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Silly Pet Pix

Start Laughing Here! Ah, those Dog Days of Summer. This is the time of year we feel the need to lighten up and bring a smile to your face. And we can…

The Beauty Business

Skin care specialist Sally Powell has been helping women look young and beautiful at Topanga’s Sienna Skin Care & Wellness since 1995. Powell’s clients come from all over L.A., not just Topanga. “I still have…

Ojai, Your Staycation Destination

Ojai, where the sky turns pink at sunset over the Topatopa Mountains, was once inhabited by the Chumash Indians. Most famous for the Ojai Music Festival and the Ojai Valley Lavender Festival,…

Meghan’s Moon Circle

Every month, near or on the full moon, Meghan Mahealani Morris, founder of Amba Movement and the Embodiment School for Women, holds a full moon celebration for women at Topanga’s Corazon Performing…

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Escape to the Beach

The Summer of 2018 is off to a blazing start in Los Angeles County, and the record-breaking, triple-digit heat wave has generated huge beach crowds. Los Angeles County Lifeguards reported 4,357,666 beachgoers…

Topangans Feeding the Homeless

During their frequent trips to Downtown, L.A. for their Be Love Apparel brand and business, Kyle Finch and KamGi Chak-Finch were increasingly upset and overwhelmed as they witnessed the numbers of homeless…

Opening Day Hat Contest at the Del Mar Racetrack. Photo by Ron Mesaros

Horsin’ Around in Del Mar

The Del Mar Racetrack is a world-class thoroughbred racing destination welcoming the industry’s top athletes and California’s most spirited partygoers during its summer season. Opened in 1937 by Bing Crosby, the seaside…

watching video games

Esports: The Upcoming Sports Revolution

On October 19, 1972, five students gathered to play a video game called “Spacewar!” in the computer lab at Stanford. In this tournament, the stakes were low. The contestants were competing for the grand…

Terry Marks-Tarlow

A Night at the Opera

Clinical psychologist Dr. Terry Marks-Tarlow has a thriving therapy practice, is an author, illustrator, artist, dancer, and yogi. Now this top Topangan has another string to add to her already impressive bow,…

Postcard of a family outing in Topanga Canyon, 1915. Photographer: H. F. Rile. Image: San Fernando Valley Digital Library.

Topanga Vacation Destination c. 1915

For more than a hundred years Topanga has been a destination for summer visitors. In 1905, the Los Angeles Herald proclaimed Topanga Canyon, “One of the most picturesque and best known mountain…