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Pablo Capra painting, "Arundo," c. 1999
Pablo Capra's painting, "Arundo," shows bamboo growing in The Rodeo Grounds.
Pablo Capra painting, "Hammocks," c. 1999
Pablo Capra's painting shows hammocks hanging from sycamore trees by newly sprouting bamboo (arundo) in his backyard at 3712 Rodeo Grounds.
Pablo Capra publishes "Idlers of the Bamboo Grove"
Publisher Pablo Capra sits on the floor and holds an ankh in his greenhouse at 3712 Rodeo Grounds. He assembles multiple copies of his chapbook, "Idlers of the Bamboo Grove: Poetry from Lower Topanga" (Brass Tacks Press, 2002). On the wall is a…
Pablo Capra stands by his greenhouse in The Rodeo Grounds
Pablo Capra wears a pink shirt and stands in the doorway of his greenhouse at 3712 Rodeo Grounds.
Pablo Capra stands in his greenhouse in The Rodeo Grounds
Pablo Capra stands in his greenhouse at 3712 Rodeo Grounds.
Pablo Capra's greenhouse at 3712 Rodeo Grounds, 1/2
Pablo Capra writes at the desk in his greenhouse at 3712 Rodeo Grounds.
Pablo Capra's greenhouse at 3712 Rodeo Grounds, 2/2
Pablo Capra talks on the phone at the desk in his greenhouse at 3712 Rodeo Grounds.
Pablo, Lucas, and Sally Capra stand in The Rodeo Grounds
Pablo Capra and Lucas Capra take a group photo with their mother Sally Capra by their house at 3712 Rodeo Grounds. An apricot tree and a Bougainvillea flower bush are in the yard.
Painter Arnold Schifrin
Painter Arnold Schifrin had art shows in LA's top galleries in the 1970s-1980s. He met Jack and Barbara Rice when they were students at Black Mountain College and followed them to Topanga. He taught art at UCLA. He died in 1994. His daughter…
Painter George Demont Otis paints Topanga Creek
Painter George Demont Otis paints Topanga Creek. The back of the photo says, "Given to Mavis by Mrs. G. Otis -- Clara. Topango Canyon 1923"
Painter Linda Bolhuis in her studio
Painter Linda Bolhuis's medium is watercolor on paper or silk fabric. She is married to Rod, and has been part of Topanga's artist community for over 40 years.
Painter Llyn Foulkes plays his instrument "The Machine"
Painter Llyn Foulkes plays his instrument "The Machine," which he built himself. He lived in the Topanga in the 1980s-1990s. In 2013, he had a retrospective exhibit at Los Angele's Hammer Museum.
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.
Palm trees grow by tents and the Topanga Lagoon
Palm trees grow by tents and a Topanga Beach house. The Topanga Lagoon is at left.
Pamela Ingram at her Sassafras Nursery
Pamela Ingram shakes hands with two unidentified people at her Sassafras Nursery. Active in the 1980s, it was a show place of plants and flowers located near the town center. To reach it, the driveway forded Topanga Creek.
Panorama of The Rodeo Grounds, 2017
Panorama of The Rodeo Grounds shows the former sites of the Capra family house (3712 Rodeo Grounds) and Dittrich family house (3707 Rodeo Grounds) after the eviction of Lower Topanga by State Parks. Topanga Creek is at left.
Panorama of Topanga Beach, 2007
Panorama of Topanga Beach shows century plants, arundo bamboo, and a palm tree.
Panorama of Topanga Lane and The Rodeo Grounds, 2021
Panorama shows Topanga Lane and The Rodeo Grounds in Lower Topanga.
Panorama shows the Capra house at 3712 Rodeo Grounds
A panorama shows the Capra family house at 3712 Rodeo Grounds. A blackberry bush and fig tree are at center. An apricot tree is at right.
From "Rodeo Grounds, Last Spark of Eden"
A poem by Robert Campbell published in "Idlers of the Bamboo…
From "Rodeo Grounds, Last Spark of Eden"
A poem by Robert Campbell published in "Idlers of the Bamboo…
Paperboy stands by old surfboards at 3726 Rodeo Grounds
Rapper Jeffrey Indiana Schwartz ("Paperboy") stands by old surfboards in the yard at 3726 Rodeo Grounds. One has graffiti that says, "Idlers of the Bamboo Grove," and an Anarchy symbol.
Past PTA presidents at Canyon Capers
Past presidents of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) at Canyon Capers variety show: Hetty Haeggquist, Nelle Upham, Kathryn Penny, Carol Marshburn, Pearl Sloan, Julia Stewart (who organized the first Topanga PTA in 1937), and Jean Methven.
Pat and Anne Marie Moore and Mark Beatie get flooded
Pat Moore, his wife Anne Marie Moore, and Mark Beatie walk across a flooded section of Topanga Canyon Blvd.
Pat's Topanga Grill restaurant
Pat Burke opened Pat's Topanga Grill in 1994. Its walls were decorated with paintings by local artists and signs of defunct Topanga businesses. The restaurant closed when Pat died in 2015.
Patricia Chatfield stands by a wall of sandbags
Patricia Chatfield stands by a wall of sandbags near the home she shares with her husband Blake and two children at 3712 Rodeo Grounds.
Patricia Chatfield's house is surrounded by mud
The house of Blake Chatfield and Patricia Chatfield (and Patricia's son Ricky Peattie) at 3712 Rodeo Grounds is surrounded by mud after a flood. Bernt Capra and Sally Capra lived there later, from 1980-2006.
Paul Dubosclard print "Autumn in Fernwood"
Paul Dubosclard print "Autumn in Fernwood" ("Winter in Fernwood")
Paul Dubosclard print "California Indian"
The image shows a costumed scene from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print "County Court House" (Santa Barbara)
Paul Dubosclard print "County Court House" and "County Court House by Moonlight" (Santa Barbara)(Santa Barbara)
Paul Dubosclard print "Court House Arcade" (Santa Barbara)
The image shows a costumed scene from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print "Don José"
The image shows a costumed scene from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print "Fiesta Rider (female)"
The image shows a costumed scene from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print "Fiesta Rider (male)"
The image shows a costumed scene from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print "Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo 1542"
The image shows a costumed scene from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print "Mexican Officer 1822"
The image shows a costumed scene from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print "Mission Indians"
The image shows a costumed scene from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print "Old Post Office"
Paul Dubosclard print "General Store, Soda Fountain and Old Post Office."
Paul Dubosclard print "Spring Grade"
"Spring Grade" by Paul Dubosclard is a silk-screen print of the S-Turns. "Noel" is the Christmas edition.
Paul Dubosclard print "St. Francisco de Asis"
The image shows Saint Francis of Assisi from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print "Trapper 1830"
The image shows a costumed scene from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print "Vaquero"
The image shows a costumed scene from Old Spanish Days (Fiesta), which has been celebrated annually in Santa Barbara, California, since 1924.
Paul Dubosclard print “Small Boat Landing Santa Monica, Calif.”
Paul Dubosclard print “Small Boat Landing Santa Monica, Calif.” (Santa Monica Pier)
Paul Dubosclard print, "The Madonna of the Serra Retreat"
Paul Dubosclard print, "The Madonna of the Serra Retreat," shows the Virgin Mary wearing a crown and praying.
Paul Dubosclard print, Topanga postcards, uncut sheet
This uncut proof sheet includes the prints...
TOP ROW:
Sycamore Lodge, Home of Dorothy and Harry Boehme
Clouds over Topanga
Evening Fog
Sunset on the Pacific (Sunset over Topanga)
Topanga Post Office (General Store, Soda Fountain, and Old…
TOP ROW:
Sycamore Lodge, Home of Dorothy and Harry Boehme
Clouds over Topanga
Evening Fog
Sunset on the Pacific (Sunset over Topanga)
Topanga Post Office (General Store, Soda Fountain, and Old…
Paul Hackett skateboards at the Topanga Beach gas station
Paul Hackett skateboards off the back of a car at the Gulf gas station at Topanga Beach. Behind him are his brother David Hackett and Steve Sherman (in yellow). They all belonged to the G&S Skateboard Team.
Paul Lovas and Harriet Lane stand by their damaged house
Paul Lovas, Harriet Lane, and their dog, Dog Biscuit, stand in front of their boarded-up house in The Snake Pit after a flood damaged houses and buried the neighborhood in mud.
Paul Lovas dances across the face of a big wave
Surfer Paul Lovas seems to dance across the face of a big wave. Paul is the author of "Topanga Beach Experience: 1960s-70s" (Brass Tacks Press, 2011).
Paul Lovas does a Quasimodo at Topanga Beach
Surfer Paul Lovas rides in a Quasimodo stance at Topanga Beach.
Paul Lovas flexes his muscles with Rudy Croon
Surfer Paul Lovas flexes his muscles under the Topanga Beach lifeguard tower with the lifeguard Rudy Croon, in a still from a home movie. Paul is the author of "Topanga Beach Experience: 1960s-70s" (Brass Tacks Press, 2011).
Paul Lovas holds "Topanga Beach Experience" at Boardriders
Paul Lovas holds his book "Topanga Beach Experience: 1960s-70s" at Boardriders surf shop at 18820 PCH. Behind him are surfboards.
Paul Lovas sits on the bench at Topanga Beach
Surfer Paul Lovas sits on the bench in the Topanga Beach parking lot. The lifeguard tower is in the background.
Paul Lovas sits on the deck of his Topanga Beach house
Surfer Paul Lovas sits on the deck of his Topanga Beach house. Paul is the author of "Topanga Beach Experience: 1960s-70s" (Brass Tacks Press, 2011).
Paul Lovas surfs a wave in offshore winds
Paul Lovas surfs a wave in offshore winds. Paul is the author of "Topanga Beach Experience: 1960s-70s" (Brass Tacks Press, 2011).
Paul Lovas, Carl Barlow, and Mike Perry
Surfers Paul Lovas, Carl Barlow, Mike Perry sit together at a Topanga Beach party.
Paul Lovas, Robbie Dick, and John Marrow
Paul Lovas, Robbie Dick, and John Marrow visit Robbie's surfboard-shaping room (3843 Topanga Canyon Blvd.) during the 1994 Topanga Beach residents reunion to remember the neighborhood that was demolished in 1979.
Paul Lovas's house in The Snake Pit is swept away
Paul Lovas's house in The Snake Pit is swept away as Topanga Creek floods. Paul is the author of "Topanga Beach Experience: 1960s-70s" (Brass Tacks Press, 2011).
Paul Mazursky carries "The Button" to "The Bomb"
Filmmaker Paul Mazursky gives the V-sign by Michael Greene's garage in The Rodeo Grounds. He wears an anti-war costume consisting of a briefcase with "The Button" to the atomic bomb above his head. (Performance art.)
Paul Randall and Robbie Dick carry surfboards
Paul Randall and Robbie Dick carry surfboards on Topanga Beach.
Paul Sanderson's daughter walks the road in The Snake Pit
Paul Sanderson's daughter walks on the dirt road in The Snake Pit. In the background is a cabin from the Topanga Ranch Motel.
Paulina and Sig Wingard with their children
Paulina and Sig Wingard lived on Topanga Beach with their children Jarnell and Eddie.
Paxson's Cafe, owned by Frank and Myrtle Paxson
Paxson's Cafe, owned by Frank and Myrtle Paxson. Their daughter Blanche married Roy Rust. The Chart House and Mastro's Ocean Club were later built on this spot.
PCH reopens to the public after the Palisades Fire
Drone view shows Topanga Beach five months after the Palisades Fire. PCH officially reopened to the public between Santa Monica and Malibu at 8 a.m. on Friday, May 23, 2025. Recovery efforts continued, and the area remained an active construction…
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