Teresa Penner

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Mental Health Commission Seeks Applicants for Youth Innovation Project

California’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission is now accepting committee member applications for its Youth Innovation Project Planning Committee. This committee will guide the Commission’s upcoming Youth Innovation Project, which aims to…

December 28, 2018

Calamity Cole’s “Lighting the Way” says it all. Wishing everyone a happy Season of Light now and for the year to come. 

“We’ll Take a Cup O’ Kindness Yet…”

Every year, Americans sing an old song to welcome the new year. Funny how we all know the lyrics to “Auld Lang Syne,” Robert Burns’ poem set to an ancient song, without…

Juvenile Camp Gonzales Transformed into Training Facility

The Board of Supervisors recently approved a contract with New Earth, bringing the county one step closer to re-opening the transformed Camp Gonzales as an innovative, first-of-its-kind Vocational Training Facility. Camp Gonzales,…

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William (Staniger) Golden—1941-2018

William first came into my life, and into Topanga, in 1980 when he and Rachel Margolin together started Holistic Life Travels, came to L.A. to edit tapes they had taken of Brugh…

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New Books for the New Year

Four local authors have new books in four different genres just in time for the start of the new year. Self Help “Accepting Your Blended Family,” by Wendy Smith Baruc—Canyon resident Wendy…