Topanga News

In a concession to unions, Los Angeles Unified Schools chief Ramon Cortines said Tuesday he will eliminate half the number of local district offices he helped create nearly a decade ago in a bid to reduce next year's deficit of nearly $500 million.

Long-time resident Peter "The Bear" Aitken unexpectedly passed away at Marina Mercy Hospital on October 24, due to complications from a fall.

I am moved today to reply at long last to Topanga Alice who scolded me like a 5th grade teacher for not allowing our cat Ernie out of the house.

Topanga's Got Talent and Heart ... Most Definitely Story by Ben Allanoff, Photos by Kelly Radinsky On Saturday, November 7, an incredibly diverse and talented group of Topangans rocked and wowed the community house at the first annual Topanga Talent Show, a benefit for Topanga Youth Services and the Topanga Creek Watershed Committee .

As the sun went down on Halloween, Saturday, October 31, just before kids were due to take to the streets, neighbors looked up in alarm at smoke billowing over Paradise Lane.

Ballet for Topanga brings its 29th production of "The Nutcracker" to the Community House on December 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. and December 13 at 2 p.m. With Sherry Jason at the helm it is a tightly run ship.

Shop early, shop often at Topanga Canyon Gallery's annual holiday show, "Gift of Art," November 23 through January 10, 2010.

On October 17, more than 70 T-CEP Neighborhood Network coordinators and captains met at the Mountain Mermaid.

It is hard to avoid cliche's when hearing about a story like this, so please forgive me.

Officials said an elaborate marijuana growing site was found in an industrial building 25 feet from the back door of the Topanga police station in Los Angeles, and three people are under arrest.

Bernadette Gladish from Los Angeles, CA. and her friend Mayuka Hata from Santa Monica, CA.

Your job: Get to the restaurant. Our job: Help you order. This week, NBCLA's Eat This journey takes us out for... KCRW'S 1st Annual Good Food Pie Contest: A crumb-filled two hours involving some 150 pies submitted by bakers from around Southern California, plus a fork-wielding cavalcade of foodie judges and you, ready to sample away.

After successfully breaking into two homes Wednesday, an unknown number of burglars attempted to get into a third house when an alarm thwarted the spree, authorities said.

A rapist and child molester will be released Monday night after a judge rejected the Orange County District Attorney's Office's lawsuit designed to keep him in a state mental hospital.

Recorded at Fourth Street Recording, Santa Monica, CA and mastered at Muscletone Village Studio, West Los Angeles, CA , the album is being released on the Silent City Records label.

The Topanga Community Club is holding 2010 Board Elections on Thursday, November 12, 7 p.m., at the Topanga Community House.

David Sonnenshein, Jordanne Dervaes and Abby Gilad admire a giant squash grown by Dervaes and her family on their home farm in Pasadena.

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Topangans Karl Tso and Deborah Ava assist in Catalina Island rescue. Topangans Karl Tso, KI6PCW, and wife, Deborah Ava, KJ6CRZ, members of the Topanga Disaster Radio Team and T-CEP, were at a scouting event at Emerald Bay on Catalina Island on the weekend of October 24-25 and decided to climb a hill to see the view and if they could get into the ...

With fire season in full force, it was time for Topanga residents to make critical decisions about a forming a community wildfire protection plan that would become effective throughout the Canyon.