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Science, Not Silence

On Earth Day, Debra Silbar and friends are dressing up as Mother Nature to march with thousands of others in the March for Science Los Angeles, Saturday April 22, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., that starts…

Earth Day More Important than Ever

Earth Day is turning 47 this year, and activists say the annual day to honor the earth has never been more relevant. “The goal is to champion robustly funded and publicly communicated science…

CA Democrats Look Ahead to 2018 Elections

About 300 people showed up at the Pacific Palisades Democratic Club’s (PPDC) March 26 “Call to Action” to fight the Trump/Republican agenda and hear plans to take back the U.S. Congress and…

L.A.’s National Park Sets Visitation Record

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, the national park that stretches from the city of Los Angeles west into Ventura County, recorded 906,606 visits in 2016. “This was a record-breaking year of…

THS Ushers in Spring the “Wright” Way

The magnificent Wright Ranch in the Malibu Hills is the site of the Topanga Historical Society’s (THS) annual potluck picnic and program that begins at 12 noon Sunday April 2.   Mary…

More Open Space Preserved

The Rocky Ledge Land Preservation Team scored another win for the community when it secured 6.28 Acres of Open Space at 1809 Tuna Canyon in Upper Fernwood.   The parcel is now part…

Waterworks’ Master Plan: Improvements or More Development?

Environmental watchdogs are questioning whether the Capital Improvement Program proposed by L.A. County Waterworks District 29 isn’t simply an invitation to developers to build out the last vacant land in  Malibu and…

Jishnu: Making his “Mark”

Jishnu Mukhergee is nine. In those few years he has accomplished some admirable feats. His latest achievement is having won the annual creative Bookmark Contest in the “Third through Fifth Grade” category,…

Rep. Ted Lieu Speaks Out

Unlike many Washington politicians at recent Town Hall meetings, our U.S. Representative, Ted Lieu, did not step in front of an angry crowd but to a standing ovation. Word of mouth was…

Fernwood Rain Report – March 24, 2017

As is normal for mid-March, our rain has eased from a tempestuous January and February. We’ve only seen .07 inches of rain in the first two weeks of March. Our season total now stands…