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Rain Barrels From Las Virgenes Water District

Rain barrels are easy to install, allow you to use nature’s life-giving resource at your convenience, and help keep excessive water out of the storm drain system protecting our local streams and…

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…

Topanga Historical Society Presents…

The Topanga Historical Society’s quarterly event features local historian Pablo Capra, who will share his research on “Native Americans of Topanga Beach” that appeared in a recent edition of the Messenger Mountain…

Inceville’s Native Americans and Hollywood Legacy

Archivist Marc Wanamaker and Pacific Palisades Historical Society President Eric Dugdale team up for a special presentation about this under-explored aspect of early Hollywood history in a program on Tuesday, February 26, that…

Jeremy Wolf Promoted

Jeremy Wolf, former Field Representative to Senator Henry Stern (SD 27) since 2016, and a familiar face to Santa Monica Mountains constituents, has been promoted to District Director. Posting on Facebook, Stern…

Road Closures Could Last up to 5 Months

When, Where, and How long, were questions discussed at a recent planning meeting with Caltrans representatives and community leaders regarding road closures during the upcoming emergency project to stabilize hillsides along the…

Fernwood Rain Report, February 5, 2019

A series of storms has drenched our fire-scarred hills in the last several weeks. All this moisture has given us a season total of 19.41 inches of rain. The average rainfall for the entire…

Rescheduling Victoria Charles

Ah, the inconveniences of Climate Change! We must reschedule this fabulous talk with Victoria Charles from this Saturday afternoon because our torrential rains make the roads unsafe for our attendees. Stay tuned!…

Warner Center Development Project: Save the Date!

Worsening traffic congestion and air quality, and a huge strain on public infrastructure, will be the inevitable outcomes of development in Woodland Hills, if the Warner Center 2035 Specific Plan, which was…

Rain or Shine, Teachers Unite

An estimated 50,000 teachers walked off the job on Monday, January 14, as representatives of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) and the L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD) failed to reach an agreement over the weekend.  …