December 24, 2021

December 24, 2021

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THINKING OUT LOUD

Thinking Out Loud

Happy Christmas and Good Tidings to All for 2022!

The Canyon Chronicle sends a heartfelt thank you to the Topanga community for seeing it through its infancy and wherever we are on the growth scale a year and a half later. As ...(Read More)

Flavia Potenza

By Flavia Potenza

NEWS

Bill Bowling Elected President of the Malibu Association of Realtors

Congratulations to Bill Bowling, the newly elected president of the Malibu Association of Realtors. Everyone in Topanga knows Bill as the good guy in all of Malibu and Topang ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Topanga Pet Resort For Sale

When you spy a group of happy dogs with their tails wagging and frolicking in the hills of Old Canyon, it must mean they are visiting the Topanga Pet Resort. Wi ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

Redistricting is a Win/Lose for Topanga

A first-ever citizens redistricting commission draws new boundaries for L.A. County Supervisor The 14-member citizens redistricting commission retained Santa ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

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OPINION

‘Mindwalk: The Screenplay’

By Floyd Byars, Bernt Capra & Fritjof Capra with Scientific Commentary by Fritjof Capra, a Director’s Note by Bernt Capra, and behind-the-scenes photos 108 pages, $13 Book, ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Give Teachers The Gift of Time

When I first started teaching, I spent hours after my students left preparing lessons, cleaning my classroom, and setting up for the next day of class. As I got older and had ...(Read More)

ENVIRONMENT

The Night Sky Belongs to You

There is something magical about seeing the International Space Station (ISS) fly overhead. For a moment, it is among the brightest objects in the sky as it orbits the earth e ...(Read More)

TRAVEL

Wildlife Jamboree on the Central Coast

Winter on the Central Coasts means fewer tourists and plentiful wildlife. Birds and marine mammals gather there in chaotic profusion from December to February. Every year, ...(Read More)

Linda Ballou

By Linda Ballou

ALL THINGS CONNECTED

All things connected

Christmas—The More Things Change…

Christmas 2021 is here! This wonderful holiday has been celebrated around the world for hundreds and hundreds of years. Throughout those years, Christmas has evolved in its pr ...(Read More)

Paula Labrot

By Paula Labrot

RUDE INTERRUPTIONS

All things connected

Now, Therefore Be It Resolved…

Columnist Joel Bellman, who defines himself as a “short-term pessimist but long-term optimist,” declares Rescuing Democracy as his New Year’s Resolution. I’ve neve ...(Read More)

Joel Bellman

By Joel Bellman

ASTROLOGY

Happy New Year! We’re Off to a Good Start…Honest!

Get ready to sing Auld Lang Syne and stick noise-makers in our mouths because January 2022 welcomes in a truly new energy. It’s been a heavy couple of years. But take hear ...(Read More)

Kait Leonard

By Kait Leonard

PASSAGES

Arthur H. Nissman—May 11, 1938-November 28, 2021

Arthur Nissman, longtime Topanga resident, passed away peacefully on November 28, at age 83. An only child, Arthur was born was born to Max L. and Mina Nissman in Brooklyn, N ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

John V. Starcevich—1936-2021

Final Curtain for Stark’s “One-Man Show” John Starcevich, also known as John Stark, was a Canadian actor, director, and film producer, who started his own theatre compa ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

ARTS

‘The Drone Music Festival’

Artist James Mathers has been making Topanga ridiculously wonderful for decades. He was one of the ten “Idlers of the Bamboo Grove” (2002) who published the Lower Topanga ...(Read More)

THINKING OUT LOUD

ALL THINGS CONNECTED

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