Topanga, California

Los Angeles County

06-78960

Topanga is a place ( census-designated place ) in Los Angeles County. It lies in the Santa Monica Mountains. The population is approximately 12,000, the area of ​​about 52 km ². In the south, the area borders to the Pacific Ocean in the west to Malibu and on the east by Pacific Palisades.

Topanga basically consists of the Topango Canyon at Topanga Creek, which flows into the Santa Monica Bay, it is one of the few ungestauten rivers in the region.

The built-up area is home to the Theatricum Botanicum theater company founded by Will Geer in 1973.

The name Topanga got the area by the Tongva tribe and means about a place about it. The first settlers were the Topangas Trujillo and Cheney families. They settled first Topanga 1839.

Famous people

  • Beau Garrett (* 1982 in Beverly Hills ), actress and model who grew up in Topanga
  • Colin Hay ( born 1953 in Kilwinning, Scotland ), singer, lives in Topanga
  • Taylor Hawkins (born 1972 in Fort Worth), drummer, lives in Topanga
  • Emile Hirsch ( born 1985 in Topanga Canyon ), movie actor
  • Uschi Obermaier ( born 1946 in Munich), former fashion model, lives in Topanga
  • Amy Smart ( born 1976 in Topanga Canyon ), film actress
  • Bob Hite (* 1945 in Torrance, California), frontman of the band Canned Heat, lived in Topanga
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