A green tsunami of weeds is rising throughout the Santa Monica Mountains this spring. This living tide of vegetation threatens to drown the native plants,…
The abundant rains this spring have been a blessing for mushroom enthusiasts in the Santa Monica Mountains. Foraging is so popular this season that it…
The record rain California received in January is a boon for the Western toad, Anaxyrus borea (California has its own subspecies, Anaxyrus borea halophilus). This…
The native ferns of the Santa Monica Mountains are a miniature marvel, and this is the perfect winter to look for them. Newcomers to our…
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…
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,…
There’s a special place just a few miles up the coast, where whales, dolphins, and sea lions swim close to shore, where you can watch…
The gray whales are back! Every winter and spring, California gray whales take part in an epic migration from the Arctic to the warm waters…
The steamship St. Croix sank off the coast of Point Dume almost exactly 112 years ago. The incident is nearly entirely forgotten now, but the…
The talk at the beach last week was all about Linda, but she wasn’t a person, she was a tropical storm with the potential to…
The June supermoon coincided with big surf, resulting in high tides that tore stairs from decks and tossed wooden planking around like straws along the…
The California Art Club’s Malibu show is going digital this year. On Location in Malibu 2021: Paintings by the California Art Club at Pepperdine University’s…
Imagine a train steaming along the beach, just yards from the ocean on tracks laid on the shifting sand. It sounds like a surrealist painting…
“I think Divination seems very woolly. A lot of guesswork, if you ask me.” —J.K. Rowling 2020 was the kind of year that casts a…
One of America’s premier flamenco and Spanish dance companies, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana has dedicated 40 years of dazzling performances to honoring, invigorating, and expanding...
Sponsored by the Flamminio familyPraised as “the soul of the Spanish guitar,” worldwide sensation Pablo Sáinz-Villegas is this generation’s greatest guitarist. With his “virtuosic playing...
Would you like to walk in the Paradise Realm? You have to know it, to live it. It’s your own world, and you will write...
Malibu Library, March 25/26; Topanga Library, April 1/2: 2 pm admission FREE/library parking Topanga Actors Company presents THIRD by Wendy Wasserstein. Another (innovatively-staged) staged-reading from...
Vintage clothing, antique and Mid-C furniture, primitive tools, 1970’s technology, punk rock t-shirts, victorian brooches, Eames chairs, Danish Modern tables, automobilia, ephemera, Hollywood star autographs,...
TOPANGA VINTAGE MARKET at Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CALA's "Flea of Fleas" is back Sunday, February 26 because it's Always the 4th Sunday.Hours are 7am...
Opening Reception for the City of Malibu’s Next Public Art Exhibition in City Hall, “Behind Bars,” by Renowned Artist Pep Williams (Malibu, CA) – The...
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