June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Celebrating Our TECS Fifth Graders

Culmination is always a special time for our Topanga Elementary Charter School (TECS) and the fifth- grade teachers, Mrs. Tapper and Dr. Amenta-Shin, our Principal Mr. Kasseba ...(Read More)

Amy Weisberg, M.Ed.

By Amy Weisberg, M.Ed.

Topanga Residents

Topanga Residents: As summer approaches, the threat of wildfire increases - and all Topanga residents need to be aware of measures they can take to mitigate risk and preven ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Letâ€™s Connect!

The Topanga Town Council is reaching out to find residents in our canyon who are the most vulnerable during a disaster event. The Town Council wants to connect these residents ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Local Businesses Test the Waters

As Los Angeles County attempts to get back to normal, or something like it, Topanga businesses explore this new phase. While not everyone has emerged from hibernation, some bu ...(Read More)

Kait Leonard

By Kait Leonard

Newspaper Launch

May 2020 - The Canyon Chronicle, a new community newspaper serving Topanga Canyon and areas of the Santa Monica Mountains, will launch its first edition on June 12 and seeks c ...(Read More)

Flavia Potenza

By Flavia Potenza

Wonâ€™t You be my Neighbor?

Mr Rogers had it right when he invited children to be his neighbor. He also advised that grown-ups find their â€œhelpers,â€ when faced with a challenge. All of Topanga kno ...(Read More)

EDITORIAL

The Canyon Chronicle. Why Now?

June 17 2020 - When the Topanga Messenger was conceived and born in 1976, we were a mix of wannabe hippies and solid citizens, who said, â€œHey, this town needs a newspaper!â€ ...(Read More)

Flavia Potenza

By Flavia Potenza

NEWS FEATURE

Black Lives Matter

It was 90 degrees in Northridge, June 2, as protesters and organizers of The Northridge Black Lives Matter (BLM), @northridgeblm protest, began gathering around the Oviatt Lib ...(Read More)

The 400-Year-Old Pandemic: Police Violence Against Blacks

June 5, 2020. Approximately 300 people gather peacefully on Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills to protest police violence against the African American community as represented by ...(Read More)

Kait Leonard

By Kait Leonard

Topanga Peace Alliance on the Move

On Monday, June 1, noticing the growing protests over the outrage of George Floydâ€™s murder by Minneapolis police, Julie Levine rallied Topanga Peace Alliance members to stan ...(Read More)

Flavia Potenza

By Flavia Potenza

POLITICS

PDSMM Holds Zoom Meeting with Rep. Ted Lieu

Amid protests and the pandemic, U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu graciously gave of his time to answer questions from the Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains. ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

Rude Interruptions "American Carnage"

Twice this week, people asked me to compare todayâ€™s spiraling chaos to two of the darker moments in recent history, specifically 1968 and 1992. Then, likewise ...(Read More)

Joel Bellman

By Joel Bellman

COUNTY NEWS

Salvador Becerra, Jr., Promoted to Captain Of Lost Hills Sheriffs Station

June 26, 2020 - Salvador Becerra, currently Acting Captain at the Malibu/Lost Hills Station (LHS), has been officially named Captain and will maintain his leadership role at t ...(Read More)

Linda Ballou

By Linda Ballou

Topanga Crime and Traffic Report

Crime in Topanga since the COVID-19 shutdown rose 100 percent over April 2019, but traffic collisions are down. Sheriffâ€™s Deputy Michael Cerveny, of the C.I.T Team with t ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

ENVIRONMENT

Three Little Kittens Born in the Santa Monica Mountains!

P-54, a three-year-old mountain lion living in the Santa Monica Mountains, recently gave birth to a litter of kittens - males P-82 and P-83 and female P-84, according to Natio ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

PEOPLE

FIRST PERSON: We Survived COVID-19

Topanga resident and artist, Olivia Ferrari suffers from chronic persistent asthma. The mere thought of a highly contagious respiratory virus, let alone a pandemic, couldnâ€™t ...(Read More)

Malibu Poet Laureate Eleanor â€œEllenâ€ Reich - 1934-2020

Malibu Poet Laureate Ellen Reich passed away at home on Friday, May 1, of cancer, with family and loved ones around her. Reich was named as the cityâ€™s second Poet Laureat ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

ARTS & CULTURE

Symphonyâ€™s 38th Season Delayed

The Topanga Symphony has presented three free classical music concerts a year since it was started in the summer of 1982. The music season always begins with the summer concer ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Topanga Beach a History

Everything you ever wanted to know about Topanga Beach History, but didnâ€™t know to ask is here. In this meticulously researched chronicle of the events taking ...(Read More)

Linda Ballou

By Linda Ballou

TOPANGA LIFESTYLE

Ecotherapy: Keeping Nature Close

The term â€œtree-huggerâ€ conjures images of hippies in bell-bottoms and tie-dyed tee-shirts. Actually, the phrase dates back to 1730, when more than 350 people in India hugg ...(Read More)

Kait Leonard

By Kait Leonard

The Parade Happened Anyway: Topanga Days

Being so much here at home, Iâ€™ve been given a chance to witness some miracles I might have otherwise missed. I saw caterpillars form their hard-shelled chrysalises emerge a ...(Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

HEALTH

Endocrine Disruptors Are Everywhere

There are many chemicals in the environment that affect our bodies, and especially our hormones. These are found in the air, soil, water supply, food and personal care product ...(Read More)

LETTERS

Canyon Limo Prevails!

After being in business for 20 years we, like the rest of the world, have never seen a situation like this. We have been through the financial crash of 2008. We survived the i ...(Read More)

K-12 Open Enrollment

Topanga Elementary Charter School (TECS), a Transitional Kindergarten (TK)/Kindergarten to Fifth grade school, has begun open enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year. To rece ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Topangaâ€™s Littlest Theater Buys the Farm

Dear Topanga Community, I am writing to inform you that Topangaâ€™s Littlest Theater is no more. A move to a heavenly Oregonian farm to pursue a long-held agrarian dream pr ...(Read More)

SCIENCE

The Dragon Flies

All Things Connected I have had a love affair with the Columbia Space Shuttle and the whole NASA space program, but I was beyond pissed todayâ€”the day after the extraordina ...(Read More)

Paula Labrot

By Paula Labrot

TOPANGA LIFESTYLE

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