All those amazing fundraisers that Topanga Enrichment Programs (TEP) put on—the community Halloween Carnival and the “Kid Zone” at Topanga Days, to name a few—are to help subsidize Topanga Elementary Charter School’s…
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Whether it’s too much pie, or too much holiday stress, the Santa Monica Mountains and coast offer an antidote. In this special three-part holiday series, the Messenger Mountain News takes a look…
Around the same time that the Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC) bought Lower Topanga in 1924, its President, William May Garland (1866-1948), also managed to get Los Angeles selected as the host…
The full moon of November, also known as the Beaver Moon, occurred this year on November 12. For those of you who follow these things, full moons are considered auspicious as times…
Extending from Soldier Summit in the north to Interstate 70 in the south, the Wasatch Plateau is one of the great overlooked places of Utah despite its centralized location in the state.…
It’s a time of year where Gratitude and Thanks are an integral part of the season. It’s the beginning of the holidays that one of the bountiful herbs, Rosemary, connects us to…
The monarch butterfly population has crashed in recent years but there is still hope of this much-loved long-distance traveler. There was a time not long ago when millions of Western monarch butterflies…
The holidays can be a challenge for vegetarians, who often find themselves with nothing to eat but salad and potatoes at family gatherings. Holiday meals can be an even bigger problem for…
He was a small man, gray, elderly, hesitating at the studio door as if unsure, a flutter of paper in his right hand. When I was aware of him, I was pinning…
An unusual Topanga Beach sight in August 1924 would have been Sam Rizzio, 18, walking back and forth, repeating, “I am a dead man,” while a woman sprinkled a vial to wet…