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Topanga Town Council: Speaking Freely

The March Town Council meeting agenda provoked animated discussions on numerous issues and even made some breaking news. SCE UTILITIES DISTRICT UNDERGROUNDING PROJECT REVIVED According to the Town Council, Southern California Edison’s…

SAVE THE DATE: Topanga Earth Day Event is April 27

Messenger Mountain News celebrates its third annual Earth Day event on April 27, with a theme of “Topanga Gold.” Our Earth Day celebration this year has an expanded venue, expanded time frame,…

The Year When Pigs Fly

On February 5, local Asian communities celebrated the Lunar New Year, and welcomed the Year of the Pig. Every year in the Chinese zodiac is assigned one of 12 animals, and one…

A Gift From the Heart

To follow through on our New Year’s message of kindness, we created a “Gift from the heart” icon to mark articles that offer volunteer opportunities. We have about 40 non-profit organizations and…

“We’ll Take a Cup O’ Kindness Yet…”

Every year, Americans sing an old song to welcome the new year. Funny how we all know the lyrics to “Auld Lang Syne,” Robert Burns’ poem set to an ancient song, without…

The True Message of the Season

Every Christmas, for at least a decade and maybe more, someone has decorated the roadside pine tree at the top of Kanan Dume Road. Santa Ana winds have blown down the decorations,…

Tell Us Your Fire Story

The Messenger Mountain News extends an invitation to the communities that experienced the Woolsey Fire to write their First-Person experiences. MMN will chronicle and publish them online where they will be archived for others to learn…

We Knew It Would Come

As the Messenger Mountain News went to press online, the Woolsey Fire, with 57 percent containment, had burned more than 150 square miles (98,362 acres) in its inexorable march from the Simi Valley…

Agoura Development Hearing

On Tuesday, November 13, the city of Agoura will be holding a scoping meeting on the controversial development project planned for the corner of Agoura and Kanan Dume Road. The proposed project…

“Wasted” What Happens to our Trash?

Do you know where your trash goes? Is your recycling really being recycled? Victoria Charles, a professor in the Sustainable Technologies Program at Santa Monica College, will present a program, “Wasted,” at…