Christmas on the Homestead
The earliest written account of Christmas in the Santa Monica Mountains appears to be one published by Frederick Hastings Rindge in his 1895 book, Happy Days in Southern California. Rindge describes his ranch house in Malibu festively decorated with...
County Works to Close Short Term Rental Loopholes
Changes are coming to how Los Angeles County deals with short term rentals (STRs), and those changes will impact everyone who operates an STR in the county’s unincorporated area, including much of Topanga Canyon. The new regulations are still...
The Nature Boys, Topanga’s Original Hippies
Welcome to a new monthly column from Los Angeles cultural historian Emmeline Summerton. Lost Canyons LA explores the evocative siren call that has been bringing newcomers to the Santa Monica Mountain region for more than a century and shares...
Local Authors TNT Annual Review for 2022
Every fall TNT showcases some of the newest books written by local authors, or connected to our local landscape. We are blessed to have an extraordinary variety of writers in and around the Santa Monica Mountains, and this year...
Helitankers Arrive in Time for Peak Fire Season
The three massive helitankers that are the core resources for the Quick Reaction Force, are back in town. This high-tech, highly efficient aerial firefighting team will be stationed in Southern California throughout peak wildfire season. These three mammoth airships...
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...
Barbara Lee Campbell
Barbara Lee Campbell, born August 13, 1936, passed away on October 3, 2022, at home with her family surrounding her in all their love. Barbara moved from Michigan and made Topanga Canyon her forever home in 1973. A mother...
Topanga Film Festival Final Weekend – LIVE!
Friday, Oct 7 • live at Froggy’s 2-3:30 How Film Shapes Our Behavior – Pixelvision Salon hosted by Gerry Fialka 3:30-4:30 RECEPTION 4:30-6:30 TFF OPENING FILM: MOTHER OF APOSTLES with Q&A 7-8 RECEPTION 8-10 PROMISES with Q&A 10:30-1 CORAZON DJ ELECTRO BENGALI...
Mule Deer: Unicorns in the Garden
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 a golden horn quietly cropping the roses in the garden. —James Thurber, “The Unicorn...
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