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The TNT crew looks forward to 2025 with resolve, the audacity of hope, and the energy to create good work and serve our Santa Monica Mountain communities and the natural environment we are so fortunate to inhabit. May all...
Reflections: The Franklin Fire
There’s nothing like the imminent threat of wildfire to make other worries recede into the background. The Franklin Fire ignited around 11 pm on the night of December 11, in Malibu Canyon and burned more than 4000 acres, destroying...
Stephen King may be the most prolific writer of our day. He has written dozens of full-length stand-alone novels beginning with Carrie in 1974, a lifetime of short story collections—many published before Carrie—five unique series collections, a handful of...
Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Our Storied Main Street
This feature on the history of Topanga Canyon Blvd. by TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann first ran in TNT’s April 5 issue. It started out as an update on the road closure caused by the massive rockslide in the lower...
Travels on Pacific Coast Highway
The local stretch of Pacific Coast Highway was constantly in the news in 2024, as state and local officials, residents, commuters and other stakeholders grappled with safety on this increasingly deadly road. TNT Editor Suzanne Guldimann’s feature on the...
Tucking Myself in with Stephen King
TNT columnist Jimmy P. Morgan’s reflections on reading a collection of Stephen King short stories while camping alone in the Southwest was one of our most popular stories of the year. With its frision of horror, it was perfect...
What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do
TNT life coach Olivia Pool’s thoughtful and practical three-part column on “what to do when you don’t know what to do” is one of TNT’s all-time most popular feature series. We’ve put all three together into one feature for...
Wind screams through Malibu Canyon as the suffocating smell of smoke dominates the air. It’s 11 P.M. on Monday, December 9, and the Franklin Fire has just broken out. The Santa Monica Mountains continue to experience high fire risk...
With the New Year upon us, many of us are making resolutions. Resolutions to do better, be better, eat better, exercise more, you know, all of that good stuff. One simple way you can improve, is to start making...