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The hills are alive with the sound of music. And it’s a beautiful thing, thanks to Groupmuse and its founder, the intrig...
08/21/2025

The hills are alive with the sound of music. And it’s a beautiful thing, thanks to Groupmuse and its founder, the intriguingly-named (more on that in a moment) Heavy Meadow.

Groupmuse is an international organization that pairs home owners and musicians where a homeowner can host an event on their porch, deck, backyard or living room, and Groupmuse will supply outstanding musicians to entertain their friends and the broader community.

Find out more about Groupmuse and Heavy Meadow in Claire Fordham’s new feature, Making Music and Community.
Photo by Claire Fordham

Looking for your next summer read? Check out Jimmy P. Morgan’s review of Sonny Boy by Al Pacino in the latest installmen...
08/17/2025

Looking for your next summer read? Check out Jimmy P. Morgan’s review of Sonny Boy by Al Pacino in the latest installment of his Books & Such column.

The sweet-scented California wild rose blooms from late spring to mid summer. It isn’t a showy flower, but it fills the ...
08/17/2025

The sweet-scented California wild rose blooms from late spring to mid summer. It isn’t a showy flower, but it fills the air with the true rose scent that attracts pollinators. The delicate pink flowers are followed by abundant red rose hips, a favorite food for many species of birds. There are nine native rose species in California, but this is the only one that is found in the Santa Monica Mountains. To find out more about roses in California, check out TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann’s new discover feature, California Roses.
Photo by Suzanne Guldimann

Roses thrive in Topanga gardens, where the heirloom varieties share space with newer garden varieties in almost every co...
08/10/2025

Roses thrive in Topanga gardens, where the heirloom varieties share space with newer garden varieties in almost every color and shape, delighting the senses with beautiful blossoms and divine fragrance. The Santa Monica Mountains are also home to a native wild rose, Rosa californica. For the indigenous people of California, this rose has been a cherished source of fragrance, medicine, and food. In this issue of TNT we celebrate the rose, old and new, native and imported, delicate and tough, part of our history and one of the symbols of California and everything it represents.
Cover design by Urs Baur

Maddie Ellis and the Malibu Movie Colony is an old-fashioned mystery serial set during the end of the silent movie era. ...
08/10/2025

Maddie Ellis and the Malibu Movie Colony is an old-fashioned mystery serial set during the end of the silent movie era. In chapter 5, writer Maddie Ellis has an unsettling experience during her first night in the Malibu Colony beach house that is her new home. Is the incident connected to the unsolved series of burglaries that have plagued this remote community, or something more sinister? Join TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann as she takes us back in time to January 1928.

In the 1960s and ’70s it was common to see children selling “maps to the stars’ homes.” By 1973, when this photo was tak...
08/10/2025

In the 1960s and ’70s it was common to see children selling “maps to the stars’ homes.” By 1973, when this photo was taken, the map sellers had been forced out of the City of Los Angeles and set up shop just outside city limits. It was dangerous work for children as young as 10, and it didn’t pay much. Find out more about the houses of old Hollywood stars in TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann’s new discover feature, Houses of the Stars.
Image, “Three boys standing on street corner with “Maps To Stars Homes” placards in Los Angeles, Calif., 1973,” is courtesy of the Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives, UCLA Library Special Collections, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Reiki is a system that encourages natural healing and well being, developed in the 1920s by a Japanese student of theolo...
08/02/2025

Reiki is a system that encourages natural healing and well being, developed in the 1920s by a Japanese student of theology named Mikao Usui. He drew inspiration from Shinto, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions. The focus of Reiki is building a connection with what he described as a “universal life force” energy, with the goal of promoting peace, harmony, and well being. This issue’s feature centers on local Reiki Master and Forgiveness Coach Niki Schmid.
Photo by Claire Fordham

Almost 600 California red-legged frog tadpoles, hatched and raised by Aquarium of the Pacific biologists, are now swimmi...
08/02/2025

Almost 600 California red-legged frog tadpoles, hatched and raised by Aquarium of the Pacific biologists, are now swimming free in streams located in the Santa Monica Mountains, marking a hopeful milestone for a species once thought to be extinct in the area. Check out our latest Newsbeat installment, A Collaboration to Save the Red-Legged Frogs in the Santa Monica Mountains, to find out more.

“History is the present. That’s why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end...
08/02/2025

“History is the present. That’s why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.”

—E.L. Doctorow

Find out Jimmy P. Morgan’s thoughts on this author’s work in the latest installment of Books and Such.

Reggae on the Mountain attracts amazing musicians from around the world, but this one-of-a-kind music festival remains h...
07/26/2025

Reggae on the Mountain attracts amazing musicians from around the world, but this one-of-a-kind music festival remains homegrown and deeply rooted in the Topanga community, and its unique magic has never been more welcome. In this time of fears and anxiety, this music has the power to bring people together with joy and in a spirit of love. www.reggaeonthemountain.com/
Cover design by Urs Baur.

Newsbeat: The final phase of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing at Liberty Canyon is underway. What is soon to be th...
07/26/2025

Newsbeat: The final phase of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing at Liberty Canyon is underway. What is soon to be the world’s largest wildlife crossing will connect open space on both sides of US Highway 101 in Agoura Hills. The project is expected to be completed by fall 2026, and can’t come soon enough for vulnerable species in the Santa Monica Mountains like mountain lions and Topanga’s new black bear family.

This hydrating cucumber-mint lemonade is soothing, cooling, and full of electrolytes and vitamins. It’s a great alternat...
07/26/2025

This hydrating cucumber-mint lemonade is soothing, cooling, and full of electrolytes and vitamins. It’s a great alternative to artificially sweetened and colored sports drinks, and fancy enough to be the perfect mocktail—just the thing for hot summer days, or cool Topanga summer nights!
Photo and recipe by Nathalie Krull

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