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AROUND TOWN: ICE returns and abducts, who’s running and who’s not (so far), Council notes on trolley ad rates, the City Hall campus master plan, a Civil Grand Jury response, contracts, what’s Ojai’s sign?

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CULTURE DESK: Playwrights preview, more noir, a book talk on fungi, a new photo booth debuts Downtown

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FOOD SCENE: New chef collab, chuck wagon BBQ, Ranch House update

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REAL ESTATE + HOUSING: Ojai progresses toward a CLT, who will vet low-income tenants? VC homeless numbers down while Ojai’s are up

◉ AROUND TOWN: ICE returns and abducts, who’s running and who’s not (so far), Council notes on trolley ad rates, the City Hall campus master plan, a Civil Grand Jury response, contracts, what’s Ojai’s sign? ◉ CULTURE DESK: Playwrights preview, more noir, a book talk on fungi, a new photo booth debuts Downtown ◉ FOOD SCENE: New chef collab, chuck wagon BBQ, Ranch House update ◉ REAL ESTATE + HOUSING: Ojai progresses toward a CLT, who will vet low-income tenants? VC homeless numbers down while Ojai’s are up

 
 
 
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