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Pacific Coast Shorebirds 
Across the lonely beach we flit,  One little sandpiper and I,  And fast I gather, bit by bit,  The scattered drift-wood, bleached and dry.  The wild waves reach their hands for it,  The wild wind raves, the tide runs...
Travels on Pacific Coast Highway 
The local stretch of Pacific Coast Highway was constantly in the news in 2024, as state and local officials, residents, commuters and other stakeholders grappled with safety on this increasingly deadly road. TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann’s feature on the...
Christmas in Topanga, 1942 
The Coastwatchers, TNT’s original fiction series set in Malibu during WWII, concludes in this issue. Our story began in December, 1941, just after the United States entered WWII, and ends on Christmas, 1942. Coastwatchers focuses on the experiences of...
New Books: Local Authors / Local Interest 
This is TNT’s annual holiday season round up of new books by local authors and new books on subjects of interest to our local community. For more local books published earlier this year, check out our summer reads list...
Editorial

Ancient Secrets 

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 

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...