It wasn’t just the Boston Tea Party that set off the American Revolution and eventually led to the establishment of our constitutional republic. It was a string of abuses by the British…
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In the past few months, the Science Committee at Topanga Elementary Charter School (TECS) has been engaging our school and community in support of our local wildlife. On December 6th, the school…
Jimmy Morgan will continue with Part II of this 2020 Primer on the United States Constitution in the February 21 issue of the Messenger Mountain News. Our re-acquaintance with the country’s founding…
Bringing you the best talking points and predictions from our resident critic with an attitude. This is the best time of year. Normally, I would go on about the importance of cinema…
The 2020 Oscars, like all before it, are distinctly male-dominated. While trailblazers like director Greta Gerwig are making strides to prove themselves within the industry, equality is slow-growing. “I think that there…
For as long as there have been movies, there have been women who made them. The silent film era offered women a rare opportunity to forge a career in a new industry,…
The sun shone warm and clear on Saturday, January 25, as seven contestants fired up their portable stoves onstage at the ballfield to stir up their hopes for a winning chili at…
Pitango Trotoush was born and raised in Tel Aviv. After completing Israel’s compulsory military service thirty years ago, he started traveling the world “to achieve my highest potential.” First to New York…
The Canyon Bistro is cooking up a romantic five-course dinner for Valentine’s Day. Three seatings are offered, with a prix fixe menu of $65 per person for the 5 p.m. early bird…
In 1907, the newly widowed Keturah Catherine Spence (1857-1940) left Brantford, Canada to start over in Los Angeles. Catherine, as she called herself, risked her fortune on an avocado orchard, becoming one…