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Linda Serbu walks into The Rodeo Grounds, 2/2
Linda Serbu walks into the Rodeo Grounds, along the dirt road, and past the "Rodeo Grounds Forever" sign.
Linda Serbu walks into The Rodeo Grounds, 1/2
Linda Serbu walks into the Rodeo Grounds, along the dirt road.
Yellow and red flowers grow near the lifeguard tower
Yellow flowers and a red bougainvillea grow near the Topanga Beach lifeguard tower.
Sea lettuce makes the low-tide rocks bright green
Sea lettuce makes the low-tide rocks bright green in front of the Topanga Beach lifeguard tower.
Carolyn Day does a Paul Strauch Five at Topanga Beach
Surfer Carolyn Day does a Paul Strauch Five on a wave at Topanga Beach.
A boulder fell on Topanga Canyon Blvd., 2005, 2/4
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.
Aerial view of Topanga Lane, 2001
Aerial view of Topanga Lane shows houses along Topanga Canyon Blvd., the entrance to The Rodeo Grounds, and the PCH intersection at Topanga Beach.
Mailboxes for The Rodeo Grounds and Topanga Lane, 3/4
At Topanga Canyon Blvd., a shelf holds the mailboxes of residents of The Rodeo Grounds and Topanga Lane. The biggest mailbox on the right belonged to the Capra family.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2005, 2/2
Aerial view of Topanga Beach shows PCH and the Topanga Lagoon.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2005, 1/2
Aerial view of Topanga Beach shows PCH and the Topanga Lagoon.
James Mathers and Russell stand on the hill above PCH
Russell [SURNAME?] and James Mathers stand on the hill above PCH that separates Topanga Canyon and Tuna Canyon.
Suzy Caldis and James Mathers jam in The Rodeo Grounds
Suzy Caldis watches James Mathers play the ukulele in his art studio at 3726 Rodeo Grounds. His paintings are in the background.
Kristin Dittrich rides a horse in The Rodeo Grounds, 2/2
Kristin Dittrich rides a horse on the dirt road in The Rodeo Grounds.
Coliene Rentmeester's door is open in The Rodeo Grounds
The door to Coliene Rentmeester's house is open at 3715 Rodeo Grounds.
Larry Payne sits in his living room in The Snake Pit
Larry Payne sits on the couch in his living room of his house at 3907 Topanga Lane (The Snake Pit).
A Buddha sits by Jean-Louis Bartoli's door in Rodeo Grounds
A Buddha statue sits by the door of the Jean-Louis Bartoli's room at 3712 Rodeo Grounds.
Jeff Lunsford holds his dog Little Arf in The Rodeo Grounds
Jeff Lunsford holds his dog Little Arf by his guitars at 3719 Rodeo Grounds.
"Rodeo Grounds Forever" sign protests the evictions
A rubber snake coils around a sign that says, "Rodeo Grounds Forever," at the entrance to that neighborhood, The "Forever" part was added later to protest the evictions by State Parks.
James Mathers painting, "Adam and Eve," early 2000s
James Mathers's painting, "Adam and Eve," shows an angel expelling the sinners from the Garden of Eden with a flaming sword. There are several allusions to The Rodeo Grounds, which was evicted by State Parks. These include a deer in the arundo…
James Mathers looks at Norton Wisdom's art studio
James Mathers looks at the paintings in Norton Wisdom's art studio at 3948 Topanga Lane (in The Snake Pit).
Kristin Dittrich and a friend sit on a horse in Rodeo Grounds
Kristin Dittrich and an unknown friend sit on a white horse bareback in Kristin's yard at 3707 Rodeo Grounds.
Old surfboards in James Mathers's yard are painted
One old surfboard in James Mathers's yard (at 3726 Rodeo Grounds) has a painting of a lion. Another says, "Idlers of the Bamboo Grove."
Topanga Beach is empty and the ocean is flat
Topanga Beach is empty and the ocean is flat. A sandbar has formed by the lifeguard tower.
Arundo grows along the dirt road in The Rodeo Grounds
Arundo bamboo grows along the dirt road in The Rodeo Grounds.
There's a puddle on the Rodeo Grounds dirt road by the tree
A cottonwood tree grows on the dirt road at the entrance to The Rodeo Grounds. There is a puddle in the foreground.
Porsches are parked in the driveway in The Rodeo Grounds
Cars (Super 90 and 911 Porsches) are parked in the driveway of J. Murf and Mike Gray at 3719 Rodeo Grounds.
Topanga Beach teenagers smoke pot in "LIFE" magazine, 3/3
Topanga Beach teenager George Trafton smokes a joint in the "LIFE" magazine article about marijuana: "Stoned Kids Think They Can Handle It" by Albert Rosenfeld (1967-07-07). The photo was shot at the house of Skylar and Sirkka Hayden.
Topanga Beach teenagers smoke pot in "LIFE" magazine, 2/3
Shirtless Topanga Beach teenager Woody Woodward blows a soap bubble in the "LIFE" magazine article about marijuana: "Stoned Kids Think They Can Handle It" by Albert Rosenfeld (1967-07-07). The photo was shot at the house of Skylar and Sirkka Hayden.
Topanga Beach teenagers smoke pot in "LIFE" magazine, 1/3
Woody Woodward, George Trafton, and unknown Topanga Beach teenagers smoke from a hookah in the "LIFE" magazine article about marijuana: "Stoned Kids Think They Can Handle It" by Albert Rosenfeld (1967-07-07). The photo was shot at the house of Skylar…
Hobie / Vita-Pakt skateboard team wears striped T-shirts
Hobie / Vita-Pakt Super Surfer skateboard team riders take a group photo wearing striped T-shirts: John Freis, Danny Bearer, George Trafton, Davey Hilton, Steve Hilton.
"By 1964-65, Hobie’s Vita-Pakt skateboards overtook Makaha’s popularity, in…
"By 1964-65, Hobie’s Vita-Pakt skateboards overtook Makaha’s popularity, in…
Torger Johnson skates at 1965 Skateboard Championships
Torger Johnson, barefoot and wearing a helmet, does a nose manual (wheelie) on a Makaha skateboard in front of the bleachers at the 1965 International Skateboard Championships in Anaheim, CA. He is featured on the cover of Issue #3 of "Skateboarder…
Torger Johnson skates for Makaha / Logan Earth Ski, 2/3
Torger Johnson, 23, returned to skateboarding in the mid-1970s to ride for Makaha / Logan Earth Ski.
Torger Johnson skates for Makaha / Logan Earth Ski, 1/3
Torger Johnson, 23, returned to skateboarding in the mid-1970s to ride for Makaha / Logan Earth Ski.
Duke Kahanamoku signs photo for Makaha skater John Freis
Duke Kahanamoku, the father of modern surfing, signed a photo of himself standing with John Freis, a Makaha team rider who shortly after won the 1965 International Skateboard Championships.
The autograph says, "To John Freis, Meke Aloha. Duke…
The autograph says, "To John Freis, Meke Aloha. Duke…
John Freis wins the 1965 Skateboard Championships
Makaha team rider John Freis shows off his certificate and trophy for winning first place overall at the 1965 International Skateboard Championships, held in Anaheim, CA, on May 22-23, 1965. The prize was a $500 scholarship from "Skateboarder…
John Freis does a kick turn on a Makaha skateboard
John Freis does a kick turn on a Makaha skateboard. He rode for both the Makaha and the Hobie Super Surfer teams and developed many tricks, including the nose manual (wheelie).He won first place overall at the 1965 International Skateboard…
Jim Fitzpatrick holds a Makaha skateboard
Jim Fitzpatrick (b. 1948) holds a Makaha skateboard.Fitzpatrick grew up in La Jolla, CA. In the 1950s, he and his friends rode steel-wheel skateboards at La Jolla Shores in between sessions in the water on surf mats and balsa-wood surfboards. In…
"Save Topanga Point. Stop Lagoon 'Restoration.'"
A logo for the group Save Topanga Now shows a skull and crossbones where Highway 27 and Highway 1 meet (the intersection of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and PCH at Topanga Beach). It protests, "Save Topanga Point. Stop Lagoon 'Restoration.'"
"Keep Topanga Beach, Topanga Beach. Stop 'Restoration'!"
Surfer Michael Bihari protests by wearing a T-shirt with a skull and crossbones that says, "Keep Topanga Beach, Topanga Beach. Stop the Topanga Lagoon 'Restoration' Project now! www.savetopanganow.com"
Map of Bus Line 134 after the Palisades Fire, 2025, 1/2
Map of Metro Bus Line 134 route shows a 10-mile, no-stopping zone on PCH between Temescal Canyon Rd. and Rambla Vista (or, between roughly Santa Monica and Malibu). After the Palisades Fire, service resumed on February 28, 2025.
Topanga Beach appears on NBC News after Palisades Fire
Topanga Beach appears in a still from an NBC News video: "LA Metro partially restores bus service on Line 134 (after the Palisades Fire)." The lifeguard tower is at left, and the toxic-debris sorting station is at right.
Topanga Canyon is covered by mud after the Palisades Fire
Topanga Canyon Blvd. is covered by mudslides from the first rain after the Palisades Fire.
Firefighters on break eat dinner at The Mountain Mermaid
During the Palisades Fire, firefighters on break eat dinner at The Mountain Mermaid house at 20421 Callon Dr,
A man shines a light on a grunion run at Topanga Beach
A man shines a light on a grunion run, revealing fish spawning at night on Topanga Beach.
Aerial view of Topanga and PCH after Palisades Fire, 2025
Aerial view of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and PCH after the Palisades Fire shows Topanga Beach, the toxic-debris sorting station, the lifeguard tower, The Snake Pit, Topanga Lane, The Rodeo Grounds, the Topanga Beach Pump Station, the 7-Eleven gas station,…
Aerial view of Topanga Beach after the Palisades Fire, 2025
Aerial view of Topanga Beach after the Palisades Fire shows Business & Pleasure Co.’s Malibu Beach Club, Old Malibu Road, the Topanga Lagoon, the toxic-debris sorting station, and the lifeguard tower.
Aerial view of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and PCH, 2024
Aerial view of Topanga Canyon Blvd. and PCH shows Oasis Imports, the Malibu Feed Bin, the Topanga Beach Pump Station, the 7-Eleven gas station, Topanga Beach, Topanga Lane, and The Rodeo Grounds.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2024
Aerial view of Topanga Beach shows Cholada Thai Beach Cuisine, Wiley's Bait & Tackle, Old Malibu Road, Rosenthal Wine Bar, Topanga Lagoon, the Topanga Ranch Motel, the Reel Inn, and the lifeguard tower.
Karen Lunsford holds babies in The Rodeo Grounds
Karen Lunsford holds babies Michele Capra and Leo Ritz-Barr at the Capra family house at 3712 Rodeo Grounds. Her son Calvin Lunsford crawls. Sally and Bernt Capra stand in the kitchen behind them.
Michele Capra and Maya Listama play by the creek, 2/2
Michele Capra and Maya Listama carry plants and a stuffed animal by Topanga Creek in The Snake Pit. They are accompanied by their dogs. Michele's dog Odie is at left.
Michele Capra and Maya Listama play by the creek, 1/2
Michele Capra and Maya Listama carry plants and a stuffed animal by Topanga Creek in The Rodeo Grounds. They are surrounded by their dogs, including Michele's dog Odie in the foreground.
Cars park across Topanga Creek during a flood, 3/3
Cars park across Topanga Creek during a flood. Above, a pipe carries water to The Rodeo Grounds.
Cars park across Topanga Creek during a flood, 2/3
Cars park across Topanga Creek during a flood. Above, a pipe carries water to The Rodeo Grounds.
Cars park across Topanga Creek during a flood, 1/3
Cars park across Topanga Creek during a flood. Above, a pipe carries water to The Rodeo Grounds.
Lucas Capra rafts Topanga Creek in The Rodeo Grounds, 2/2
A raft is attached to a rope on Topanga Creek, by the concrete berm in The Rodeo Grounds. Lucas Capra lies inside. He has a piece of wood for a paddle.
Lucas Capra rafts Topanga Creek in The Rodeo Grounds, 1/2
Bernt Capra and Pablo Capra stand on the concrete berm in The Rodeo Grounds. They hold a rope attached to a raft on Topanga Creek. Lucas Capra lies inside.
Children play on the dirt road in The Rodeo Grounds
Michele Capra (running), Maya Listama, Calvin Lunsford, and Scotty Dittrich (on a bicycle) play on the dirt road in The Rodeo Grounds.
Robbie Dick shapes a surfboard in Lower Topanga
Robbie Dick wears a face mask while shaping a surfboard in his shaping room at 3843 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Kay 'n' Dave's Cantina opened in 1991
Dave Licht and his wife Kay opened their first Mexican restaurant, Kay 'n' Dave's Cantina, at 18763 PCH in 1991 (across from Topanga Beach). In front was a phone booth.
Bernt Capra, Lucas Capra, and Scotty Dittrich sit in the yard
Bernt Capra sits in a lawn chair in his yard at 3712 Rodeo Grounds. Behind him are his son Lucas Capra and neighbor Scotty Dittrich. At right, a stage is painted with a yin-yang symbol.
People form a chain to lay sandbags in The Rodeo Grounds
People form a chain to fill and lay sandbags on the concrete berm by Topanga Creek in The Rodeo Grounds. Bernt Capra is at left. His sons Lucas Capra (in pink) and Pablo Capra (in stripes) are the blonds whose faces are visible.
Pablo Capra hangs from the rings in The Rodeo Grounds
Pablo Capra hangs upside down from a circular rings apparatus in his yard at 3712 Rodeo Grounds. The rings came from the Webster Elementary School playground in Malibu after it was remodeled.
Coliene Rentmeester makes a face in The Rodeo Grounds
Coliene Rentmeester wears face paint and makes a funny face at Ray and Renate Casser's house at 3703 Rodeo Grounds. Above the door, a historical sign hangs with a horseshoe on it. The sign says, "Rancho Rodeo."
Topanga Creek flows by the berm in The Rodeo Grounds
Topanga Creek flows by the concrete berm in The Rodeo Grounds.
The Capra house is flooded in The Rodeo Grounds
A wheelbarrow holds mud after a flood at the Capra family's house at 3712 Rodeo Grounds.
Shane McMahon set backfires during the 1993 fire
Shane McMahon stands above Topanga Lane, on the hill where he, Christian Andersen, and Kurt Armand set backfires that saved Lower Topanga during the 1993 Old Topanga Fire. A water-carrying helicopter flies by.
J. Shusterman painting, "Topanga Beach," 1998
J. Shusterman's painting "Topanga Beach" shows crooked trees, sunbathers, and the ocean.
Julie rides a horse naked in The Rodeo Grounds, 2/2
Julie wears a straw hat and rides a horse while naked in Michael Greene's yard at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Vines cover Norton Wisdom's gate in The Snake Pit
Reed Bernstein carries a grocery bag through the vine-covered gate to Norton Wisdom's house at 3948 Topanga Lane in The Snake Pit.
James Mathers's house in The Snake Pit, 5/5
Two paintings hang in the red bedroom of James Mathers's house at 3948 Topanga Lane in The Snake Pit. One shows water lilies. The other shows a naked woman lying on a bed in combat boots.
James Mathers's house in The Snake Pit, 4/5
Clothes are strewn over the chairs of the dining table at James Mathers's house at 3948 Topanga Lane in The Snake Pit. His artworks hang on the wall.
James Mathers's house in The Snake Pit, 3/5
Reed Bernstein holds a bottle and leans in the doorway of James Mathers's house at 3948 Topanga Lane in The Snake Pit.
James Mathers's house in The Snake Pit, 2/5
James Mathers's stove is visible in the kitchen of his house at 3948 Topanga Lane in The Snake Pit.
James Mathers's house in The Snake Pit, 1/5
Olive the cat lies on a rug by a bathtub in the bathroom of James Mathers's house at 3948 Topanga Lane in The Snake Pit.
A dog is chained to a station wagon in the Snake Pit
A dog is chained to a station wagon car in the Snake Pit, behind the Topanga Ranch Motel.
Rone Prinz drawing, "Jim and Nancy Lane House," 1992
Rone Prinz's drawing shows the front door of Jim and Nancy Lane's house, located at 3805 S. Topanga Canyon Blvd. #C.
Mailboxes for The Rodeo Grounds and Topanga Lane, 3/4
At Topanga Canyon Blvd., a shelf holds the mailboxes of residents of The Rodeo Grounds and Topanga Lane.
Michael Greene and Claude Bal wear cowboy hats
Michael Greene and Claude Bal wear cowboy hats and kerchiefs in front of Michael's art studio at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Michael Greene sits on a table naked in The Rodeo Grounds
Michael Greene sits on his picnic table at 3726 Rodeo Grounds. He is naked, masked by a kerchief, and wears a cowboy hat.
Robert Downey Jr. crosses his arms in The Rodeo Grounds
Robert Downey Jr. crosses his arms while shirtless and smoking a cigarette in Michael Greene's yard at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
John Drew Barrymore feeds a horse in The Rodeo Grounds
John Drew Barrymore feeds a carrot to a horse while naked at Michael Greene's corral at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Kedric Wolfe wears an angel costume in The Rodeo Grounds
Kedric Wolfe wears an angel costume with wings and a harp as performance art in Michael Greene's yard at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Claude Bal kisses a woman while holding a dead rat
Claude Bal kisses an unknown woman while pointing a gun at a dead rat in his yard at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Julie rides a horse naked in The Rodeo Grounds, 1/2
Julie wears a straw hat and rides a horse while naked in Michael Greene's yard at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
John Drew Barrymore does yoga in The Rodeo Grounds
John Drew Barrymore sits in a yoga lotus position while naked and sticking out his tongue in the Michael Greene's yard at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Coliene Rentmeester walks her dog at Topanga Ranch Motel
Coliene Rentmeester holds her dog Danya on a leash at the Topanga Ranch Motel at 18711 PCH.
Coliene Rentmeester sits in her Rodeo Grounds house
Coliene Rentmeester wears rainboots and sits by framed artworks in her house at 3715 Rodeo Grounds.
A naked woman wears a cowboy hat in The Rodeo Grounds
An unknown naked woman, masked by a kerchief, and wearing a cowboy hat and boots, raises a glass while sitting on Michael Greene's picnic table at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Robert Downey Jr. prays in The Rodeo Grounds
Robert Downey Jr. wears an angel costume with wings and prays by arundo as performance art in Michael Greene's yard at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Lifeguards rescue a plane at Topanga Beach, 2/2
Lifeguards rescue a plane from the waves at Topanga Beach.
Lifeguards rescue a plane at Topanga Beach, 1/2
Lifeguards rescue a plane at Topanga Beach (with the help of a bulldozer) by the lifeguard tower.
An woman walks in the water as Topanga Creek floods
An unknown woman walks in The Rodeo Grounds as Topanga Creek floods.
Renate and Ray Casser stand by a flooding Topanga Creek
Renate Casser, holding a pink umbrella, stands by a flooding Topanga Creek with her husband Ray Casser in The Rodeo Grounds.
Aimee Rentmeester, David Flynn, and Coliene Rentmeester
Aimee Rentmeester and David Flynn take a group photo with Aimee's aunt Coliene Rentmeester (and Coliene's dog Danya) on Coliene's patio at 3715 Rodeo Grounds.
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