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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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Make Music Topanga Festival 

Topanga Community Center 1440 N Topanga Canyon Blvd Topanga, CA 90290 Saturday, June 21, 2025 11:00am – 6:00pm Free annual community festival featuring: The Chester Copper Pot, The Wild Chyldz, Trillium, Sam Stokes & the Sunfires, Those Lazy Stars,...
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FOOL’S GOLD 

Mustard is beautiful, bitter, spicy, invasive, quick to grow and almost impossible to uproot once it becomes established. This plant’s brilliant golden flowers are  synonymous with spring in the Santa Monica Mountains and all over coastal California, even though...
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Baseball & Politics 

On June 11, 2025, US Congressional Democrats and Republicans will square off against one another testing their political will, challenging their physical endurance, and settling once again the time-honored question of egoists everywhere; who’s still got it? The field...