Flavia Potenza

Flavia Potenza is executive editor of the Messenger Mountain News. She is also a founding member of the 40-year old Topanga Messenger that closed its doors in 2016. She can be reached at editor@messengermountainnews.com

March Special at Animal Clinic of Topanga

March is Pet Dental Health Month in Topanga and our local veterinarian, Holly Scoren, owner of Topanga Animal Clinic since 1993, is offering a 20 percent discount on all non-anesthetic dental treatment.…

Beach Bus Changes Coming

Changes regarding the Beach Bus, now providing year-round transportation, were discussed at the Topanga Canyon Town Council (TCTC) meeting on February 8. According to Maria Chong Castillo, Deputy for Public Works in…

“Not My President’s Day”

In Los Angeles, hundreds marched from Pershing Square to City Hall on President’s Day, in one of the nation’s 29 “Not My President’s Day” rallies that were staged in New York, Chicago,…

What Again? Vote March 7!

This is a reminder to registered voters that, yes, you need to vote again on March 7, the date for the Consolidated Municipal and Special Elections.  Thankfully, it’s a short ballot that…

French Marionettes Visit Children’s Garden, Feb. 27

On February 27, at the Topanga Community Center (TCC), Carolyn Day and the Children’s Organic Garden will host Coco Blignaut and her Marionettes who will lead a garden tour with her three…

Freeways & Mountain Lions

In June 2016, a mountain lion, P-39, gave birth to three kittens, P-50, P-51 and P-52. On December 3, she was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing the 118 Freeway…

Henry Stern, The Millennial Senator

On Sunday, January 29, about 500 people crowded into the auditorium of Agoura High School Performing Arts Center to witness the community swearing-in ceremony for Henry Stern, our new state senator for…

MRCA Names Fran Pavley Meadow

New 71-acre Fran Pavley Meadow acquisition will double the amount of permanently protected core habitat along the 101 freeway leading to the proposed wildlife passage over the eight-lane freeway. In mid-November 2016,…