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Topanga New Times, June 5, 2020 The death of George Floyd, the unarmed black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, while a white police officer pinned him to the ground with his knee...
New L.A. County Resources
The State of California and the County of Los Angeles continue to add new resources as part of the Coronavirus reponse. For up-to-date accurate information on the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles County, including current case numbers, go to...
Fresh from the Farm to Your Door
These days, a trip to the grocery store can resemble a visit to the Chernobyl nuclear exclusion zone, while the empty shelves suggest a time trip back to the USSR in the 1970s. Many Topanga families are looking for...
Pomp and Circumstance
Under the Circumstances, Graduation Ceremonies go Virtual Social distancing to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus forced schools to shift to remote learning in March, and prevents the class of 2020 from packing students, faculty and family together for...
Growing a Coronavirus Victory Garden
Victory gardens are gaining popularity again, this time in response to the war against COVID-19. Industrialist millionaire Charles Lathrop Pack is credited with creating the American war garden movement in 1917, when the US entered the first World War....
Fire-Following Wildflower Makes a Rare Appearance
It has the elusive scent of a half-remembered perfume from childhood—vanilla, cinnamon, and musk, with a hint of dust and ashes—and it has covered wide swaths of the burned hills like a dusting of fragrant snow. Ehrendorferia ochroleuca is...
Wildfire Season Is Here. Are You Ready?
Warm weather and the end of the rainy season bring increased fire risk to Topanga, but fire season is already underway across the state. While Topanga has been spared from recent major fires, the last fire seasons have had...
Upcoming Musical Community Contributors
The Topanga New Times’ Saori Wall reached out to some of the canyon’s best-loved musicians to find out how they are weathering the Coronavirus storm. She asked them to reflect on three questions: Colin Hay Acclaimed Scottish-Australian musician Colin...
Musical Community on Memorial Day 2020
There won’t be a Topanga Days Country Fair this year, or a Memorial Day parade, but that doesn’t mean that the community can’t come together to celebrate the spirit of the canyon’s traditional Memorial Day weekend event. The fair...
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