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FOOD SCENE: Family-style dinner, Rat Pack supper, a community garden fundraiser, Ojai at the Fair

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REAL ESTATE + HOUSING: Shipping container cafe for rent in Ventura fudges the numbers, a warehouse in MO for how much?

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