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Brownie Scout Troop 1667, led by Kay Saltman (Queen K.)
Brownie Scout Troop 1667, led by Kay Saltman (Queen K.), 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.
Sandra Morrow's house on Old Malibu Road is empty, 1/2
Sandra Morrow's house at 3983 Old Malibu Road is abandoned after the eviction of the Lower Topanga community by State Parks. A "Road Closed" sign blocks entry to the former neighborhood.
Sandra Morrow's house on Old Malibu Road is empty, 2/2
Sandra Morrow's house at 3983 Old Malibu Road is abandoned after the eviction of the Lower Topanga community by State Parks. A "Road Closed" sign blocks entry to the former neighborhood.
Tony Whipple's house on Old Malibu Road is abandoned
Tony Whipple's house at 3964 Old Malibu Road is abandoned after the eviction of the Lower Topanga community by State Parks. Graffiti on the fence says, "My fondest memories made here XOXO."
People gather at a day party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds, 3/15
People sit on couches around the firepit in the yard at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Tim [SURNAME?] sits with Odessa [SURNAME?].
Jean-Louis Bartoli walks with an unknown woman.
Jeffrey Indiana Schwartz ("Paperboy") wears a newsboy cap.
Andrew Calder…
Tim [SURNAME?] sits with Odessa [SURNAME?].
Jean-Louis Bartoli walks with an unknown woman.
Jeffrey Indiana Schwartz ("Paperboy") wears a newsboy cap.
Andrew Calder…
People gather at a day party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds, 5/15
Austen Tate ("Baby Dinosaur"), Jessica Williamson, and Robin Paz ("Lunch Lady") take a group photo in the yard at 3726 Rodeo Grounds. Austen sits on a swing.
People gather at a day party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds, 7/15
An unknown woman and Xavier Llongueras sit in the yard at James Mathers's party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
People gather at a day party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds, 9/15
Jessica Williamson (sitting in a wheelchair) and an unknown woman (with a dog) gather in the yard at James Mathers's party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
People gather at a day party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds, 10/15
People take a group photo in the yard at James Mathers's party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
James Mathers wears an orange scarf.
Erin Loggins ("Log") wears a red shirt.
Xavier Llongueras holds a bag.
Jessica Williamson raises her hands.
An unknown…
James Mathers wears an orange scarf.
Erin Loggins ("Log") wears a red shirt.
Xavier Llongueras holds a bag.
Jessica Williamson raises her hands.
An unknown…
People gather at a day party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds, 11/15
People take a group photo on the couch in the yard at James Mathers's party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
STANDING:
Jessica Williamson
SITTING:
Smael Laurent, Andrew Calder ("Project"), James Mathers
STANDING:
Jessica Williamson
SITTING:
Smael Laurent, Andrew Calder ("Project"), James Mathers
Clutter fills James Mathers's studio at 3726 Rodeo Grounds
Paintings, furniture, and a drum clutter James Mathers's art studio at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Paintings hang above the door of James Mathers's art studio
A painting of a woman by Michael Greene and a trapezoidal abstract painting by Norton Wisdom hang above the door in James Mathers's art studio at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Jean-Baptiste Fourault's sculptures are lined up in the yard
Jean-Baptiste Fourault's sculptures of tribal heads are lined up in the yard. His fluid, white sculpture is at right. A painting by James Mathers leans against the boarded-up house at 3726 Rodeo Grounds.
Never-Ending Costume Party at 3726 Rodeo Grounds, 3/6
James Mathers (shirtless), and Erin "Log" Loggins wear dresses in front of their airstream trailer at a "Never-Ending Costume Party" at 3726 Rodeo Grounds. In the foreground, an unknown man sits in a wheelchair.
A "Slow" sign hangs on a tree in The Rodeo Grounds
A cottonwood tree grows on the dirt road at the entrance to The Rodeo Grounds. It has a slow sign.
Smael Laurent stands by his painting in The Rodeo Grounds
Smael Laurent stands by his painting in the art studio at 3726 Rodeo Grounds. He is shirtless and covered with paint.
James Mathers and Log stand on a Mercedes in the creek
James Mathers and Erin Loggins ("Log") work on extracting Christoph Marquardsen's Mercedes-Benz from Topanga Creek. The car got stuck and then was carried several hundred feet downstream.
Panorama of Topanga Beach, 2007
Panorama of Topanga Beach shows century plants, arundo bamboo, and a palm tree.
Kevin Kieser's homeless camp at Topanga Beach, 1/2
Kevin Kieser's homeless camp at Topanga Beach is partially hidden from the street by a camouflage tarp.
Kevin Kieser's homeless camp at Topanga Beach, 2/2
Kevin Kieser's homeless camp at Topanga Beach is partially hidden from the street by a camouflage tarp. He takes a selfie holding a cigarette.
Kedric Wolfe revisits mural "Buddha on the Wall," 2017
Liz Shepherd, David Totheroh, and Kedric Wolfe painted "Buddha on the Wall" on Labor Day 1982. The mural, designed by Shepherd, can still be seen on the retaining wall along Topanga Canyon Blvd., near Highvale Trail. In 2016, Clare Brown led a crew…
Kit Plumridge painting, "Topanga Dumper," 2024
Kit Plumridge's painting, "Topanga Dumper," shows a wave breaking on rocks at low tide in The Cove at Topanga Beach.
Kit Plumridge painting, "Malibu Feed Bin," 2024
Kit Plumridge's painting, "Malibu Feed Bin," shows bushes growing in front of the feed store at 3931 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Kit Plumridge painting, "Cholada Thai," c. 2000
Kit Plumridge's painting, "Cholada Thai," shows a banner advertising a "lunch special" above the front door of the restaurant Cholada Thai Beach Cuisine at 18763 PCH.
Kit Plumridge painting, "Topanga Ranch Motel," 2018
Kit Plumridge's painting shows the Topanga Ranch Motel at 18711 PCH.
Something's Fishy Here seafood restaurant
Something's Fishy Here seafood restaurant at 18753 PCH (Topanga Beach) evolved into Something's Fishy Sushi. Warren Roberts is standing in front, a co-owner with his brother Lance, and with Marshall and Susan Burns.
A T-shirt advertises the Reel Inn and Row Boat restaurants
A T-shirt advertises the Reel Inn and the Row Boat (Topanga Fish Market) seafood restaurants in Malibu and Topanga Canyon. It features artwork of a tugboat by Lance Roberts, and the phrases "Eat fish or die" and "Famous fish restaurants."
Torger Johnson does a wheelie on a Makaha skateboard
Torger Johnson (1951-1983) does a nose manual. Johnson was an original Makaha Skateboard Team member and then Hobie Super Surfer team member. He invented many freestyle tricks, including the "Spacewalk," a maneuver in which a rider balances on the…
Carolyn Day does a Paul Strauch Five at Topanga Beach
Surfer Carolyn Day does a Paul Strauch Five on a wave at Topanga Beach.
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.
Brian Jones gives a shaka and Rocky gives a thumbs-up
Brian Jones gives a shaka and Rocky [SURNAME?] gives a thumbs-up (while holding his boogie board). Both surfers are shirtless at Topanga Beach.
The Makaha skateboard team boards a plane to Hawaii
The Makaha skateboard exhibition team, wearing suits, boards a plane to Hawaii: Jim Ganzer (manager), Danny Bearer, Gregg Carroll, Joey Saenz, George Trafton, Scott Archer
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.
Nude women greet the sunrise on Topanga Cyn. Blvd., 1/2
Nude women pretend to enact a witchy sunrise ceremony on Topanga Canyon Blvd. during a road closure. They stand apart.
Nude women greet the sunrise on Topanga Cyn. Blvd., 2/2
Nude women pretend to enact a witchy sunrise ceremony on Topanga Canyon Blvd. during a road closure. They huddle together.
Surfer Bruce Lucoff sits below a "Pot is Fun" poster
Surfer Bruce Lucoff sits below a poster of Allen Ginsberg that says, "Pot is Fun," in a Topanga Beach house.
Surfer Bruce Lucoff sits below a "Fuck the Draft" poster
Surfer Bruce Lucoff and friends smoke below a "Fuck the Draft" poster in a Topanga Beach house.
Cory Feldman, Suzie Metzler, Steve Hilton...
Cory Feldman, Suzie Metzler, Steve Hilton, and three unknowns sit on a log in front of the Saenz family's Topanga Beach house.
Surfers shoot BB guns from porch of a Topanga Beach house
Surfers shoot BB guns from the porch of John Puklus's Topanga Beach house. Ken "Kenman" Helms wears sunglasses. George Trafton wears a hat.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2026, 1/4
Aerial view of Topanga Beach bluff, Topanga Lagoon bridge, Topanga lifeguard tower, and PCH.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2026, 2/4
Aerial view of Las Tunas Beach houses, Topanga Beach bluff, Topanga Lagoon bridge, blue beach access mat, Topanga lifeguard tower, and PCH.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2026, 3/4
Aerial view of Las Tunas Beach houses, Topanga Beach bluff, Topanga Lagoon bridge, Topanga lifeguard tower, and PCH.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2026, 4/4
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, Topanga Canyon Blvd. / PCH intersection., 7-Eleven gas station, Sunset Mesa, and Mastro's Ocean Club.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott and wife June Shelley
Ramblin' Jack Elliott and wife June Shelley, also a folk musician, with guitar and banjo. They met at Will Geer's herb farm (Theatricum Botanicum), and stayed together for five years. They traveled throughout Europe, performing together.
Design of the Topanga Library
The County allowed a citizens committee to help create a library design to suit Topanga.
Surfer Jeff Ort rides Gitano on Topanga Beach
Surfer Jeff Ort rides the horse Gitano (Spanish: "Gypsy") on Topanga Beach.
Leon Kreer sculpture, "Lego Man," 2012
Leon Kreer's 8-foot-tall sculpture, "Lego Man," washed up on the Topanga Beach as part of a guerilla art project, sponsored by the Los Angeles gallery LAB ART. Surfers take photos beside its odd message, which says, "No Real Than You Are."
Ramona Handel-Bajema swings at 3739 Rodeo Grounds
Ramona Handel-Bajema swings while eating an apple at 3739 Rodeo Grounds. The potted spider plants were part of a small family business to sell mirrors with planters.
Members of Topanga Canyon Gallery (New Canyon Gallery)
Members of the Topanga Canyon Gallery steering committee: Rebecca Catterall, Meredith Miskowich, Sue Sullivan, Nancy Swenson Williams, Barbara Anahita King, Penny Chavez.
Sally Capra sits with her sons in The Rodeo Grounds
Sally Capra sits with her sons Pablo Capra and Lucas Capra in their yard at 3712 Rodeo Grounds.
Surfers sit in front of The Yellow House
Surfers sit on the rocks and rubble for a group photo in front of The Yellow House at Topanga Beach.
BACK ROW:
Shane McMahon (in sunglasses and blue hat), Matt Robinson, Mark "The Mate" Barker, Andy Halpert (Tony Creed) with guitar, Charlie…
BACK ROW:
Shane McMahon (in sunglasses and blue hat), Matt Robinson, Mark "The Mate" Barker, Andy Halpert (Tony Creed) with guitar, Charlie…
Terry and The Pirates hang out at their Topanga Beach house
Terry and The Pirates sit on the deck of their Topanga Beach house. Terry Ward watches as Puki opens her mouth to receive what looks like a pill from Lance [SURNAME?] wearing a bandana.
Herb Thacker and Paul Lovas sit with a marijuana plant
Surfers Herb Thacker (shirtless) and Paul Lovas sit at a table with a potted marijuana plant, on the deck of a Topanga Beach house.
John Marrow and Cynthia Ho sit on driftwood
John Marrow (in hat) and Cynthia Ho (in bikini) sit on driftwood at Topanga Beach. Behind them are others in swimsuits.
A cable car was used to measure Topanga Creek
A cable car was used to gauge the water level of Topanga Creek at the bottom of the S-Turns.
Bridge over Topanga Creek, at the bottom of the S-Turns
A man walks on the bridge over Topanga Creek, at the bottom of the S-Turns, where the water-level gauging station was.
Rock riprap along Topanga Creek, near PCH
Boulders were placed as rock riprap along the right bank of Topanga Creek, 600 feet upstream from Pacific Coast Highway.
Nava Suryawan and Michele Capra sit by nasturtiums
Nava Suryawan and Michele Capra sit in a field of nasturtium flowers in The Rodeo Grounds.
Woody Woodward's Skateboarding Hall of Fame T-shirt
Woody Woodward skates on a T-shirt created by Makaha / Logan Earth Ski to commemorate his induction into the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in 2013.
Bonnie Leonard's wedding reception at the Lasky home
Bonnie Leonard wears a crown of flowers on the spiral staircase at the home of her sister, Marlene Lasky, at 18726 W. Topanga Beach Rd. The occasion is the reception after her wedding to Dave Leonard. The living room has a fireplace.
Writer Al Martinez in his home office
Writer Al Martinez in his home office. He moved to Topanga in 1972, and became a popular columnist for the "Los Angeles Times."
Ginny Haynes smiles at the counter of Wylie's Bait Shop
Ginny Haynes smiles at the counter of Wylie's Bait & Tackle (18757 PCH), across from Topanga Beach. Above her are fishing poles.
Topanga Beach reopens to surfing during COVID-19
Topanga Beach reopened to surfing when Los Angeles County partially ended its COVID-19 pandemic, beach closure on May 13, 2020. Lying or sitting on the sand was still prohibited. Walking was only allowed with a face mask.
Santa Monica is in the…
Santa Monica is in the…
Cornelia Trujillo with kids Rosagua, and Dolores Jr.
Cornelia Trujillo with kids Rosagua (Rose Wiley), and Dolores Jr.
Jane Handel holds Ramona at 3739 Rodeo Grounds, 2/2
Jane Handel holds her daughter Ramona Handel-Bajema at 3739 Rodeo Grounds. Jane's crocheted shirt was made by neighbor Anne Fuchs ("Bunny").
Jane Handel sits on a fancy bench at 3739 Rodeo Grounds
Jane Handel sits on a fancy bench at 3739 Rodeo Grounds. She hand-colored this black-and-white photo.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2011, 1/7
Aerial view of Topanga Beach shows Boardriders, Cholada Thai Beach Cuisine, Wylie's Bait & Tackle, Rosenthal Wine Bar, the Topanga Ranch Motel, the Reel Inn, Oasis Imports, the Malibu Feed Bin, the abandoned gas station, the Topanga Beach Pump…
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2011, 2/7
Aerial view of Topanga Beach shows Cholada Thai Beach Cuisine, Wylie's Bait & Tackle, Rosenthal Wine Bar, the Topanga Ranch Motel, the Topanga Lagoon, and the lifeguard tower.
Aerial view of Topanga Beach, 2011, 4/7
Aerial view shows Las Tunas Beach, Topanga Beach, and Sunset Mesa.
The Yellow House stands out among Topanga Beach houses
The Yellow House stands out among Topanga Beach houses. A volleyball net sags in the foreground.
Hal Jepsen walks by the Turning Point Ramp on PCH
Filmmaker Hal Jepsen walks by the Turning Point Ramp, which he advertised for sale on PCH by Topanga Lane.
The Turning Point Ramp was a capsule-shaped skateboard ramp invented by Scotty Senatore in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1979. Built from…
The Turning Point Ramp was a capsule-shaped skateboard ramp invented by Scotty Senatore in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1979. Built from…
View from The Point restaurant shows South Topanga Beach
View from The Point restaurant shows a broken fence, South Topanga Beach houses, and the Villa Leon.
Marinos' Seafood Restaurant
Marinos' Seafood Restaurant on 18661 Pacific Coast Highway was run by Greek fishermen, and later sold to Earl Holbert and Lionel LeBourget. There was also a part called "The Living Room," and a liquor store. The Raft and The Reel Inn were later…
Jack Rice and Randy Just lay bricks
Stone artisan Jack Rice and Randy Just lay bricks for a fireplace on Skyline Drive.
Lou Onofrio stands in the yard of a Topanga Beach house
Lou Onofrio stands in the yard of the house at 18762 W. Topanga Beach Rd., surrounded by a white picket fence, that his family would housesit every summer. At right is a stairway leading up the bluff.
Mia Earls painting, "Cholada Thai Beach Cusine," 2020s
Mia Earls painting, "Cholada Thai Beach Cusine," shows women from Topanga Beach outside the restaurant at 18763 PCH. They wear bikinis and a sunhat, and carry a surfboard.
Residents build the Rodeo Grounds bridge, 1981, 1/5
Architect Bernt Capra (standing) and Craig Halley (right) build the Rodeo Grounds bridge out of telephone poles.
Residents build the Rodeo Grounds bridge, 1981, 2/5
Craig Halley (top) and other residents climb ladders to build the Rodeo Grounds bridge over Topanga Creek out of telephone poles.
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