Pablo Capra

‘Bill and Pablo Return to Brookside’ ‘Bill and Pablo Return to Brookside’ Having written the book “Topanga Beach: A History,” I’ve become an expert on the area; but one part I still know little about is Brookside, a ne..Read more The Stone House, Part 3: ‘John Bonnell and the Palmaymesa Family’ The Stone House, Part 3: ‘John Bonnell and the Palmaymesa Family’ In 1918, the man who would have the biggest impact on Old Topanga Canyon arrived, John H. Bonnell (1864–1938). “He was a cultured man and the ..Read more The Stone House, Part 9: ‘A President of Heart and History’ The Stone House, Part 9: ‘A President of Heart and History’ “When I was 12 years old, I saw a remote house in the hills in Coldwater Canyon and thought, ‘That’s the ideal life!’” Ed O’Neill remember..Read more   The Stone House, Part Two: ‘Mail Carrier Jack Wood’ The Stone House, Part Two: ‘Mail Carrier Jack Wood’ Horace Waller (b.1881) married schoolteacher Maud E. Wood (b.1881) in July 1905. That same month, they bought the Mazet ranch and stone house with her..Read more The Stone House, Part 7: ‘The Zeidlers and Buffalo Springfield’ The Stone House, Part 7: ‘The Zeidlers and Buffalo Springfield’ Mazet’s vineyard may have drawn the next owners to the stone house because they were wine connoisseurs. Marvin (b.1928) and Judy Zeidler (b.1930) ha..Read more The Stone House, Part 6: ‘John Heron Lives to 100’ The Stone House, Part 6: ‘John Heron Lives to 100’ Pablo Capra John Heron (1861-1961) was born in San Francisco, and worked for Wells Fargo & Company Express when it was a stagecoach mail carrier. In 1893, he marr..Read more   The Stone House, Part 4: ‘An Artist in the Family’ The Stone House, Part 4: ‘An Artist in the Family’ The stone house was next purchased by Dutch immigrant Antonius “Anthony” Bonaventura Heinsbergen (1894-1981) for his parents Chrisosthomas “Chri..Read more The Stone House, Part 5: ‘Lee Conger and the Topanga Riders’ The Stone House, Part 5: ‘Lee Conger and the Topanga Riders’ Pablo Capra In 1946, the stone house and ranch comprised 30 acres, with four acres for apple trees and a quarter acre for tomatoes. The “huge kerosene chandelie..Read more The Stone House, Part 8: ‘Ingrid Lindquist and Dede Potvin’ The Stone House, Part 8: ‘Ingrid Lindquist and Dede Potvin’ The Stone House, Part 8: ‘Ingrid Lindquist and Dede Potvin’ By Pablo Capra In the early 1970s, Marvin and Judy Zeidler rented the stone house ..Read more   Thais Rust Sykes—1925-2021 Thais Rust Sykes—1925-2021 by Pablo Capra With the passing of Thais Rust Sykes, 96, on December 30, 2021, Topanga lost possibly its last living connection to the 1920s. Thais’s father, Cl..Read more Topanga Before Today Topanga Before Today ‘Record Steam Heat Peak Produced at Nearby Reactor’ July 2, 1959, Topanga Journal—In nearby Santa Susana record steam heat was produced by the Atomics International Sodium Reactor Experiment station a..Read more Topanga Before Today Topanga Before Today As Archivist for the Topanga Historical Society, Pablo Capra saw an opportunity to compile historical vignettes lifted from bygone newspapers that ..Read more   Topanga Before Today Topanga Before Today As digital archivist for the Topanga Historical Society, Pablo Capra saw an opportunity to compile historical vignettes lifted from bygone newspape..Read more Topanga Before Today Topanga Before Today As digital archivist for the Topanga Historical Society, Pablo Capra saw an opportunity to compile historical vignettes lifted from bygone newspape..Read more Topanga Before Today Topanga Before Today Confederacy Daughters April 4, 1912, Los Angeles Times—Mrs. Anna Eckenberger, at the Peeler ranch in Topanga Canyon, will entertain t..Read more   Topanga Before Today Topanga Before Today Compiled by Pablo Capra, Topanga Historical Society Archivist Historical accounts abound and stay hidden for decades or centuries. In his ro..Read more ‘The Drone Music Festival’ ‘The Drone Music Festival’ By Pablo Capra Artist James Mathers has been making Topanga ridiculously wonderful for decades. He was one of the ten “Idlers of the Bamboo Grove” (2002) who pub..Read more ‘The Children’s Guide to Astral Projection’, 20th Anniversary ‘The Children’s Guide to Astral Projection’, 20th Anniversary ‘The Children’s Guide to Astral Projection’, 20th Anniversary “The Children’s Guide to Astral Projection” by J. A. Homes turns 20 this ye..Read more   The Stone House, Part One: ‘Basque Shepherds and the Mazet Winery’ The Stone House, Part One: ‘Basque Shepherds and the Mazet Winery’ By Pablo Capra On October 24, at the 90th birthday party of pioneer descendant Rose Wiley, Topanga Historical Society (THS) members were enchanted by the stone house..Read more Arthur Valentine—1892-1967 Arthur Valentine—1892-1967 By Pablo Capra In Topanga’s past, there is an eerily familiar story of a police attack on an African American man on Memorial Day that happened exactly 100 years b...Read more