Watch Your Step
One of my earliest experiences with the internet was a demonstration made by a colleague named Archie, who giggled like a child as he watched…
Billie Eilish Graces the Theatricum Stage
“I was picking up my bread order from the Canyon Bakery and by happenstance got to see Billie Eilish on the Theatricum stage filming her…
The Santa Monica Mountains Are Home to Some Unexpected Neighbors
The Fox I walked on the beach on a winter’s day, In a moment snatched between rain showers, When the sea and the sky were…
Inspiration Is Still Being Served at Topanga’s Café Mimosa
Most locals know Café Mimosa, the boutique French coffee and gift shop located at 395 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd., at the corner of Fernwood. Every…
Topanga’s Trickster Spirit at Work
The coyote was a trickster spirit for the Chumash and Tongva people who were the first human residents of the Santa Monica Mountains. This intelligent…
The Major
I lost a dear friend recently. He didn’t do funerals, so there is this. He was a United States Air Force pilot who once harbored…
Learn A New Skill With FOCUSfish
The origins of aerial silks, or tissu, are mysterious. The oldest known photograph of the art is of a woman named Amy LaVan, dating back…
On the Trail in August
Late summer in the Santa Monica Mountains is a season of morning fog, scorching afternoons, and tropical sunsets—the perfect time of year for a late…
The Great Outdoors, Back to School & FocusFish
Topanga New Times, August 13, 2020 Welcome to our end-of-summer outdoors issue of the Topanga New Times, with features on mountain biking (page 11), wildlife…
The Great Outdoors
I have lived in the canyon for four years now, and somehow still there are pockets of the park I have not explored. Our state…
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