“The past is a foreign country,” author L.P. Hartley famously wrote in his book The Go-Between. Perhaps that’s why we hold on to the postcards…
I see him every day: busy hunting bugs among the potted plants on the patio, sunning himself on the warm bricks, regally perch atop a…
Pacific Palisades is celebrating its centennial this year. However, when the first Founders Day was celebrated on January 14, 1922, this area already had a…
The mourning doves are nesting in the rain gutter outside the kitchen window this year. I hear the whistling sound their wings make every time…
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…
All over the Santa Monica Mountains, wildlife lives parallel lives with humans. Animals cross roads, transit gardens and navigate their way over and under obstacles…
In other parts of the world, nature hibernates. In the Santa Monica Mountains, winter is one of the busiest times of the year. Mating and…
Welcome to TNT’s quarterly Almanac. Our goal is to provide an easy-to access guide to the seasons, featuring important natural events like the full and…
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” — Mahatma Gandhi When disaster strikes,…
The coyote was a trickster spirit for the Chumash and Tongva people who were the first human residents of the Santa Monica Mountains. This intelligent…
No one sends them cards for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day or buys them flowers or ties, but there are some outstanding parents in Topanga’s…
You must be vaccinated to attendMasks required when not at your table, or anytime entering inside the TCCDinner is at the Topanga Community Center, 1440...
By Ernest Thompson Directed by Mary Jo DuPrey June 25 - October 1 Forty-one years after its premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre, Academy Award winning...
Our Sunday walks are easy, informative, and fun. No birdwatching expertise is required. Binoculars are (almost) a must -- loaners are available if you contact...
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