalie Krull, January 10, 2025 0 3 min read

When it comes to comfort food, few things can rival the warmth and aroma of a freshly baked biscuit. Originating in Southern kitchens, these buttery delights have become a staple in kitchens across the country. Making them gluten free...

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Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookies

Nathalie Krull, December 13, 2024 0 3 min read

I love a good spicy gingerbread cookie. Crispy and sweet with the warm color, and flavor of black strap molasses. Making gingerbread cookies was a Christmas tradition in my house for years. Especially when my kids were younger. They...

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