Lower Topanga residents flee past downed telephone poles

Title

Lower Topanga residents flee past downed telephone poles

Description

Lower Topanga residents, some of them carrying pets, flee from the flood danger, past downed telephone poles, along Topanga Canyon Blvd. Numerous mudslides were reported during the 1969 storm.

Date

1/25/1969

Source

Digital only

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Contributor

Alli Acker

Publisher

Los Angeles Times, 1/27/1969
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Citation

“Lower Topanga residents flee past downed telephone poles,” Topanga Historical Society Digital Archive, accessed November 8, 2026, https://topangahistoricalsociety.org/archive/document/1262.