Dear editor (and fledgling backyard butterfly farmer), I loved seeing the pictures of your yellow Cloudless Sulphur butterfly in the recent issue of the Messenger Mountain News! We are in the height…
Letters
On Friday, December 8 at 5 p.m., I received a text from Kevin Taylor, a high school friend of my husband (Paul Pedroza), saying, “My office (Senator Henry Stern) is organizing emergency hay…
Preserving Topanga’s History Bill Buerge responds below to a recent rumor that the county was requiring the boxcar bridge—a structure that most Topangans regard as a historical landmark—to be removed. The rumor…
Great Article! Your article on TCEP in the last Messenger issue was wonderfully written and impressively thorough. It really made TCEP look good and did a great job to highlight the good…
Dear Editor, I was glad to see the article from Suzanne Guldimann about the bad beetles (Refer to “Wreaking Havoc on California’s Trees,” September 8, 2017, Vol. 1, No. 18) but realized…
Pablo Capra, a former resident of Lower Topanga, took this photos of the gated compound where the State Parks ranger lives in the back of the Topanga Ranch Motel. He writes: Parks…
After eight years as president of the Canyon Sages, I am stepping down. At the same time, Jackie Safonov is stepping down as Community House activities liaison (thanks, Jackie!) and we would…
It seems inconceivable that people are building campfires right next to our wild lands. In the past year, generally while performing patrols for Topanga Arson Watch, I have found no less than…
Dear Topanga, As most of you know, Abuelita’s will be closing its doors on October 1. I have had the great fortune to work with Debra for the past 10 years by curating…
Skateboarding: Dangerous and Illegal Dear Editor, I am appalled that you would publish such a misleading, and one-sided article about skateboarding Tuna Canyon. It is a dangerous and illegal activity and is…