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For tips on family photos, whether it be restoration or genealogical research, check out TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann’s ...
11/18/2025

For tips on family photos, whether it be restoration or genealogical research, check out TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann’s new feature, Family Photos.
Photo courtesy of the author’s collection.

Family photos. These memories captured with chemicals on paper are fragile, fugitive, ephemeral, but surprisingly enduri...
11/16/2025

Family photos. These memories captured with chemicals on paper are fragile, fugitive, ephemeral, but surprisingly enduring. Often the photo remains vivid long after the name or identity of the person in the image is forgotten. This Thanksgiving could be an opportunity to open the door on that forgotten past. Asking family members to identify ancestors and share stories about the times preserved in photographic form can help restore names to the forgotten. It might also offer an opportunity to create new memories. For those with a box or drawer of old family photos, we have some tips for digitizing and reviving them, just in time to share those images for the holidays. We wish all of our readers a happy, harmonious Thanksgiving in the company of loved ones. Don’t forget to take some pictures! Cover design by Urs Baur

Topanga Actors Company presents: “Do You Know The Way To Wonder?” Written and performed by Kamakshi Hart at the Topanga ...
11/13/2025

Topanga Actors Company presents: “Do You Know The Way To Wonder?” Written and performed by Kamakshi Hart at the Topanga Library on November 15th and 16th at 2pm
Photo by Claire Brett Andrew

Cozy up during the rainy days ahead with Nathalie Krull’s Masala Chai Tea Concentrate! Warm and earthy spices, a hint of...
11/13/2025

Cozy up during the rainy days ahead with Nathalie Krull’s Masala Chai Tea Concentrate! Warm and earthy spices, a hint of black pepper, the brightness of fresh ginger, and the gentle fragrance of black or red tea come together in the perfect cup of masala chai. This recipe for chai concentrate returns to the roots of this traditional Indian beverage, with a focus on natural ingredients, flavorful and healthful spices, and far less sugar than you’ll find in most commercial mixes. It’s easy to make, packed with flavor, and is the perfect beverage to start or end an autumn day! Photo by Nathalie Krull

Fire is a constant fear for those who live in the Santa Monica Mountains, and arson is a major cause of fire. It’s a cri...
11/07/2025

Fire is a constant fear for those who live in the Santa Monica Mountains, and arson is a major cause of fire. It’s a crime that can take seconds to commit and cause catastrophic harm. While fire crews battled deadly wildfires all over Southern California in September of 1970, three young men, their pockets full of matchbooks—more than 40 according to newspaper reports—deliberately set fires in Topanga and Calabasas. Fortunately, the winds that had driven the Wright and Clampitt fires all the way from Saugus to the ocean in Malibu were dying down and fire crews were able to contain both of these smaller fires. The author’s older brother John Guldimann snapped this photo of the fire in Calabasas from the backseat of the family car. He recalls that it burned just feet from traffic. Find out more in TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann’s latest feature, Arson.
Photo by John Guldimann

Check out the latest installment of Jimmy P. Morgan’s Books and Such column, Scrolling Alone.
11/07/2025

Check out the latest installment of Jimmy P. Morgan’s Books and Such column, Scrolling Alone.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, the 29-year-old man accused of setting the January 1 fire that may have flared up a week later to...
11/03/2025

Jonathan Rinderknecht, the 29-year-old man accused of setting the January 1 fire that may have flared up a week later to ignite the January 7 Palisades Fire, is facing multiple arson-related counts in federal court. Rinderkecht has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors may have an uphill fight convincing a jury that the accused is responsible, but he is one of very few alleged arsonists in the Santa Monica Mountains to ever face charges. Most of the significant wildfire-related arson fires in this area remain unsolved. 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. ...
10/30/2025

Maddie Ellis and the Malibu Movie Colony is an old-fashioned mystery serial set during the end of the silent movie era. In chapter 8, our heroine and her colleague, director Milo Devlin, visit the reclusive actor cast to play the villain in the film they have been hired to save, and find themselves involved in a perilous, late night rescue on the beach. Join TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann as she takes us back in time to January 1928.

Check out Daphne Huffman’s new feature, Spotlight on Addie Costain: Rising Singer-Songwriter.
10/30/2025

Check out Daphne Huffman’s new feature, Spotlight on Addie Costain: Rising Singer-Songwriter.

Book Nook 📚 Check out Jimmy P. Morgan’s review of Report from Iron Mountain: On the Possibility and Desirability of Peac...
10/30/2025

Book Nook 📚 Check out Jimmy P. Morgan’s review of Report from Iron Mountain: On the Possibility and Desirability of Peace by Leonard C. Lewin.

This is the season where, in the words of writer Ray Bradbury, “the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons g...
10/26/2025

This is the season where, in the words of writer Ray Bradbury, “the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and mid-nights stay.” Find out about Halloween History in TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann’s latest Discover feature.
Photo by Suzanne Guldimann

Stephen Colbert once quipped: “Halloween is right around the corner. You can tell because all the stores are decked out ...
10/20/2025

Stephen Colbert once quipped: “Halloween is right around the corner. You can tell because all the stores are decked out for Christmas.” He’s not wrong, but here at TNT we are savoring every minute of October. In this issue, we’re getting ready for Halloween with a look at this holiday’s constantly evolving history and traditions, and with the hope that Halloween 2025 is a safe and happy one for all of our readers! Cover design by Urs Baur

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