“What kind of beast is your salamander?” asked the Prince. “It is hard to tell their kind, your Honor,” said Golg. “For they are too…
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area is turning 45 on November 10, 2023. Almost all of the big western national parks were created from…
Almost every spring for the last eight years, mitered parakeets have nested in the old windbreak of eucalyptus trees that borders our garden. By the…
La Costa Beach is almost entirely hidden behind the houses that locals have nicknamed “the Great Wall of Malibu.” Also hidden here, among the homes…
Topanga Canyon’s local Resource Conservation District is steadily growing in capacity, with more staffing, as well as community service offerings. They have been conveniently located…
The three massive helitankers that are the core resources for the Quick Reaction Force, are back in town. This high-tech, highly efficient aerial firefighting team…
Many Topangans have not lived in the Canyon long enough to remember the fire of November 1993. It burned for 10 days, from the top…
The City of Calabasas’ Earth Day Celebration/Green Expo is back, and will take place on Saturday, April 16, from 2 pm to 5 pm at…
Our theme this year at Topanga New Times is “changemakers,” but this issue’s change maker isn’t a person or even a project, it’s an important…
I stopped on a Topanga road the other day to wait for a chicken to cross. It gave me a moment to reflect that before asking…
Join the North Santa Monica Bay Watershed Community on Zoom January 27 at 5:30pm to learn how the community is addressing water supply needs and…
Southern California Edison, borrowing a page from the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, flipped the switch and canceled Thanksgiving for 57,000 SCE customers in five counties—Ventura,…
This coming October, the highly anticipated “Nights of the Jack” Halloween event will return for its fourth year, and it’s back to the popular walking…
Architect William Pereira wasn’t the first visionary who sought to design a city of tomorrow in the Topanga area. Park Moderne, just off of Old…
Topanga Library Sept. 23 & 25. 2 p.m. Free, open seating A staged reading of the Broadway hit; eager fact-checker goes head to head with...
9/28 at 6pm An intimate, one-time opportunity to learn in-depth how National Park Service and Santa Monica Mountains Fund cooperate to support educational programs for...
Comedy Improv under the oaks! Take a trip away from the daily grind and city pace to the wide open space of the Santa Monica...
Friday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. – Under the Oaks salon series Friday, Sept. 15 at 7:30 p.m. – Under the Oaks salon series Friday, Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. – Under the Oaks salon series Friday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. – Under...
Friday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. HOLSinger songwriter Holly Gottlieb with Liz Bee, Courtney Preis and friends. Lyrics written on the road whilst soul searching...
A Perfect Ganesh Written by Terrence McNally Directed by Mary Jo DuPrey July 15 – October 7 Terrence McNally’s play finds humor within the self-searching...
Manzanita School and Institute, Topanga’s only accredited independent school for grades K-12, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. On October 1st from 11-4 p.m. we...
Queen Margaret’s Version of Shakespeare’s War of the Roses Written by William Shakespeare Directed & Compiled by Ellen Geer June 24 – October 1 What...
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