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When I lived on Alta Drive in Topanga, my landlords were part of a Topanga band called the Self-Righteous Brothers. I got to go to their very fun rehearsals next door. This one is June 18, 2010.

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From live music to hippie babies playing with chickens, 2010's Topanga Days had it all. And truthfully, I don't remember much else about it. I'll let the pictures talk.

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When I was living a block off of Topanga I really enjoyed heading down to the streed for the annual Topanga Days Parade. It is a real small-town parade, with floats made up of people's painted and tore-up old cars. And mopeds. And horses. And skateboards. All probably hemp-powered, since …

I just feel the need to whine for a moment -- please indulge me. (Or skip to the next post.)

My house flooded on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I've already cleaned up twice; there's mud on my floor right now, on Monday morning. In addition, we're late on a big project …

My mountain cabin / hippie shack is built into the side of Topanga Canyon. It's TOTALLY not-up-to-code. Tonight, in the middle of the biggest rainstorm of the year, water started pouring from the WALL on the bottom floor that's built into the hill. It washed about a pound of silt onto …

Lots of info from the Malibu Times:

11 a.m. update

Saturday, November 24, 2007
Los Angeles County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman said a just-completed press conference at least 2,200 acres have burned and 35 homes (15 on Seabreeze Road, 15 in Malibu Bowl area and 5 in …

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I've put together another Google Map on fire status. At this point, it should be taken with a whole shaker of salt. I'm using the City Of Malibu sources, but note that the mandatory evacuations area is larger than the road closures, which doesn't make sense.

T-CEP @ 10:02 AM:

There is no threat to Topanga Canyon at this time.

Malibu:
The fire has consumed 2200+ acres and destroyed 35 homes.

Mandatory Evacuations: All areas from Corral Canyon west to Trancas Canyon Road.

All residents are urged to be prepared to evacuate and to immediately follow …

HereInMalibu has great photos and news from the fire again. I think she needs to move:

Here's the rest of her photos from Flickr. As always, HereInMalibu has good fire information too:

If you're listening to fire reports on local AM radio, take their geography with a (big) grain of …

New reports of a fire near Kanan Dune Rd. in Malibu. For my family and friends, this is nowhere near me. Farther than the last fire.

I'll be updating on this site as I get information. Probably not as frequent updates as last time. My Internet is out at home …