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The Palisades Fire: One Year Later 
Life changed for everyone in Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu on January 7 2025. A year after the Palisades Fire those who live or work in its shadow still aren’t used to the endless roadwork, the delays, the road...
Retrospective: Pacific Palisades-Paradise Lost 
Originally published in the February 21, 2025 issue of Topanga New Times The Palisades fire is named for the Palisades Highlands, where the blaze erupted on the morning of January 7, 2025. The conflagration rapidly spread throughout Pacific Palisades...
Retrospective: Malibu Reeling 
Originally published in the March 7, 2025 issue of Topanga New Times The Malibu stretch of Pacific Coast Highway turns 100 next year. It’s strange to know its centennial will begin with a third of the houses, businesses, landmarks...
Christmas Carols 
Villagers all, this frosty tide, Let your doors swing open wide, Though wind may follow, and snow beside, Yet draw us in by your fire to bide; Joy shall be yours in the morning! —Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in...
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Topanga Days is Back! 

After two years of quiet streets and an empty stage on Memorial Day Weekend, Topanga Days, the TCC’s annual fundraiser, is back on May 29 and 30.   Produced by the Topanga Community Center (TCC), the event will be all...
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Artemis Studio 

There is a calming, grounding quality to Artemis Studio, much like its founder, interior designer, decorator, and stylist Elizabeth Flynn. The newest arrival at Pine Tree Circle in Topanga draws its name and inspiration from the ancient Greek goddess...
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Dear LA… 

Mikey Goode is a country singer/songwriter from Central Indiana. Since 2017, he and his family have taken up traveling the country in an RV to have real interactions with real people of all walks of life. He is currently...