Books were a very important part of my childhood. TV had not been invented so we learned from books and listening to the radio. And…
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…
TFF ’21 came and happened – rolling with pandemic challenges and uncertainties. Six days of virtual screenings (over 80 films!), Q&A’s, and even virtual, late…
New research reveals that Topanga is home to 14 bat species—twice as many as previously known, and the new finds include several rare and unusual…
October arrived in a blaze of hot summer weather, before being tempered by cooler temperatures and a low pressure system that was forecast to bring…
This year’s Topanga Film Festival is dedicated to exploring new frontiers at the intersection of story, technology, and humanity. This is the 16th annual Topanga…
Rosi Dagit, senior conservation biologist for the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, and longtime Western pond turtle advocate, has a message for…
Instead of Topanga’s rugged mountains and oak-forested canyons, imagine a city with a population of 60,000, straight off the cover of a 1960s paperback sci-fi…
Fire-ravaged Northern California received some welcome rain last week, but the forecast for Southern California continues to be dry, as we head into autumn. Fire…
Architect William Pereira wasn’t the first visionary who sought to design a city of tomorrow in the Topanga area. Park Moderne, just off of Old…
John Jennings and Sasha Tarnopolsky, husband and wife, architects, and founders of Dry Design, reinvented their former home in Topanga Canyon. Sasha from Canada, and…
The City of Malibu is hosting their 23rd Annual Chumash Day Powwow and Intertribal Gathering. This free, family-friendly event is open to the public and...
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...
The City of Malibu is hosting their 23rd Annual Chumash Day Powwow and Intertribal Gathering. This free, family-friendly event is open to the public and...
Described as "phenomenally musical," (Daily Journal), violinist Maria Ioudenitch has received first prizes in the Ysaye International Music Competition, the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition,...
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...
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