September 4, 2020

September 4, 2020

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EDITORIAL

Kindness is Everything

Oppressive news. Oppressive heat wave. August’s end was not kind. In hopes of lifting the oppressive cloud in my head, with Tippy (dog) and Tom (cat), I took an early mor ...(Read More)

Flavia Potenza

By Flavia Potenza

NEWS

Latest Confirmed Dates and Timeline for North Area Plan

The final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which identifies changes to the Santa Monica Mountains North Area Plan (SMMNAP) and Community Standards Districts (CSD) since the ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Kindness Counts with the Census

What would inspire a nerdy, numbers-loving introvert to take a job with the U.S. Census Bureau, going door-to-door gathering data as an enumerator? My tim ...(Read More)

Preparing for the Fire Next Time

The Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness—TCEP—urges everyone to prepare for the next wildfire. Evacuation is the first line of defense and one shoul ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

COMMUNITY NEWS

National Day of Protest and Civil Outrage at Topanga Post Office

Friday, August 21, marked a nationwide protest, organized by MoveOn, to support mass civil outrage of federal government plans to defund the USPS before the November 3 electio ...(Read More)

TCEP’s FRS Channel 15 Top-of-the-Hour Test

SAVE THE DATE: On Sunday September 13 at 8 p.m., residents with FRS radios are urged to go to FRS Channel 15, where TCEP will conduct a listen-only test of the new Top-of-the- ...(Read More)

Town Council Meeting Focuses on Canyon Businesses

Council members and Topanga residents discussed many issues at the August meeting, including the survival of the Canyon’s businesses in the time of COVID-19 The Topanga C ...(Read More)

Annemarie Donkin

By Annemarie Donkin

TWC Bin Restored

In mid-July, canyon residents were shocked to see graffiti that ruined the beautiful artwork that decorated the Topanga Women’s Circle bin at Pine Tree Circle. Artist Liz ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

LETTERS

Bittersweet Dog Days

We were delighted to see our dogs, Yukon and Beezy, on Valerie Walsh’s gorgeous August 7 cover. It was bittersweet because Yukon had cancer and passed in late June. Seeing ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Call Your Senators – #SaveThePostOffice

The Postal Service is in a crisis, caused by the Coronavirus, and Congress needs to act, urgently. The Coronavirus shutdown is plummeting postal revenues while ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

Hobbies for Pleasure

Self-isolation? Lockdown? No problem. I retired early a few years ago and then I was widowed unexpectedly so I’ve had a few years practice at being alone wi ...(Read More)

TOPANGA LIFESTYLE

A COVID Diary (part 4)

Dear Reader, I don’t usually write to a theme but for this column I decided to play with the idea of travel. Some snippets relate to the idea, others are more indirect. Enjo ...(Read More)

Back to School

I unlocked the door, set my school bag and purse on my desk, and prepared to meet my new class of Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten (TK/K)students. The excitement of ...(Read More)

Amy Weisberg, M.Ed.

By Amy Weisberg, M.Ed.

Charter Pods to Enrich Learning

We are going somewhere new and we are not going back to “normal.” The Covid19 pandemic of 2020 has created a sea change. It’s like we are in the Panama Canal, transi ...(Read More)

Paula Labrot

By Paula Labrot

PEOPLE

Congratulations, you have been accepted to Zoom university!

I don’t think I will ever forget the day I received an email from the University of California, Santa Cruz, informing me that Spring Quarter of 2020 would now take place vir ...(Read More)

Sarah Baisley — The Heroine Down the Road

Sarah Baisley, a lustrous Old Canyon resident, was once overheard advising a friend, over a glass of wine, “You have to let go of fear, just let it the *#c% g ...(Read More)

Kathie Gibboney

By Kathie Gibboney

ARTS & CULTURE

September Events

BELOVED WITCH CIRCLES will be hosted online through Zoom by Coco Blignaut, on Saturdays, Sept 12, 19, 26, at 11:11 a.m. for teenage girls and at 1 p.m. for adult women. At eac ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

When Do We Celebrate the New Year?

On the threshold of the New Year, may it bring blessings to us all, I send you my prayerful wishes for a good and pleasant year, materially and spiritually. Rosh Hashanah ...(Read More)

Wild at Hart to Live Stream from the Whitefire Theatre

Kamakshi Hart’s critically acclaimed, award-winning one-woman show, Wild At Hart: A Tale of Trauma & Triumph, returns to the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks on Thursday, S ...(Read More)

The Canyon Chronicle

By The Canyon Chronicle

TOPANGA LIFESTYLE

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