Suzanne Guldimann is an author, artist, and musician who lives in Malibu and loves the Santa Monica Mountains. She has worked as a journalist reporting…
On the Trail of a Mountain Lion The footprint was in the middle of the trail. It was shallow, but perfect, and the early morning…
Sea stones with holes in them have long been regarded as magical talismans, carried for protection, or safe passage. There’s a grain of truth in…
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,…
Once upon a sunny morning a man who sat in a breakfast nook looked up from his scrambled eggs to see a white unicorn with…
Adult female mountain lion P-65 is the first mountain lion in a two-decade-long National Park Service (NPS) research study to have died of complications from…
It’s the first National Park Service land acquisition in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in years. The NPS recently announced that it has…
The most recent attempt to pass the Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act has made it out of the Senate Committee on Energy and…
Celebrate the return of the Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains to the King Gillette Ranch Visitor Center on Sunday April 24, 2022 from…
Back in November, four mountain lion kittens, P-100, P-101, P-102, and P-103 were discovered in a Thousand Oaks office complex, orphaned by their mother. P-100…
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…
New film by the National Park Service tells the story of a local mountain previously named a racial slur. Project celebrates people who came forward…
According to a recently published National Park Service (NPS) study, one of the world’s most widespread and adaptable animals, mountain lions, regularly uses and even…
The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy has released a new resource protection plan focused on the eastern Santa Monica Mountains, including Topanga. “The goal of this…
by Sarah Ruhl Nic Few, DirectorAn incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And...
Pilobolus is turning 50! Since the early 1970s, this remarkable company has been wowing audiences with its irresistible mix of wit, vibrant energy, and stunning...
by Sarah Ruhl Nic Few, DirectorAn incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And...
by Sarah Ruhl Nic Few, DirectorAn incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And...
January 28 and January 29. 2 pm Topanga Library. Free/open seating. Heroes by Gerald Sibleyras and Tom Stoppard is a lovely, poignant comedy about three...
by Sarah Ruhl Nic Few, DirectorAn incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough. And...
Renowned for her “graceful, lyrical” playing (Cleveland Classical), Chinese pianist Ying Li was the first prize winner of the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth...
January 28 and January 29. 2 pm Topanga Library. Free/open seating. Heroes by Gerald Sibleyras and Tom Stoppard is a lovely, poignant comedy about three...
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