Local artists Kit Plumridge and Alon Goldsmith share a love for Southern California’s eccentric, distinctive beach culture. Plumridge is drawn to beach scenes and seascapes, lifeguard towers, surf wagons, and piers. Goldsmith,…
When Casey Schreiner arrived in Los Angeles for a job in television more than a decade ago, he wasn’t impressed. In fact, he hated it, until he realized there’s more here than…
It is said that bards once had the gift of charming rats. The poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote about “the bard known far and wide, the travell’d rat-catcher beside…” had the power…
Every winter, the highest and lowest tides of the year arrive. In recent years, these large astronomical tides have come to be known as “king tides”—the Australian name for the natural phenomenon.…
Every year, docents at the historic Adamson House and Malibu Lagoon Museum decorate the 1929 Spanish Colonial revival home and open its doors for special holiday-themed evening tours. It’s a great opportunity…
Concerned citizens gathered at Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) on December 2, in solidarity with activists all over the country who came together to protest the…
Wild birds are a traditional Christmas motif. Medieval carols describe wondrous flights of birds; Victorian Christmas cards depicted wrens and robins; contemporary holiday themes feature cardinals and chickadees. It’s a tradition for…
The Tongva people who gave Topanga its name, developed a sophisticated lunar calendar that, until recently, had been lost to time. With the help of Pasadena City College astronomy professor Glenn Miller,…
“THE LITTLE CHURCH THAT COULD” For nearly 70 years, the small white and blue church on Old Topanga Canyon Road has welcomed the community. Since 1993, the historic building—it’s an official California…
Anyone who has driven through Malibu at Christmas anytime during that past 54 years knows that the corner of Webb Way and Pacific Coast Highway has been home to a Christmas crèche. It’s…