July 10, 2020

July 10, 2020

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Rocco’s Cucina to the Rescue!

After selling their legendary pizza restaurant in 2004, the Rocco’s family business is still going strong as Rocco’s Cucina in the Palisades and…they deliver to Topanga! ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

Meal Giveaway at Topanga Library to Begin July 13

The Los Angeles County Grant Meal Program, Topanga Cares, is set to begin on Monday, July 13, at the Topanga Library from 3:30 to 5 p.m. It is highly recommended, however, th ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

Meet The Neighborhood Network Team

A Neighborhood Network is a group of residents in a geographically close area who have agreed to share contact information, special skills, and equipment so everyone can stay ...(Read More)

Less Traffic, More Trash

Topanga’s Trash Warriors are tired and smiling, and the Boulevard looks beautiful again. The early mornings on Sundays are breathtaking not only in their visual brilliance, ...(Read More)

NEWS FEATURE

Following Juneteenth Protests Continued in DTLA

At 3;30 p.m., when the train from the NoHo station to downtown L.A. (DTLA) stopped near City Hall, there were no cars in the street and no people walking along the sidewalk. D ...(Read More)

Arthur Valentine—1892-1967

In Topanga’s past, there is an eerily familiar story of a police attack on an African American man on Memorial Day that happened exactly 100 years before the ...(Read More)

Juneteenth, 2020

Juneteenth, June 19, symbolizes the liberation of Black Americans, and is the day for them to reflect on the oppressive systems that still exist. According to F ...(Read More)

EDITORIAL

The Simple Life. If Only...

Well, we launched the first issue of The Canyon Chronicle, warts and all, i.e., low-resolution photos, hard-to-read font for articles, and a publisher’s nightmare of uninten ...(Read More)

Flavia Potenza

By Flavia Potenza

BUSINESS

Looking On The Brightside

We are entering an unprecedented time period, perhaps comparable to the Great Depression. While it may or may not be as long lived (1929 through 1933), all indicators show ...(Read More)

ENVIRONMENT

Play Outside

Here is to re-appropriating “staying connected.” Since Topanga is that rare place, where there is plenty of opportunity to explore the nature around you, I have taken a qu ...(Read More)

Deer Killed by Hit and Run Driver

On Sunday, June 14, at approximately 7:15 a.m., a Caltrans maintenance supervisor was traveling southbound on Topanga Canyon Blvd, State Route 27 when he saw a dead buck on th ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

The Humble Milkweed

By planting native species, we support the insects and other animals who depend on them. This will go a long way to reversing some of the damage we’ve already done. “Top ...(Read More)

Kait Leonard

By Kait Leonard

Golden Eagles or Hawks?

“They were two rather large birds in the tree about 150-200 feet away,” Krovetz wrote. “We observed them with binoculars and luckily they stayed in place while I grabbe ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Springtime was Sick Time for California Sycamores

Although the late spring rains were mostly a blessing, there was a downside for sycamore trees. Waiting dormant on the branch tips, the anthracnose fungi (Apiognomonia veneta) ...(Read More)

Adopt A Baby Oak at Trippet Ranch

In order to mitigate the loss at Trippet Ranch, the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCDSMM) and California State Parks have been working together ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

ARTS & CULTURE

A Bridge Between Two Cultures

Since time immemorial Tubowgule, the land on which the Sydney Opera House stands, has been a place of gathering for Aboriginal peoples. The clans would meet on the tidal islan ...(Read More)

Linda Ballou

By Linda Ballou

Together Again

By Sari Scheer As Topanga peeks out carefully from our weeks of being “safer at home” the Topanga Canyon Gallery is ready to provide an enriching place to ...(Read More)

Support the Topanga Symphony During Quarantine

Until the first concert of the new season is rescheduled, the Board of Directors encourages the Symphony’s fans to take note of the new logo designed by forme ...(Read More)

TOPANGA LIFESTYLE

October 13, 2023

Sages Garden Club Looks to Sustainable DIY Home Gardens

October 13, 2023 Balmy breezes wafted through the open doors of the light and bright Sages room as the first meeting of the Sages Garden Club got underway at the Topanga Co ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Topanga Butterfly Whisperer

SERGIO JIMENEZ oversees butterfly operations at the Mountain Mermaid Butterfly House and Native Butterfly Nursery. The mission of the Mermaid is, in part, to educate and insp ...(Read More)

Skid Row’s Hippie Kitchen Keeps On Feeding

More people than usual are sitting side-by-side around park tables and on the ground eating food supplied by the Hospitality Kitchen, known by locals as the Hippie Kitchen, lo ...(Read More)

Kait Leonard

By Kait Leonard

OPINION

The Origin of Power

The power of the people is stated in the words “We the people…,” the first three words of the Constitution of the United States. So how does this concept impact parent ...(Read More)

Amy Weisberg, M.Ed.

By Amy Weisberg, M.Ed.

Lessons from a Dinosaur and a Great Teacher

I sat parked in my station wagon, patiently waiting along the curb for our first grader to come into view. I watched as a torrent of kids running or walking to ...(Read More)

TOPANGA LIFESTYLE

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