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All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. Market share based on available claw MLS data and any known off market listings. Thinking Out Loud Topanga’s Independent Voice Since 1976 “WE’RE CONFUSED!” Our community has given us feedback and, in the way it’s supposed to work, we’re listening. It seems readers can’t wrap their Publisher / Editor minds around Topanga as a two-newspaper town. As a result, we Flavia Potenza receive emails complaining that readers can’t find a particular article and the reason is we didn’t publish it. It was the “other paper.” Associate Editor We’ve experienced some confusion ourselves as we’ve struggled Kait Leonard to define The Canyon Chronicle and how it differs from the Topanga New Times. Thanks to your feedback, we finally decided on a tag Creative Director line: “Topanga’s Independent Voice Since1976.” Look at it. Savor it. Nira Lichten It carries a lineage and a legacy in that statement. To our point, we have one foot in our past and our sights set in Media Director the future. Admittedly, the Canyon Chronicle has only been around T.E. Zeri for two months, five editions. There’s certainly no legacy or lineage there. Creative Consultant I was the founding editor of the Topanga Messenger in 1976; that Eiffel Nazaryan is the through line to the now. It’s not about me and some egotistical out-of-control drive to keep creating newspapers. It’s about ensuring that the service a newspaper provides has a solid business foundation Contributors that anyone with an independent spirit, open mind, and the required skills can pick up and carry on. Linda Ballou She may hate me for saying this, but Mary Colvig was the rock who kept the Topanga Messenger going Joel Bellman for 40 years. By 2016, no one was in the line of succession and the paper was struggling. In a gallant Annemarie Donkin flourish, she closed the business 40 years to the day on which it was first published, December 1, 2016, Kathie Gibboney and left a legacy that was not about her alone, but a community. Paula LaBrot R.I.P. Topanga Messenger—1976-2016. The community was shocked, people were depressed at losing Amy Weisberg something so entwined with their lives. Fast forward now to The Canyon Chronicle. I have no idea what drove me so hard to continue a Social Media Intern newspaper in Topanga for a third time—the work is demanding, and I certainly have no aspirations to Miranda Anapol die at my desk—but it seemed essential to carry it forward. Thus, the Messenger Mountain News, which lived for three years, and is not yet gone but lurking in the shadows until its owners can come to an Copy Editor / Distribution agreement to exorcise it. Ellie Carroll But look what sprouted from the moldering bones of the Messenger Mountain News. Topanga has two publications! Contact US I won’t speak for the Topanga New Times, the “interim, not-a-newspaper,” as Bonnie Morgan proclaimed in its seminal editorial. Whatever it is, they seem to be having fun. [email protected] As for The Canyon Chronicle, we have our own path. Be assured we are not negating any prospect General inquiries: of fun. We are building on a lineage that began with the Topanga Journal* in 1946. That gives rise now [email protected] to the understanding of what it means to have a community working with you. It also testifies to the Advertising inquiries: integrity and dedication to journalistic standards inherent in the responsibility of such an endeavor. [email protected] Here’s a thought: We have two coffee shops in Topanga, why not two papers? Wrap your mind around P.O. Box 1101 that one. Topanga, CA 90290 Meanwhile, we hope The Canyon Chronicle will live up to the values set before us: “Topanga’s (310) 460-9786 Independent Voice.” n The Canyon Chronicle is an *The Topanga Journal was published by Hugh Harlan from 1946-1952. It’s available as a Microfilm independent community newspaper Master at the University of California, Riverside, CA. published bi-weekly by Canyon Media, Inc.©2020. All rights reserved. thecanyonchronicle.com In the Begginning... Topanga’s Independent Voice Since 1976 August 21, 2020 Vol. 1, No. 5 Publisher/Editor Flavia Potenza and Media Director T.E. Zeri, hold up the cover of the first edition of The Canyon Chronicle in the bedroom “office” of Potenza’s home. This was a moment of uncontrollable exuberance upon seeing the 24 pages laid out on the floor. So much for high tech when you’re a lowly start-up business but nice to know low-tech is still there in a pinch. Photo by neighbor and inspirational muse Jane Hammond POSTAL CUSTOMER POSTAL DDM***** *****ECRWSSE Permit #422 Permit Pasadena, CA Pasadena, PAID U.S.