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Modern Monsters

By Paula Labrot

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CHP Report: September Traffic Accident Results in Motorcyclist Fatality

By Annemarie Donkin

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Fire Storm at Berry Creek

By Flavia Potenza

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What’s in a name?

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A ‘Rude Interruptions’ Trump Index

Women Who Have Accused Trump of Sexual Misconduct: 26 Coronavirus-Infected People in Trump White House Inner Circle: 34 Americans Who Have Perished in the Coronavirus Pandem ...( Read More )

By Joel Bellman

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Election 2020 Topanga Canyon Turnouts

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Sheriffs Extend Patrol Election Day and Beyond

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Prop. 16: Back to the Future?

Prop. 16, a constitutional amendment on this year’s ballot, is one of the most timely and tangible efforts to directly address the blatant discrimination of P ...( Read More )

By Joel Bellman

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Beach fires, Evacuations and Fire Report Highlight October Town Council Meeting

By Annemarie Donkin

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Brushfire at Topanga School Road Extinguished Quickly

By Annemarie Donkin

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Keeping the Good Going

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Maggie Puertas Wray, 1920-2020

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The Extraordinary Ordinary

By Flavia Potenza

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Happy Anniversary Children’s Corner!

By Kathie Gibboney

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Election Delays and Chaos

By Kait Leonard

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Art Will Go On

By Amy Weisberg, M.Ed.

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Indian Sikhs Save Italy’s Parmesan Cheese Industry

Why Parmigiano Reggiano still lands on your dinner plate. From pasta to pizza, from fine cuisine to comfort food, the mention of Italian food sparks the imagination and excit ...( Read More )

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‘There’s no racism in Argentina’

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Man, Machine and Musk

By Paula Labrot

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Toypurina, California’s Joan of Arc

Oct 12 has, for far too many years, been designated as “Columbus Day.” In 2017, Los Angeles declared the second Monday in October as “Indigenous People’ ...( Read More )

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Are You Prepared for Fire?

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Drew Smith and the Sheriff’s Department talked fire safety at Topanga Town Council meeting. Topanga had a close call on Tuesd ...( Read More )

By Annemarie Donkin

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Media Literacy and Civility

On September 11, 2001, I woke up. I groped for the remote to ignite the television. I saw a plane crash into a building and heard lots of screaming. I thought i ...( Read More )

By Paula Labrot

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Stephen Berger—Street Photography in Nature

Above: -Wild Willys Hot Springs, Mono County, CA.- My girlfriend loves hot springs. I love high plains areas with mountain peaks around Mono County. California ...( Read More )

By Stephen Berger

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Quarantine at Q-Station in Sydney Harbor ca. 1917

Are you suffering from 2020 Pandemic fatigue? Count your blessings. January 12, 2020 was a brilliant day in Sydney Harbor when I boarded the ferry headed for M ...( Read More )

By Linda Ballou

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Bookshelf of Nightmares: Readings for the Age of Trump

As a journalist friend of mine said recently, Trump has been good for one thing at least: the book business. What I call “my bookshelf of nightmares” is ...( Read More )

By Joel Bellman

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5G Equipment Upgrades Poses Risks

Dear Fellow Resident, The 5G Free California Team wants to bring your attention to the rollout of technology infrastructure that is happening in the canyon, so ...( Read More )

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A COVID Diary (part 4)

Dear Reader, I don’t usually write to a theme but for this column I decided to play with the idea of travel. Some snippets relate to the idea, others are more ...( Read More )

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Black Lives Matter

It was 90 degrees in Northridge, June 2, as protesters and organizers of The Northridge Black Lives Matter (BLM), @northridgeblm protest, began gathering around ...( Read More )

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Congratulations, you have been accepted to Zoom university!

I don’t think I will ever forget the day I received an email from the University of California, Santa Cruz, informing me that Spring Quarter of 2020 would now ...( Read More )

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Excerpts from Dogs in Topanga 2000-2018

Dogs In Topanga These spirits, these fakers, adventurers out to filch a bone, a bowl of water, treats, can charm you to death with their playfulness, coyn ...( Read More )

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Ferreting Out Fake News Online

The 2020 election is only a few months away and the amount of information available to the public is overwhelming. Social media sites, blogs, online publication ...( Read More )

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The Sound of Summer Playing

We all have our own ways of welcoming the summer. For students, it’s when school lets out for the year and vacation begins. For Druids and hippies, the su ...( Read More )

By Joel Bellman

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Providing House Calls to the Unhoused

Medical teams bring old-fashioned house calls to unsheltered homeless communities. Back in the day, when patients couldn’t get to the doctor’s office, th ...( Read More )

By Kait Leonard

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Theatre 31 Goes Zoom!

Adapting live theatre to the Zoom world is a challenge for any company, yet with a group of actors between the ages of 7-14, Theatre 31 has accomplished the fea ...( Read More )

By Annemarie Donkin

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Less Traffic, More Trash

Topanga’s Trash Warriors are tired and smiling, and the Boulevard looks beautiful again. The early mornings on Sundays are breathtaking not only in their visu ...( Read More )

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What’s in a name?

As Topangans—and many others since the COVID-19 lockdown—drive up Fernwood Pacific to Tuna Canyon, they may notice an ornate wooden sculpture, a sign, hand- ...( Read More )

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