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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...
Fool’s Gold: The Myth of Tiburcio Vasquez 
“And still of a winter’s night, they say,  when the wind is in the trees, When the moon is a ghostly galleon  tossed upon cloudy seas,    When the road is a ribbon of moonlight  over the purple moor,    A...
Billions in Flight: Migratory Birds 
Autumn doesn’t officially begin until the equinox on September 22, but all across North America birds are already on the wing—billions of them. Migration times and destinations vary based on the species and variables like weather and food sources—some...
One-Room Schoolhouse 
Back to school. A hundred years ago in Topanga, it would have been on foot—and often barefoot—to the little, red, one-room schoolhouse by the creek in the bend of the dirt road.  Public education in California was still relatively...
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Music Above the Clouds 

Spend an intimate evening at a tantalizing feast for the senses among twinkling lights, mouthwatering bites, delicious drinks, and a specially curated classical concert. Lose yourself in the transformative vibration of music as it is performed, live, by some...
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A Christmas Memory 

Topanga Library, December 18. 2 p.m. A staged-reading with music: FREE. Stories become classics for a reason. Topanga Actors Company is so excited to announce a special engagement performance of Truman Capote’s lyrical and touching classic “A Christmas Memory.”...
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Hotel California 

Short term rentals have become a source of income for some property owners in the Santa Monica Mountains and a source of aggravation for others, leaving local governments scrambling to regulate this burgeoning new industry. Most short-term rentals are...
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Hollywood Bowl 

Thousands of people waving lightsabers under the stars? That can only mean John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl. The legendary film composer was there in person to conduct the Los Angeles Phil in a film-themed program celebrating his 90th...