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Six Months After the End of the World 
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 
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 
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 
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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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...
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Froggy’s Re-Opening 

Froggy’s Topanga is a longstanding, favored, fish cuisine hotspot for destination restaurant-goers along with Topanga locals who have been wanting the restaurant to reopen its doors since its June 2016 closing. While plans were in the making to reopen...
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Public Service Announcement 

What’s Being Planned? The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 7 intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA) for a State Route-27 (SR-27) Slope Stabilization Project, approximately from postmile 1.0 to approximately postmile 1.13, in lower Topanga...
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It’s Giving Tuesday! 

Topanga New Times is a staunch supporter of our many wonderful non-profit organizations. Use the links below to lend your support on this worldwide day of giving. Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness: http://www.t-cep.org/ Topanga Women’s Circle: https://topangawomenscircle.org/files Canyon Sages...