Buddhists Amongst Us
Many Topanga residents have embraced the teachings of the Buddha over the years. Liz Shepherd, David Totheroh, and Kedric Wolfe...
Trash Talk Sunday, February 15, 2026
We stood huddled together in the Topanga Post Office at our usual early-morning rendezvous spot, bracing against the cold mountain...
Topanga Symphony Announces FREE Concert
The Topanga Symphony, the Santa Monica Mountains only community orchestra, announces a free concert performance on March 8, 2026, at...
Topanga Actors Company Presents!
A contemporary portrait of luscious Nell Gwynn, actress and mistress to a monarch. Nellie is one of five historic actresses...
Announcing OAK TREE Club
OAK TREE Club is an after-school & enrichment program on the Cali Camp & Manzanita School Campus located in the...
Hey Lady. Got a Peanut?
Fox Squirrels and Philosophy You don’t need a degree in biology to see that invasive species occupy a peculiar moral...
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The Malibu Railway War
This article was originally published April 21, 2023 in Topanga New Times. TNT’s features “The Train to Nowhere: Travels on...
The Open Ocean: Life at Sea
The open ocean is a strange place, always shifting, always changing. It begins where coastal waters end, and it covers...
Building Pacific Coast Highway
Bands played, flags waves, dignitaries gave speeches from a bunting-festooned platform, and hundreds of motorists lined up at Sycamore Cove...
1970s Hollywood
When the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) became a permanent part of the US House of Representatives in 1945, its...
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Announcing Another Salon: Tea @TNT
NOTE: The October SALON event was well-attended and much enjoyed. Attendees were on the edge of their seats, and full...
Dickey Chapelle
Dickey Chapelle’s career as a war correspondent began in the Pacific Theater of Operations in the waning months of World...
They’re Not All Zealots
In 2020, after years of Trumpian chaos, I asked a decades-long friend of mine if he was planning on voting...
Maddie Ellis & the Malibu Movie Colony: Chapter Thirteen
Maddie Ellis and the Malibu Movie Colony is an old-fashioned mystery serial set during the end of the silent movie...
Pure Land Farms
Buddhist Center in the Heart of Topanga Nestled at the end of Topanga’s Santa Maria Road is a serene and...
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SUPPORT OUR LOCAL TOPANGA CANYON FIREFIGHTERS
This photo, taken days after the Palisades fire was contained, reveals how widespread the destruction was in the Santa Monica...
True South: An Antarctica Story
A Collaborative Documentary and Photography Project Captures the Last Frontier In a world where natural wonders are increasingly under threat,...
A Yogi Who’s Not a Poser
Amit Singh is everything you’d hope for in a yoga teacher—calm, peaceful and with no ego. I met him at...
Dance Medicine
I was out last night listening to some live music. It felt great to just be in my own little...
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Why You Should Master Boring
It’s a Sunday afternoon as I write this. It’s gray and cold outside. I ate breakfast, watered some plants, did...
Hearing and Listening to Your Intuition
“Trust your gut.” “Follow your intuition.” “Have faith.” These are all wonderful sayings—and for good reason. They are loaded with...
Are YouOut-Sourcing Your Truth?
I see so many people outsourcing their truth and I feel very disturbed by this. A few weeks ago, I...
Nathie’s Granola
Lentil granola. Yeah you heard me… Lentil granola! I know it sounds a wee bit weird, but this stuff is...
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Sweet Potato Cashew Cream Pie
I’m a throw-it-in-the-pot kinda cook, a sprinkle of this, and a sprinkle of that, kinda cook. I don’t measure things,...
Hydrating Cucumber Mint Lemonade
It’s that time of year again… that time when you can see the heat rising off the roads, and the...
Pickled Beet & Carrot Salad
I never really liked beets much. Growing up, I really didn’t have much experience with them. I can only remember...
Seasons Greening!
Spending the holidays together this year may be the greatest gift of all, but that doesn’t stop most of us...
