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5G Free California Strategy Meeting 5G Free California Strategy Meeting On November 5, at their first in-person meeting since the pandemic began, 5G Free California presented members with local strategies to stop the roll ...Read more Dear Reader, Dear Reader, For the first time in 4 years, I wake up with trust in the government and in President, Joseph R. Biden and VicePresident, Kamala Harris who will no l...Read more HugelKultur Workshop HugelKultur Workshop Landfill to Landscape in Topanga, CA, Hands-On Hugelkultur Workshop Join Regenerative Garden Designers Leigh Adams and Shawn Maestretti on Saturda...Read more   Larry Coulson—1945-2020 Larry Coulson—1945-2020 Topanga has lost an original.  Larry Coulson passed away suddenly but peacefully on August 31 after complications from cancer. In his final moments,...Read more Latest Confirmed Dates and Timeline for North Area Plan Latest Confirmed Dates and Timeline for North Area Plan The final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which identifies changes to the Santa Monica Mountains North Area Plan (SMMNAP) and Community Standards D...Read more Moira Talan Dwyer Moira Talan Dwyer “Topanga,â€� Moira Talan told a New York Times reporter last fall, “is kind of a crystal place.â€� Ms. Talan — who taught at Wilbur Avenue Ele...Read more   Sacred Sites Audio Theater Launch Party! Sacred Sites Audio Theater Launch Party! Susan Suntree, author of “Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California,â€� is inviting the public to the launch of Sacred Sites Audio The...Read more Selected Poems 2021, Topanga, California Part 1, April 2 Selected Poems 2021, Topanga, California Part 1, April 2 Sponsored by an Act of Love You could say National Poetry Month is just an excuse to___fill in the blank___and you’d be right. Official...Read more T R E E: A 14-Year Love Affair at Topanga Gallery T R E E: A 14-Year Love Affair at Topanga Gallery The solo show of Don Holtz’s photography at Topanga Canyon Gallery has been fourteen years in the making. “ I have a love affair with th...Read more   This is Who We Are This is Who We Are Saturday, November 7, Topangans awoke to a light rain that brought in a cold snap and a Double Rainbow (above) that Eric Fitzgerald captured from his ...Read more Topanga Before Today Topanga Before Today Compiled by Pablo Capra Topanga Historical Archivist When Pablo Capra, The Canyon Chronicle’s (and Topanga Historical Society’s) intrepi...Read more Thank you for bringing your vital paper to our community! What a great team you are! The design and graphics are so tasty making it such a pleasure to...Read more   Treatments Available for COVID-19 Patients Treatments Available for COVID-19 Patients This is hopeful news and worth knowing, but not a cure-all. Remember that people who have contracted the virus and survived may also suffer lingering ...Read more Calabasas Leads on Clean Power Calabasas Leads on Clean Power Calabasas, one of the original member cities of the Clean Power Alliance votes 100% Renewable Energy for Homes and Businesses The Calabasas City Co...Read more Capturing Beauty: The Art and Photography of John Simmons Capturing Beauty: The Art and Photography of John Simmons Continuing the celebration of Black History in America, the Jean Deleage Art Gallery at Josefina López’s CASA 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights, presen...Read more   COVID Through the Artist’s Eye COVID Through the Artist’s Eye Artist/Sculptor Megan Rice, like many of us, adapted as best she could to the COVID -19 lockdown. Faced with unscheduled hours at home, time turned to...Read more Elon Musk’s Space X is Target of Stop 5G International Protests Elon Musk’s Space X is Target of Stop 5G International Protests Dozens of Topanga residents braved rush hour traffic on Friday March 19th to join the 5G satellite protest outside SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne. T...Read more LACoFD Sees Sharp Decline of Internal Covid-19 Cases LACoFD Sees Sharp Decline of Internal Covid-19 Cases The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) has experienced a drastic decline in the test positivity rate and number of individuals out sick with ...Read more   Loose Lips Presents April Poets: Anita S. Pulier and Frank Mundo Loose Lips Presents April Poets: Anita S. Pulier and Frank Mundo On Tuesday, April 13, at 6 p.m., the Loose Lips Poetry Series will reconvene virtually for its quarterly poetry reading featuring poets Anita S. Pulie...Read more PHILIP DAUGHTRY PHILIP DAUGHTRY Visiting Alaska, 2015 In Case Alaska Dies Before I Do (for Ulli Steltzer*) I wake in a hunter’s dream swimming against it until resistance surrenders to some und...Read more Speeding Accident on Highway 27 Speeding Accident on Highway 27 On September 18, local photographer Brian Kaufman happened upon this motorcycle accident on Topanga Canyon Boulevard (State Highway 27) and gave The C...Read more   TCC Fundraiser Success! TCC Fundraiser Success! The Topanga Community Center (TCC) raised 52% of its $65,000 shortfall in the 2020 Giving December fundraising campaign. With big and small donatio...Read more The Chants: Merging through Ceremony, Dance, Intention, and Music The Chants: Merging through Ceremony, Dance, Intention, and Music On January 15, 2021, The Chants band came alive in Topanga Canyon with their worldwide debut video and song, “Hey-Ya,â€� featuring international sin...Read more Topanga Before Today Topanga Before Today Compiled by Pablo Capra, Topanga Historical Society Archivist When Pablo Capra, The Canyon Chronicle’s (and Topanga’s) intrepid researcher of Topanga history, began reading newspapers, he discovered numerous ...Read more   Zoom to MOROCCO for a ‘Comedy of Menace’ Zoom to MOROCCO for a ‘Comedy of Menace’ Topanga Actors Company (TAC) presents MOROCCO, by Allan Havis, on Zoom, Saturday, January 23 and Sunday January 24, 7 p.m. Part psychologica...Read more Army of Love’s Song and Video Address Divide in Our Nation Army of Love’s Song and Video Address Divide in Our Nation “One More Goneâ€� was written by Billy Joseph after witnessing the video of George Floyd being killed in broad daylight in front of three pol...Read more Kidiwische Bibliography for Thanksgiving Kidiwische Bibliography for Thanksgiving *Giving Thanks. Chief Jake Swamp. Lee & Low Books. (kids) 1621. A New Look at Thanksgiving. Catherine O’Neill Grace & Margaret M. Bruchac. National...Read more   Let’s Go to Drive-In Movies in the Mountains! Let’s Go to Drive-In Movies in the Mountains! Enjoy classic movies at King Gillette Ranch as you sit comfy and cozy in your car. Street Food Cinema has partnered with th...Read more Topanga Gets a Portable Toilet Topanga Gets a Portable Toilet A portable toilet was installed in June on Old Topanga Canyon Road, just north of Topanga Canyon Blvd., just past the Inn of the Seventh Ray. A hand...Read more Re-Imagining Lower Topanga Re-Imagining Lower Topanga SAVE THE DATE! California State Parks and the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCDSMM) are seeking public input an...Read more   The Hugelkultur Workshop Follow-up The Hugelkultur Workshop Follow-up Kat High started to plant the beginnings of the gathering garden—yarrow and monkey flower, apricot mallow, ceanothus, and a small holly leaf cherryâ...Read more Topanga Actors Company Is Blooming Topanga Actors Company Is Blooming Topanga Actors Company is the Canyon’s very own repertory Reader’s Theater group. Founded in the Fall of 2015 by Judith Hendra and Paula LaBrot, t...Read more I Am Love’: A Collection of Virtues from our Children I Am Love’: A Collection of Virtues from our Children “I AM LOVEâ€� is a book for parents and children by Lynn Raynr and Aimee Porter that presents photo essays and the words of children speaking their ...Read more   In My Defense In My Defense Alleysun Jones In response to the article, “Topanga Peace Alliance Vigil Turns Uglyâ€� (The Canyon Chronicle, November 13, 2020, No. 11), Alleysun Jones felt she w...Read more Land Swap Voted Down Land Swap Voted Down The Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) voted 5-0-1 to deny a hugely controversial deal between the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) an...Read more ‘WeHo Sounds’ Virtual Concert Series 2020-2021 ‘WeHo Sounds’ Virtual Concert Series 2020-2021 Topanga-based Americana / Roots / Bluegrass band, Murphy’s Flaw, will lead off the “WeHo Soundsâ€� Free Virtual Concert series beginning Friday, N...Read more   The Topanga Historical Society Presents ‘1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic: An Historical Perspective’ The Topanga Historical Society Presents ‘1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic: An Historical Perspective’ The Topanga Historical Society (THS) will present its annual picnic as a virtual Zoom presentation, “Pandemic in Alaska, 1918-1919,â€�...Read more A Sweet and Sacred Sound A Sweet and Sacred Sound Just up the road from the center of town and Old Topanga Canyon Road, people can hear the Topanga Christian Fellowship church bell ring. Since the pan...Read more The Hugelkultur Workshop Follow-up The Hugelkultur Workshop Follow-up Kat High started to plant the beginnings of the gathering garden—yarrow and monkey flower, apricot mallow, ceanothus, and a small holly leaf cherryâ...Read more   The Truth About Medicare TV Ads The Truth About Medicare TV Ads If you watch TV for more than 20 minutes on a weekday afternoon, you’ll likely see an ad promising exciting benefits for Medicare beneficiaries. Den...Read more Hate and Hope Hate and Hope It seems that the best and worst of America, is right here, in our face, so close we can’t turn away from staring at the carnage. If your e...Read more Spring Forward! Spring Forward! Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday, March 14 Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts on the second Sunday of March for the United States when cloc...Read more   Zoom with The Water Babies, December 19-20 Zoom with The Water Babies, December 19-20 Topanga Actors Company (TAC) will present a holiday production of Charles Kingsley’s beloved tale, The Water Babies, on Dec. 19, repeated on Dec. 20...Read more Free Webinar Discusses the Constitution for Contemporary Times Free Webinar Discusses the Constitution for Contemporary Times ...Read more Hate and Hope Hate and Hope It seems that the best and worst of America, is right here, in our face, so close we can’t turn away from staring at the carnage. If your equilibriu...Read more   SUGGESTIONS FOR A CHILD’S HOME LIBRARY SUGGESTIONS FOR A CHILD’S HOME LIBRARY A Chocolate Moose for Dinner, written and illustrated by Red Gwynne Magic Little Words by Angèle Delaunois, art by Masnon Gauthier Max’s Words ...Read more Theatricum Receives Taper Foundation Grant Theatricum Receives Taper Foundation Grant The S. Mark Taper Foundation has granted Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum $125,000 to help produce its 2021 and 2022 repertory seasons. “[The t...Read more Topanga Canyon Gallery Holiday Show Topanga Canyon Gallery Holiday Show “The Art of Givingâ€� holiday art show at Topanga Canyon Gallery is in full swing with an array of one-of-a-kind fine art and gifts for your family ...Read more   THE World’s Largest Helitanker THE World’s Largest Helitanker Demonstrates Firefighting Water Drops from 69 Bravo With the vision of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and Fire Chief Daryl Osby in securing 69 Bravo in perpetuity, yet another firefight...Read more Year-End Giving TWC Year-End Giving TWC By Wendy Skolfield Topanga Women’s Circle’s (TWC) current Challenge Grant 2020 campaign is more important than ever and they are counting on the generosity of those ...Read more New Trees Planted on Mullholand New Trees Planted on Mullholand Plant a Tree In partnership with L.A. City and a new charity, TROOT (troot.org), Julie Nicholson posted on Nextdoor that her daughter...Read more   Resilient Santa Monica Mountains Project Resilient Santa Monica Mountains Project Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) Survey For 2021, Malibu Foundation is collaborating with the Resource Conservation District, C...Read more Santa and His Missus made the Cover of the Palisadian-Post Santa and His Missus made the Cover of the Palisadian-Post On the job!  Ho, Ho, Ho!  It was a lot of work! The Beleaguered Santa’s beard kept falling off, it got cold and we hadn’t brought a thermos. No ...Read more ‘If Common Sense were so common, more people would use it’ ‘If Common Sense were so common, more people would use it’ I have lived in Topanga for 51 years. I grew up here in a family of six kids. We all went to Topanga Elementary School and my three children have also...Read more   Dakota The Therapy Dog: Goes to the Airport By Lara Clear, Illustrated by Katie Watts Dakota The Therapy Dog: Goes to the Airport By Lara Clear, Illustrated by Katie Watts Reviewed by Flavia Potenza Actor, producer, and author, Lara Clear moved to Topanga in August. As she adapts to her new community, she has two stories to share, one is personal,...Read more Supervisors Take Vegetation Management Practices to Task Supervisors Take Vegetation Management Practices to Task The Las Virgenes Homeowners Federation (LVHF) reported that on Tuesday, January 26, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a m...Read more ACTIVITY REPORT ACTIVITY REPORT ...Read more   October Sheriff’s Report October Sheriff’s Report A resident was arrested for a domestic violence incident for assaulting his wife during an argument in the 1500 block of Old Topanga Canyon Road. A...Read more 2019-2020 Fernwood Rain Report 2019-2020 Fernwood Rain Report September 30th marks the end of our rain year for the 2019-2020 rain season. With a season total of 18.68 inches of rain, we just about hit our 24-yea...Read more Bittersweet Dog Days Bittersweet Dog Days We were  delighted to see our dogs, Yukon and Beezy, on Valerie Walsh’s gorgeous August 7 cover. It was bittersweet because Yukon had cancer and pa...Read more   Call Your Senators – #SaveThePostOffice Call Your Senators – #SaveThePostOffice The Postal Service is in a crisis, caused by the Coronavirus, and Congress needs to act, urgently. The Coronavirus shutdown is plummeting postal reven...Read more Carry It On—A Theatricum Community Celebration Carry It On—A Theatricum Community Celebration As Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum prepares for its 2021 Summer Repertory Season, they welcome Fall with virtual celebrations.<...Read more Dear Friends of Yoga Desa... Dear Friends of Yoga Desa... About a month ago I sent out a letter explaining that Yoga Desa’s closure may be permanent due to the COVID crisis. Well, it’s official, Yoga Desa...Read more   New App for Early Warning Earthquake Alerts New App for Early Warning Earthquake Alerts California’s QuakeAlertUSA, a new early-warning app for smartphones, has a “countdownâ€� feature that shows the seconds before the shaking arrives...Read more Three Little Kittens Born in the Santa Monica Mountains! Three Little Kittens Born in the Santa Monica Mountains! P-54, a three-year-old mountain lion living in the Santa Monica Mountains, recently gave birth to a litter of kittens - males P-82 and P-83 and female...Read more K-12 Open Enrollment K-12 Open Enrollment Topanga Elementary Charter School (TECS), a Transitional Kindergarten (TK)/Kindergarten to Fifth grade school, has begun open enrollment for the 2020-...Read more   Topanga Residents Topanga Residents Topanga Residents: As summer approaches, the threat of wildfire increases - and all Topanga residents need to be aware of measures they can ...Read more Let’s Connect! Let’s Connect! The Topanga Town Council is reaching out to find residents in our canyon who are the most vulnerable during a disaster event. The Town Council wants t...Read more Malibu Poet Laureate Eleanor “Ellenâ€� Reich - 1934-2020 Malibu Poet Laureate Eleanor “Ellenâ€� Reich - 1934-2020 Malibu Poet Laureate Ellen Reich passed away at home on Friday, May 1, of cancer, with family and loved ones around her. Reich was named as the cit...Read more   Frank Rocco Frank Rocco Iconic Topangan Frank Rocco recently passed away after a long illness. The family will have a private service but welcomes all to tell your stories ab...Read more Letters of Concern Letters of Concern Dear Friends and Neighbors, Below is a letter of concern written in support of our local businesses at Pine Tree Circle. Please read and sign if yo...Read more September Events September Events BELOVED WITCH CIRCLES will be hosted online through Zoom by Coco Blignaut, on Saturdays, Sept 12, 19, 26, at 11:11 a.m. for teenage girls and a...Read more   Stand Up and Be Counted for the 2020 U.S. Census! Stand Up and Be Counted for the 2020 U.S. Census! Officials estimate that only 50 percent of folks in L.A. County have responded to the U.S. Census so far—that includes Topanga, Malibu, and Pacific ...Read more Thank You, Supervisor Kuehl Thank You, Supervisor Kuehl Dear Editor, As all of you know, we were scheduled to have our LA County Third District discretionary funds reduced on the assumption that other r...Read more Symphony’s 38th Season Delayed Symphony’s 38th Season Delayed By Jeanne Mitchell The Topanga Symphony has presented three free classical music concerts a year since it was started in the summer of 1982. The music season always begi...Read more   Deer Killed by Hit and Run Driver Deer Killed by Hit and Run Driver On Sunday, June 14, at approximately 7:15 a.m., a Caltrans maintenance supervisor was traveling southbound on Topanga Canyon Blvd, State Route 27 when...Read more Golden Eagles or Hawks? Golden Eagles or Hawks? “They were two rather large birds in the tree about 150-200 feet away,â€� Krovetz wrote. “We observed them with binoculars and luckily they staye...Read more Adopt A Baby Oak at Trippet Ranch Adopt A Baby Oak at Trippet Ranch In order to mitigate the loss at Trippet Ranch, the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCDSMM) and California State Parks h...Read more   TWC Bin Restored TWC Bin Restored In mid-July, canyon residents were shocked to see graffiti that ruined the beautiful artwork that decorated the Topanga Women’s Circle bin at Pine T...Read more What's on Your Ballot? What's on Your Ballot? ...Read more Wild at Hart to Live Stream from the Whitefire Theatre Wild at Hart to Live Stream from the Whitefire Theatre Kamakshi Hart’s critically acclaimed, award-winning one-woman show, Wild At Hart: A Tale of Trauma & Triumph, returns to the Whitefire Theatr...Read more