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Mariana Peirano
Mariana Peirano

On yet another journey

When TEDx Said No
When TEDx Said No

RiseLive is coming to Ojai

Everything Up Here Tastes Like the Best I've Ever Had
Everything Up Here Tastes Like the Best I've Ever Had

Ojai Mountain Farm opens its doors

Stephanie Hubbard
Stephanie Hubbard

Where will her map-making take her next?

Good Times at Lake Casitas
Good Times at Lake Casitas

Skinny-dipping and other misdemeanors

A Good Dam Tour
A Good Dam Tour

The C.R.E.W. takes a group to Matilija Dam

Andrea Haffner
Andrea Haffner

The myriad worlds inside her studio

Party Tricks
Party Tricks

How a far-right activist is gaming the VC ballot

I Watched the Melania Doc so You Don't Have to
I Watched the Melania Doc so You Don't Have to

"Everyone wants to know, so here it is…"

Buy Gifts From Real People
Buy Gifts From Real People

A VORTEX holiday gift guide

Ojai Collects the Holidays
Ojai Collects the Holidays

At Ojai Valley Museum

Ojai Thanksgiving Takeaway Guide 2025
Ojai Thanksgiving Takeaway Guide 2025

Feast without the fuss

The East Aliso Years
The East Aliso Years

Drew's favorite childhood home

WE❤MO
WE❤MO

The sharing economy goes analog in Meiners Oaks

Taste of Ojai at 25
Taste of Ojai at 25

The whole Valley’s food scene in one afternoon

The Luminous Dark
The Luminous Dark

Tom Pazderka brings edge to Ojai’s art scene at CGBF

Fall 2025
Fall 2025

Issue Nineteen

Solicited Advice
Solicited Advice

If you’re asking…

Summer Break!
Summer Break!

VORTEX is taking a Summer Break!

Arts Spring 2025
Arts Spring 2025

What’s happening in the Ojai art scene April through June

Pride
Pride

Issue Eighteen

The Civic Influencer
The Civic Influencer

Following @Rachel4Ojai

The Mirror
The Mirror

The holy ache of being witnessed

I Love You So Much
I Love You So Much

The podcast where two divorced dads try to do better

The Eggs
The Eggs

A recipe that shouldn’t work, but does

Making a Home of Each Other
Making a Home of Each Other

Queerness, cohabitation, and the breakfast that changed everything

It Was All Downhill for Drew
It Was All Downhill for Drew

Rites of passage on South Rice Road

Your Guide to the 2025 Ojai Music Festival
Your Guide to the 2025 Ojai Music Festival

From someone deep in it

Pride Isn't Dead
Pride Isn't Dead

Memory and love as acts of resistance

Rural and Rooted
Rural and Rooted

Documenting water Justice in Cuyama

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Real Estate + Housing
Real Estate + Housing

City to sell land for $1, Ojai Weekend™ gets ever-more expensive

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Around Town
Around Town

Council notes, Feds raid VC Defensa homes, a prescribed burn, ED resignation, public lands further threatened by the Trump administration

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Culture Desk
Culture Desk

Elizabeth Herring at OMG, no Furs after all, 49th Art in the Park schedule, an illustrated journal workshop

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Food Scene
Food Scene

New outdoor patio seating opens, inside Meiners Oaks’ Girl Rave

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Quick Takes
Quick Takes

Beef in Ojai, poster thief

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Mariana Peirano
Mariana Peirano

The whole story

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Stephanie Hubbard
Stephanie Hubbard

The whole story

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Around Town Archive
Around Town Archive

Valley-wide stories from Winter 2026 

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Food Scene Archive
Food Scene Archive

Food stories from Winter 2026

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Culture Desk Archive
Culture Desk Archive

Arts and Culture stories from Winter 2026 

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Quick Takes Archive
Quick Takes Archive

Quick Takes from Winter 2026

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Real Estate + Housing Archive
Real Estate + Housing Archive

Housing and Real Estate stories from Winter 2026 

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A Good Dam Tour
A Good Dam Tour

The whole story

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Andrea Haffner
Andrea Haffner

The whole story

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Party Tricks: How a Far-Right Activist is Gaming the VC Ballot
Party Tricks: How a Far-Right Activist is Gaming the VC Ballot

The whole story

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I Watched the Melania Doc so You Don't Have to
I Watched the Melania Doc so You Don't Have to

The whole story

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Real Estate + Housing Archive 2024 - 2025
Real Estate + Housing Archive 2024 - 2025

Housing and Real Estate stories 2024-2025

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Culture Desk Archive 2025
Culture Desk Archive 2025

Arts and Culture stories 2024-2025

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Around Town Archive
Around Town Archive

Valley-wide stories 2024-2025

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Food Scene Archive
Food Scene Archive

Food stories 2024 - 2025

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Ojai Collects the Holidays
Ojai Collects the Holidays

The whole story

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Ojai Thanksgiving Takeaway Guide 2025
Ojai Thanksgiving Takeaway Guide 2025

The whole story

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Halloween 2025
Halloween 2025

Get ready. This year is extra.

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Taste of Ojai at 25
Taste of Ojai at 25

The whole Valley’s food scene: The whole story

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The Luminous Dark
The Luminous Dark

Tom Pazderka at CGBF: the whole story

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Byrne et al. v. Rule: What the Appeals Court Decided
Byrne et al. v. Rule: What the Appeals Court Decided

Brown Act suit against Ojai Councilmember revived

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OJAI PRIDE 2025
OJAI PRIDE 2025

What to look forward to at Sunday’s celebration

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UPDATED: Did Becker Illegally Culvert a Whole-Ass Stream?
UPDATED: Did Becker Illegally Culvert a Whole-Ass Stream?

The Latest from the Development at Cottages/Mallory

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Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor

Collected reader commentary, concern, and consternation

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March 25 City Council Meeting
March 25 City Council Meeting

The short version

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