Cannabis Regulation Listening Session, July 22

In November 2016, the voters approved Proposition 64, which legalized recreational cannabis (marijuana). The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has directed County departments to develop cannabis regulations for the County’s unincorporated…

Poetry

The journey of the Messenger Mountain News is an ongoing discovery of the artistic riches that our mountains nurture. This is the second poetry offering in the short time we’ve been publishing.…

A Labor of Love

Karen Sherwood is a striking woman with a bright welcoming smile, gentle composure and incredible strength. Most canyonites know her for her continual service to the unfortunate through her work with the…

Letters – July 14, 2017

Fire Night at Rocco’s   On the first night of the fire, Jane Hoover and Lisa Zook closed up Topanga Home Grown at the usual time and went to the Bistro. It…

Expanded Library Service

As of July 1, Topanga Library will be open one more hour on Saturday mornings. “We’ll have free freshly-brewed coffee for anyone who drops in between 9 and 10 a.m because a Saturday morning at the library is…

San Buschmann—1933-2017

Nobody loved life and people more than San Buschmann. He was the warmest, sweetest guy to ever grace the lives of those lucky enough to have known him. He was a friend…

Remembering Stewart Moskowitz

We loved that guy. He came to my door the day after our Summit Valley victory with a self-portrait in neon paint he knew I loved and gave it to me as…

June 30, 2017

Vol 1, Issue 12, June 30, 2017

“Extreme” Makeover for the Post Office

Topanga’s Postmistress, Mabel Christie, has only been here for little more than a year, but when she took the job, she found disarray inside, especially her office, and a drab-looking building outside.…

Topangan Featured in Autry Art Installation

Judy Richards, a core member of Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (YBLA), hosted a Sages outing at the Autry Museum of the American West on June 8 to see a special exhibit, “California…