Making Tracks
On the Trail of a Mountain Lion The footprint was in the middle of the trail. It was shallow, but perfect, and the early morning light threw each large pad into sharp relief, making it stand out from the...
Year of the Rabbit
Later this month, the water rabbit hops into our lives as the Lunar New Year begins. The rabbit is noted to bring peace and prosperity, and 2023 in particular has been predicted to be a year of hope. While...
100 Years of the Hollywood Sign
This year marks the 100-year anniversary of LA’s famed Hollywood Sign. From a real estate advertisement to a global icon. 1923: With the movie industry booming, the small neighborhood known as Hollywood was fast becoming its own industry, attracting...
The More Things Change…
After reading American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis (2022) by historian Adam Hochschild, it occurs to me that our nation’s current social, cultural, and political problems are not so much a product of...
Topanga Actors Company Presents
Staged-reading of HEROES by Gerald Sibleyras and Tom Stoppard, at the Topanga Library at 2 pm, January 28 and 29. Free admission. Topanga Actors Company presents a staged-reading of HEROES, by the French playwright Gerald Sibleyras. HEROES (Wind in...
New Laws 2023
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed nearly a thousand bills into law in 2022. Some will be phased in over time, others went into effect on January 1. Some provide minor fixes to earlier legislation, others impose sweeping changes. Here...
Cornerstone Acquisition
Just in time for the New Year, the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) announced that escrow has closed on the acquisition of the regionally significant 8.2-acre Cornerstone property on the southeast corner of Agoura Road and Cornell Road,...
THE COASTWATCHERS: Chapter Three
Aunt Maddie showed me around the ranch after breakfast. I hadn’t really been able to see it when we drove up the night before. All I could see then was a long dark shape among tall dark trees. The...
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