When I walk along a beach, it has long been my habit to pick up bits of trash, plastics mostly, along the water line. Occasionally there is an old flip-flop or water…
Letters
It Wouldn’t Be the Same Without You Just had to write and tell you how impressive your efforts to pull together two fantastic issues as Woolsey fire events were coming down, then…
Ember Prevention I stopped at the Topanga Fire Station a couple of weeks ago. One of the firemen there told me that 90 percent of homes that catch fire and burn down…
I took my 87-year-old Mom the last two issues with “The Backyard Astronomer” column and she was very impressed with our newspaper in general. She read them both cover to cover. She…
Not Our Problem? Dear Editor: Are others in the canyon are facing this, since many of the electrical poles have been replaced in Topanga? On June 15, SCE installed a new electrical pole…
SCE Public Safety Power Shutoff It seems there are so many other options for SCE to improve safety during red flag days. For those of us who have electric cars, if there…
This community is proud to be in partnership with Caltrans and extremely happy with the care that was taken to accomplish [road repairs and slope reinforcement of both the hillside and the…
We have sad news to report. After a long illness, Jeff Welles, 50-year-old son of Terry and Harvey Welles, passed away on July 17. We remember him first in our Cub Scout…
“This Land is Our Land” This is my second favorite [of your “Living Well” columns], after “What’s In a Name?” I like the immediacy of it; I could feel what you were…
Our sweet boutique Topanga Farmer’s Market is suffering. The community turnout has dropped significantly with a 30-40 percent decrease in sales in the last year. Naturally, vendors are bailing. If we do not…