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

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It’s a Bad Day for Fires

When 269 Call Firefighters arrived Saturday morning, September 9, at Fire Station 69 to train, Captain Mike Rivera warned firefighters, “It’s a bad day for fires. The stick (humidity) is down and…

Roots & Wings Wellness Center Launches

When Roots & Wings officially opened its doors in Malibu on August 26, there were five Topangans among the holistic health practitioners on the roster of the new Wellness Center that focuses…

The Tradition Continues at Brandywine

Brandywine restaurant sits unobtrusively on the corner of Ventura Boulevard and Fallbrook Ave. The only way you would have learned about it was by word of mouth. With no effort towards promotion,…

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#Topanga Fire

FOR FIVE DAYS, L.A. COUNTY’S FIRE FIGHTING ARSENAL OF FIVE WATER-DROPPING HELICOPTERS WERE BROUGHT TO BEAR ON THIS STEEP, IMPENETRABLE TERRAIN THAT KEPT GROUND CREWS AT BAY. Around the same time as…

It’s Official! Highway 27 has Scenic Status

On Friday, June 16, Topanga residents, business community, federal, county and state officials joined Roger Pugliese, Joseph Rosendo and members of the Topanga Canyon Roadside Committee, to celebrate their successful effort to…

L.A. County Establishes Office of Cannabis Management

Since voters approved Proposition 64 to legalize the cultivation, possession and use of cannabis by adults for non-medical purposes in last year’s general election, Los Angeles County is not letting the grass…

Ready for Toilet to Tapwater?

Believe it or not, this is not such a new idea. In 1998, NASA announced it had built a human waste reclamation bioreactor designed for use in the International Space Station and a manned Mars mission. The system cost $250…

Chamber Celebrates Unity in the Community

Jenni Billings, president of the Topanga Chamber of Commerce opened the festivities of the 68th Annual Awards Dinner on Saturday evening, April 29, to honor its 2016 awardees, Bill Buerge, Citizen of…

A Rain of Nightbirds by Deena Metzger

THIS IS METZGER’S URGENT CALL TO LISTEN TO THE EARTH AND FIND OUR WAY TO END THE “ANTHROPOCENE” ERA, THE TIME WHEN HUMAN BEINGS AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT TO THE POINT OF DECIMATING…

Robin Becker “Here to There”…and Back Again

Although we announced this dual exhibit, “Here to There, a recent visit to the Topanga Canyon Gallery with Robin Becker adding commentary to her own work, compels me to share my response,…