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🌱 How a Skyhawk Lane home is built to face wildfires
Be sure to catch Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding. A visiting production at Odyssey Theatre on the Topanga Patch calendar
Hello Topanga! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Skyhawk Lane home is built to face wildfires
Also on today's calendar: Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding. A visiting production at Odyssey Theatre and 4 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 90 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 85, low: 66.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and cool, with a high of 79 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• How California's Innovative Homes Stand Resilient Against Wildfires (freeyork.org) — A striking fire-resilient home on Skyhawk Lane in Topanga showcases how steel trusses, zinc roofing, and strategic terraces can help protect houses in the Santa Monica Mountains from embers and wildfire. The piece compares this Topanga design with other innovative, ember-resistant homes across California, highlighting materials and layouts that may guide future rebuilding in high-risk areas. 
📸 Around Topanga
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Topanga
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★ Featured events ★
- Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding. A visiting production at Odyssey Theatre →
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, 2055 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles
7:00 pm - Voices Rock launching new Adult and youth Choirs in WESTLAKE VILLAGE →
Aspire Dance Studio, 5700 Corsa Ave, Westlake Village
7:30 pm - West Valley IRL: Curated Connection Event →
Chubby Social, 6600 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Los Angeles
6:00 pm - Salute to Firefighters Festival 2026 →
Warner Center Park, 5800 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91367,
9:00 am - Salute to Firefighters Festival 2026 →
Warner Center Park, 5800 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA 91367,
9:00 am
Thursday September 10
Tuesday September 15
Saturday September 26
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Other local events
- Topanga Farmer's Market →
Topanga Community Center, 1440 N Topanga Canyon Blvd, Topanga
9:00 am - Touch A Truck - Families join us to see and explore utility vehicles & more... →
Encino Farmers Market, 17400 Victory Blvd, Los Angeles
8:00 am
Friday September 11
Saturday September 19
📣 Topanga Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Room Parent Meeting
Lang Ranch Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
8:45 am - Earl's Donuts Cruise →
Earl's Donuts, 20429 Devonshire St, Los Angeles
9:00 am - Spark Networking Group →
Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce Greater 600 Hampshire Rd #200 Westlake Village, CA 91361
9:00 am - Century City Farmer's Market →
The Century City Chamber of Commerce 2029 Century Park E #4392, Los Angeles, CA 90067
10:00 am - Business, Entertainment & Law Council Planning Meeting
The Century City Chamber of Commerce 2029 Century Park E #4392, Los Angeles, CA 90067
10:00 am - Football vs Castaic
Oak Park High School Home
4:00 pm - Board of Directors Meeting
Calabasas Chamber of Commerce via Zoom Meeting Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89429653502?pwd=cHBCYXBIbDBKUlg5NWRxTnhleThrdz09 Meeting ID: 894 2965 3502 Passcode: 657754
5:00 pm - Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - Reel Guppy Outdoors
Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce Reel Guppy Outdoors
5:00 pm - Parent Education Night- Attendance Awareness
Culver City Middle School Culver City, CA 90230
5:30 pm - School Tour
Lindero Canyon Middle School Calabasas, CA 91302
6:00 pm
Thursday September 10
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Topanga PatchAM possible:
- Oria Builders — (877) 778-6742
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Bob Smith BMW, Mini & Volvo posted a job opening for BMW/MINI Service Porter in Calabasas. Apply here.
- Accor North America, Inc. posted a job opening for Coffee Runner in Santa Monica. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Topanga here.
🗞 Nearby News
Calabasas
- Night Of The Jack Returns for 2026 with First-Time Carnival All-New Trail & More (gamingshogun.com)
- LA's Swamp Summer Heat Peaks Wednesday (smdp.com)
- Can Ryan Garcia stake his future claim to boxing's biggest dates in Las Vegas? (reviewjournal.com)
Hidden Hills
- What features make Kylie Jenner's new home unique in Hidden Hills? (wkfr.com)
Los Angeles
- Homes Evacuated, Mansions Red-Tagged, Sinkhole Swallows Nicolas Cage's Driveway: Surf Ravages SoCal Coast (patch.com)
- Barry Melrose, Former LA Kings Coach, Dies At 70 (patch.com)
- After Mistrial For Mom Who Killed Her 3 Kids, Strikingly Similar LA Case Returns To Court (patch.com)
Ok Topanga! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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