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Mushroom Madness 
Suzanne Guldimann, November 1, 2024 0  
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 
Suzanne Guldimann, October 18, 2024 0  
“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...
Billions in Flight: Migratory Birds 
Suzanne Guldimann, September 20, 2024 0  
Autumn doesn’t officially begin until the equinox on September 22, but all across North America birds are already on the wing—billions of them. Migration times and destinations vary based on the species and variables like weather and food sources—some...
One-Room Schoolhouse 
Suzanne Guldimann, September 6, 2024 0  
Back to school. A hundred years ago in Topanga, it would have been on foot—and often barefoot—to the little, red, one-room schoolhouse by the creek in the bend of the dirt road.  Public education in California was still relatively...
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Cats Belong Indoors! 

TNT Staff, February 23, 2023 0 1 min read  
A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Topanga is coyote country: cats (and small dogs) aren’t safe outside. Most residents are drawn to the wild beauty of Topanga and the Santa Monica Mountains, but the nature that surrounds us is no place...
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Ancient Secrets 

Suzanne Guldimann, February 10, 2023 0 5 min read  
ON THE COVER:“Nature’s first green is gold/Her hardest hue to hold…” writes poet Robert Frost. That is certainly true of the aptly named goldback fern, Pentagramma triangularis, which hides an ephemeral golden treasure of spores behind each triangular frond....
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Mabel Christie 

TNT Staff, February 10, 2023 0 1 min read  
Topanga Canyon’s postmaster, Mabel Christie, is finally retiring after many years of hard work.Christie writes: “I want to thank all the Patrons of Topanga Canyon for giving me the opportunity to serve thecommunity. Even though there [were] a lot...