Colonel William W. Coolbaugh was 70 years old in 1909 when he bought Jack Rabbit Lodge from a fisherman named Harry Johnson. It was the only residence at Topanga Beach. For years,…
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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…
For decades, it has been known that a number of Indian bones were buried all along the bluffs by the sea. Occasionally after a high tide, relics… are to be seen, the…
Pablo Capra of Brass Tacks Press presents “Wet & Wild Topanga Style,” an art show and short-film event about the surf culture of Topanga Beach in the 1960s & ‘70s. Featured will…
I still have last year’s volunteer badge for Topanga’s very own literary festival, Transport. Thanks to the guidance of visionary Kim Zanti, Library Manager Oleg Kagan, Jenni Klemp and their…
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…
Poet and publisher Pablo Capra is haunted by a place that no longer exists, the vanished Bohemian Eden of Lower Topanga. The loss of his childhood home has been the catalyst for…
In a world crammed with information and instant access to other people’s news, adventures, transgressions and romances, we can easily forget to relax our brains—to sit back, daydream and get lost in…
Ever wonder about the local folklore concerning the cabins on Topanga Beach that were demolished in 1978? Or stories before the bulldozing of the Rodeo grounds in 2003? And how did it…
THE GOOD MONEY TRAIL Dear Editor, I just love doing this column! And…..when I got the checks I was so happy. I am sending the money from the column to my friend…