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Christmas in Topanga, 1942 
The Coastwatchers, TNT’s original fiction series set in Malibu during WWII, concludes in this issue. Our story began in December, 1941, just after the United States entered WWII, and ends on Christmas, 1942. Coastwatchers focuses on the experiences of...
New Books: Local Authors / Local Interest 
This is TNT’s annual holiday season round up of new books by local authors and new books on subjects of interest to our local community. For more local books published earlier this year, check out our summer reads list...
Mushroom Madness 
Fungi can cure or kill, nourish life, and also decompose it back into soil. Fossil evidence for fungi is limited, but the ability to analyze molecular data has led to revelations about the evolution of this extraordinary family of...
Fool’s Gold: The Myth of Tiburcio Vasquez 
“And still of a winter’s night, they say,  when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon  tossed upon cloudy seas,    When the road is a ribbon of moonlight  over the purple moor,    A...
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Watershed Zoom 

Join the North Santa Monica Bay Watershed Community on Zoom January 27 at 5:30pm to learn how the community is addressing water supply needs and improving water quality. Help co-create opportunities for positive change. Learn about how the North...
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Annual Homeless Count 

Topanga Canyon and Malibu residents are invited to volunteer to join the annual Homeless Count taking place in Malibu on January 26, 2022 when thousands of volunteers will help the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) to conduct the...
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New Laws 

California legislators were busy in 2021 crafting new laws, which will go into effect on January 1, 2022. Here’s a selection of the new legislation, including some of the most interesting, controversial, and locally relevant new laws of the...
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Mountain Lion Kittens 

At the very beginning of this month, National Park Service biologists assisted the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) with four mountain lion kittens that were discovered under a picnic table near a Thousand Oaks office building that...