August 20, 2021

August 20, 2021

View the August 20, 2021 issue (Vol. 2, No. 16) in PDF format.

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GOVERNMENT AT WORK

Aliso Canyon Plan ‘Unwise and Unsafe’

State Senator Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles), representing the district containing the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in Los Angeles, wrote to the Public Utilities Com ...(Read More)

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Sen. Henry Stern Takes On Climate Emergency Bills

Fires, Extreme Heat, and Grid Resilience are coming to a critical vote, plus bills on wildlife corridors, oil & gas reform, and an electric vehicle czar. State Senator Henr ...(Read More)

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Upcoming Events

Verdugo Moon ft. Mina Bloom!

Thursday, Sept. 2, 5pm-8pm, Topanga Center ...(Read More)

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ALL THINGS CONNECTED

Future Scouts—Forging A Preferred Future

Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the worldwide Scouts Movement, said, “We must change boys from a ‘what can I get’ to a ‘what can I give’ attitude.” Juliette Gordon L ...(Read More)

Paula Labrot

By Paula Labrot

MY CORNER OF THE CANYON

The Cat And Mouse Days Of Summer

The cat lies on the cool marble of the fireplace hearth, snoring. I’m hoping the last mouse has been caught. It seems that for the entire summer the Have-A-Heart trap h ...(Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

THINKING OUT LOUD

Thinking Out Loud

Win Some, Lose Some

After a year of publishing a print edition of The Canyon Chronicle, we’ve maintained a website but not to the scale we need. We have an opportunity now to upgrade it, expand ...(Read More)

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COVID-19 DIARY

Dear Reader,

I honor the humming bird, this tiny, fast, exquisite avian that weighs as little as a penny, a symbol of irrepressible life. The Aztecs called them, “warriors of resurrectio ...(Read More)

EDUCATION

COVID-19 New Rules for Schools

Kids are back in school and as the COVID-19 virus and the Delta variant continue, the Canyon Chronicle has highlighted some recommendations and requirements from the Center fo ...(Read More)

DOG DAYS

Pumpernickel, aka Buddha, but What’s in a Name?

After a year of the constant barrage of puppy photos from my wife, Morgan, I finally gave in the day she rescued little Pumpernickel. It was something about his gaze, she said ...(Read More)

Olive aka Queen Olive & Royal Cohort Alfie

Hello! My name is Olive and I am a six-year-old Japanese Chin. Some readers might remember my brother, Alfie, who appeared in the Topanga Messenger years ago. He was a former ...(Read More)

Dog Days in Topanga

It took a long time to get my husband Stephen to agree to getting a dog. My daughter and I had been pestering him for over a year, and finally, six months into lockdown, he sa ...(Read More)

ENVIRONMENT

Late Summer Orphans

There is a vehement outcry against squirrels this year that are razing local gardens from fruit trees to home-grown veggies. The California Wildlife Center (CWC), however, is ...(Read More)

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WORSHIP SERVICES

What Is Rosh Hashanah?

The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation and sounding of the shofar . . . What: Rosh Hashanah is the birthday o ...(Read More)

Topanga Christian Fellowship Church

Because of a conflict with Labor Day weekend (September 4-6), Topanga Christian Fellowship will hold the September “First Sunday” service on August 29, at 6 p.m. in the p ...(Read More)

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