A series of gentle fall rainstorms have soaked into the chaparral to ease us into our 2019/2020 rain season, that started October 1, and has yielded a total of 3.79 inches of…
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Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly Menorah lighting, special prayers, and fried foods. The Hebrew word, Chanukah, means “dedication,” and is thus named because it…
Driving my son and his friends in the carpool to Pali High the morning of November 4, I noticed something incongruous as I reached the “S” curves—a sign planted in the dirt…
Numbers 2 & 22 Paul Hawken’s book, Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (amazon.com), inspired Cecilie Stuart, founder of Move the World, a youth activist dance troupe,…
Showing off their new offices at the former Abuelita’s building, transformed from restaurant to office space, Pritchett Rapf held a rollicking Grand Opening Party on Sunday, September. 15. Guests were treated to…
September is National Disaster Preparedness Month. Hooray! But here in Topanga, where brush fires, earthquakes, and rock slides often seem as routine as eating and sleeping, disaster preparedness is a year-round effort.…
The dog days of summer have arrived on the heels of the Southland’s third major heatwave, and more triple-digit temperatures are on the way. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health…
The Topanga Survival Guide is an emergency management plan for Topanga that includes information on preparing for disasters, what to do during a disaster, and how to recover from such events. Every…
During Fourth of July holiday celebrations, Assistant Fire Chief Anthony Williams has requested that Topanga Arson Watch assist in limiting access on July 3 and 4 to several fire roads in the…
Disappointed at the increase in the recent Homeless Count, Third District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, in her June 6 e-mail newsletter, Kuehl Happenings, expressed optimism and tenacity about what it will take to…