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Halloween History 
For many years, the Malibu Feed Bin heralded the arrival of Halloween with a display of pumpkins for sale. This year, the corner of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway hosts only a utilitarian assortment of trailers used...
Spanish Style: Hidden History in Plain Sight 
It’s everywhere: historic hilltop mansions from the 1920s and 30s with red-tile roofs and wrought iron fixtures and entire housing tracts from the eighties and nineties that echo those elements in mass production. Real Estate offers are replete with...
Migrating Insects 
Fly, white butterflies, out to sea, Frail pale wings for the winds to try, Small white wings that we scarce can see Fly. Some fly light as a laugh of glee, Some fly soft as a low long sigh:...
Maikura, A Village by the Sea 
It was called “Maikura,” and it was home to as many as 500 people. It had a marketplace, shops, an inn, restaurants, a church, and even a Japanese garden with a bridge and a pool and a miniature forest...
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Blue Juice 

A chapter excerpt from Topanga Beach Rodeo Grounds (Brass Tacks Press, 2025)  by J. Murf, (as told to Pablo Capra) I used to hear George Trafton blasting chords through an amplifier. He just knew how to make noise, so...
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The Julia Child Rose 

Nathalie Krull is taking a well-deserved holiday, so we are taking this opportunity to combine her cooking column with our Discover feature on roses to showcase Julia Child. This is one of TNT Publisher Bonnie Morgan’s favorite roses—the one...
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Topanga Bear Update 

Topanga Town Council will host a “Topanga Bear Update” meeting on August 12, at 6pm, to provide some insight on Topanga’s new bear family, for locals. Local wildlife and environmental experts will share the story of mama bear Yellow...
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Houses of the Stars 

Then people long to go on pilgrimages, And palmers to take ship for foreign shores, And distant shrines, famous in different lands… —Chaucer, The Canterbury Tale, translation from The Riverside Chaucer, Third Edition (ed. Larry D. Benson.) In 1930,...