Celebrate Chanukah December 22- 30

Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly Menorah lighting, special prayers, and fried foods. The Hebrew word, Chanukah, means “dedication,” and is thus named because it…

Grand Park’s Winter Glow December 6-25

Grand Park’s Winter Glow is returning for its second year with its free public nighttime art display of light and projections happening from December 6-25, sunset to 10 p.m. Large-scale multi-media installations,…

Letters – November 29, 2019

Grateful Support to our Firefighters During the last two years, Topanga has been surrounded by fires: the Simi fire, three Palisades fires, the Getty fire, the Hidden Hills fire, the Calabasas fire,…

New Principal at TECS

The full moon of November, also known as the Beaver Moon, occurred this year on November 12. For those of you who follow these things, full moons are considered auspicious as times…

TreePeople to Lead Mountains Restoration Trust

Move creates the largest community-driven environmental organization in Los Angeles. The Mountains Restoration Trust (MRT), a conservation organization that oversees 3000 acres of open space in the Santa Monica Mountains is now…

Topanga Nutcracker #39

There are bigger productions of The Nutcracker, but there are few as well loved and with as much heart as the Topanga Nutcracker, celebrating its 39th year this holiday season.  The ballet…

Documenting Your Valuables

If you have ever dealt with a major property loss or know someone who has, chances are that you or they were asked by an insurance adjuster if there was documentation to…

Why Malibu Still Does Not Have A Pesticide Ban

In general, cities and counties are forbidden to regulate pesticides. Only state agencies can do so. This is due to a 1984 law the Pesticide lobby pushed through the California legislature called…