August 5, 2022

August 5, 2022

Vol. 3, No. 15

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THINKING OUT LOUD

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THINKING OUT LOUD

A Happy Memorial Full of Laughter

Dick Sherman’s memorial on Sunday July 24, was carefully planned, a labor of love especially for Serena Wiley, who went to work for him when she was 18, and Jay Feranandez, ...(Read More)

Flavia Potenza

By Flavia Potenza

ARTS

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‘Trouble the Water’ Triumphs at the Theatricum

Robert Henry Smalls—a name that should stand in history alongside Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman—was an American politician, publisher, businessman and maritime pil ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

NEWS

Town Council Seeks Fairness in CA FAIR Plan

On July 13, 2022, The Topanga Canyon Town Council (TCTC) presented written and verbal testimony to California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara (ricardolara.com) regarding a ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

A Topanga Memorial

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Richard Sherman—A Man for All Septics

Richard Newton Sherman, aka “Dick Sherman” was a well-known contractor in Malibu and Topanga for more than 60 years, specializing in underground utilities and septic syste ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

RUDE INTERRUPTIONS

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RUDE INTERRUPTIONS

Dog Days and August Heat

To mark my upcoming birthday in a few weeks—it’s not a milestone, just another step on the long march to inevitable fogeyhood—let’s take a break from politics and cele ...(Read More)

Joel Bellman

By Joel Bellman

DOG DAYS 2022

For the Love of Dogs & the Dogs we Love

In the ’70s, we used to call Topanga “Dog Town” because everyone had dogs, usually in multiples. While Topanga’s residents have changed over the years, over the centur ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

LONG DISTANCE LISTENING PARTY

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LONG DISTANCE LISTENING PARTY

It Doesn’t Take a Genius…

My family constantly clowns on me for the time I called my mom crying asking to be picked up from summer camp. I was 11 and the video, Halo 3, had just come out so honestly it ...(Read More)

By Miles Erickson

ALL THINGS CONNECTED

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ALL THINGS CONNECTED

The Hospitalists

Today’s medical care system is severely broken. When the bad thing happens, as patients, we need support and advocates to guide us. Millennials are often derogatorily a ...(Read More)

Paula Labrot

By Paula Labrot

TRAVEL

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Riding in the Hoof Prints of Isabella Bird

Fired by the rapturous descriptions of Estes Park and surrounds by Isabella Bird, a plucky Englishwoman who rode 800-miles solo in the Rockies in 1873, I headed to Colorado to ...(Read More)

Linda Ballou

By Linda Ballou

August 5, 2022

ARCHIVE | August 5, 2022

THINKING OUT LOUD

A Topanga Memorial

RUDE INTERRUPTIONS

LONG DISTANCE LISTENING PARTY

ALL THINGS CONNECTED

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