Poetry Two

1. An unexpected storm has come where many feel fear…undone yet even in the hardest times the heart of love…still it chimes 2. A shadow cast upon the face of dawn while…

CPUC Offers Solar Incentive

In preparation for the next wildfire season, the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) has authorized funding of more than $1 billion through 2024. Through its Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), SCE, PG&E, CSE,…

Topanga: Lights Out Birds Out

Hundreds of birds die each year unnecessarily from light pollution. As a result of bright, luminescent lights flooding the night sky from skyscrapers and homes alike, hundreds of birds are taken off…

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

When it comes to surviving disasters in Topanga—earthquakes, fires, floods—our ability to come together as neighbors helping neighbors, can make a big difference. Neighborhood Networks (NN), a program overseen by the Topanga…

Poetry Three

Cyvra Village Green   I lived in the workshop          Of Cyvra* Village Green And out of the mountains          And from down below Lived a watery stream   Dream on said…

Letters – April 3, 2020

Safety First “Last month’s rockfall was an eerie reminder of the winter storms of 2019, when multiple boulders and rocks came tumbling down onto Caltrans maintenance vehicles and our crews escaped with…

DIY Passover Seder

Passover, the Festival of Freedom, is celebrated from April 8-16, and begins on Wednesday, April 8, with the Seder dinner. “Due to all that is happening this year, Chabad of Topanga will…