A boulder fell on Topanga Canyon Blvd., 2005, 2/4

Title

A boulder fell on Topanga Canyon Blvd., 2005, 2/4

Description

A 300-ton rock boulder fell in a mudslide on Topanga Canyon Blvd. on January 9, 2025, about 1.5 miles from the beach. It knocked down a telephone pole. Photos of this "rock star" appeared in the news around the world.

Date

January 2005

Source

Digital only

Rights

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Creator

Ken Hively

Publisher

Los Angeles Times, 2005-01-11
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Citation

Ken Hively, “A boulder fell on Topanga Canyon Blvd., 2005, 2/4,” Topanga Historical Society Digital Archive, accessed November 8, 2026, https://topangahistoricalsociety.org/archive/document/3326.