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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...
Mushroom Madness 
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...
E-Issues

Paradise 

“Very near terrestrial paradise,” that’s how Frederick Hastings Rindge, the 19th century industrialist and philanthropist who once owned the entire Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit, described life here. And more than a hundred years later, it still is, isn’t it?...
Feature

The Power of Silence 

Three hours outside Topanga lies the town of Julian, California. There you’ll find something more precious than gold. The drive is just long enough to be a satisfying road trip. An old mine draws visitors eager to take an...
NewsBeat

Endangered Species Act Restored 

A Federal Judge has restored endangered species act protections that were seriously weakened by the Trump Administration. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of the coalition of conservation and animal welfare organizations...
ArtBeat

Soul Colors 

Born in Zimbabwe, Africa, Michael Chinyamurindi, has lived in Topanga Canyon for two decades. “Art has always been present in my environment! Creativity is the Poor Man’s Las Vegas. The only Classical Training I have is as an Actor,...