Recovering the Past: Mapping Los Angeles Landscape History
They are called the Chumash. The name refers to a group of related languages and dialects, but it has become the de facto title for...
Tony Lee: Strong Hunter
A Chumash story of creation holds that the Earth Mother, longing for company, planted magical seeds in an area now known as Santa Cruz Island...
Getty on the Hill
Up on a hill, overlooking the sprawling City of Angels, sits a castle. Not a medieval castle of times old with jousting and mead, but...
By Any Other Name
A new sign was recently installed by the side of Kanan Dume Road. It reads: “Sheila James Kuehl Nature Preserve at Ladyface Mountain.” It’s not...
Historic Crossroad
THS Presentation Reveals Rich and Ancient History Beneath Town Center Amazing discoveries have been made under the pavement of Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Excavations reveal a...
Pacific Palisades: Utopia by the Sea
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...
Cheap Labor and an Expensive Hobby Helped Build Topanga’s Roads
I stopped on a Topanga road the other day to wait for a chicken to cross. It gave me a moment to reflect that before asking...
Planting Natives
The rainy season arrived late this year, but not too late for local gardeners to add some native plants to their gardens. Planting native plants...
Pioneering Women Homesteaders Left Their Mark on Topanga
Before they could vote or have equal protection under law, before there were roads or electricity or running water, a handful of women staked a...
Finding Our Routes: The Backbone Trail
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where...
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