Point Dume State Beach
There’s a special place just a few miles up the coast, where whales, dolphins, and sea lions swim close to shore, where you can watch the sun or the moon rise and set, where there are golden flowers in...
The Dragonfly Pool
[Author’s note. This story is adapted from a chapter of a children’s book, The Goblin Harp, that I’ve been working on for several years. It’s set just about as far away from the Santa Monica Mountains as possible, in...
Tucking Myself in With Stephen King
I spent several weeks this fall on the road pulling a small camper behind my pickup. While traveling this way, I sometimes visit state parks and commercial RV campsites that provide electric and water hookups, ice and firewood, and...
Thanksgiving Monarch Butterfly Count
There was a time not long ago when millions of Western monarch butterflies filled the sky in autumn, migrating south for winter along the California Coast. It takes multiple generations of these remarkable butterflies to make the round trip...
Reuse & Recycle TNT
Topanga New Times magazine is available for free throughout the Santa Monica Mountains and delivered to each home in Topanga. Making the content available for free is important to us here at TNT, but we also strive to minimize...
The Point Dume Staircase
The new stairway at Point Dume State Beach had a soft opening this month. This long-awaited beach accessway replaces an older staircase built in the 1990s that was unsafe after years of punishing environmental conditions and high levels of...
Intellivision
Topanga Canyon Gallery proudly presents “Color by Numbers,” a solo exhibition by gallery member and Malibu artist Mark Estes. The opening reception will be Saturday October 29, 4-7pm. Mark Estes is an engineer turned artist. Creativity has marked his...
Cut Out & Cut Loose
October is winding down. The nights are growing longer, the days shorter. Temperatures are cooling after what is now being considered the longest heat wave in California’s history. Our autumn color will arrive more towards Christmas than Halloween, but...
Barbara Lee Campbell
Barbara Lee Campbell, born August 13, 1936, passed away on October 3, 2022, at home with her family surrounding her in all their love. Barbara moved from Michigan and made Topanga Canyon her forever home in 1973. A mother...
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