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OCTOBER 1 - DECEMBER 31

Featured

Oct 31, 2024

Halloween 2024 at Ojai Valley Museum

Oct 31, 2024

No one does Halloween like Ojai

Oct 31, 2024

May 9, 2024

Sound+Walk

May 9, 2024

Ojai Music Festival joins with local artists in a sensorial symphony

May 9, 2024

Mar 7, 2022

Ojai at the Roller Disco

Mar 7, 2022

Chase Elder lights up Skating Plus in Ventura

Mar 7, 2022

OJAI LOCALS ONLY

Feb 12, 2026

Food Scene

Feb 12, 2026

A beloved dinner series is reincarnated, community garden beds open for spring

Feb 12, 2026

Quick Takes

Feb 12, 2026

Two celebrity sightings in the Valley

Feb 12, 2026

Around Town

Feb 12, 2026

A peek at Ojai’s rebrand progress, Ring and Flock in Ojai, ICE protests, Power & Progress event, SB diss

Feb 12, 2026

Culture Desk

Feb 12, 2026

Ojai artist receives high honor, a new youth theater scholarship

Feb 12, 2026

Feb 11, 2026

Real Estate + Housing

Feb 11, 2026

City to make offer on downtown property

Feb 11, 2026

Feb 5, 2026

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

Feb 5, 2026

The whole story

Feb 5, 2026

Dec 18, 2025

Real Estate + Housing Archive 2024 - 2025

Dec 18, 2025

Housing and Real Estate stories 2024-2025

Dec 18, 2025

Dec 17, 2025

Culture Desk Archive 2025

Dec 17, 2025

Arts and Culture stories stories 2024-2025

Dec 17, 2025

Around Town Archive

Dec 17, 2025

Valley-wide stories 2024-2025

Dec 17, 2025

Dec 15, 2025

Food Scene Archive

Dec 15, 2025

Food stories 2024 - 2025

Dec 15, 2025

Nov 20, 2025

Ojai Collects the Holidays

Nov 20, 2025

The whole story

Nov 20, 2025

Nov 12, 2025

Ojai Thanksgiving Takeaway Guide 2025

Nov 12, 2025

The whole story

Nov 12, 2025

Oct 29, 2025

Halloween 2025

Oct 29, 2025

Get ready. This year is extra.

Oct 29, 2025

Oct 5, 2025

Taste of Ojai at 25

Oct 5, 2025

The whole Valley’s food scene: The whole story

Oct 5, 2025

Oct 1, 2025

The Luminous Dark

Oct 1, 2025

Tom Pazderka at CGBF: the whole story

Oct 1, 2025

Aug 21, 2025

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

Aug 21, 2025

Brown Act suit against Ojai Councilmember revived

Aug 21, 2025

Jun 22, 2025

OJAI PRIDE 2025

Jun 22, 2025

What to look forward to at Sunday’s celebration

Jun 22, 2025

May 22, 2025

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

May 22, 2025

The Latest from the Development at Cottages/Mallory

May 22, 2025

May 8, 2025

Letters to the Editor

May 8, 2025

Collected reader commentary, concern, and consternation

May 8, 2025

Mar 27, 2025

March 25 City Council Meeting

Mar 27, 2025

The short version

Mar 27, 2025

March 25 City Council Meeting

Mar 27, 2025

The long version

Mar 27, 2025

Mar 19, 2025

March 11 City Council Meeting

Mar 19, 2025

Fireworks, Pickleball, and Legal Bills

Mar 19, 2025

Mar 6, 2025

KOJY 99.3 FM is Coming to Ojai

Mar 6, 2025

The kickoff fundraiser at Ojai Valley Brewery

Mar 6, 2025

Mar 5, 2025

Join the VORTEX Women’s Fund Group

Mar 5, 2025

Let’s make some Ojai magic (and money for a good cause)

Mar 5, 2025

Mar 3, 2025

Mallory Way Bungalows

Mar 3, 2025

Preservation or just another development?

Mar 3, 2025

Feb 27, 2025

The February 24 Town Hall

Feb 27, 2025

Ojai’s Plan to House Its Own Tent Town Residents — Here’s What You Need to Know

Feb 27, 2025

Feb 20, 2025

One Month of Trump

Feb 20, 2025

Checking in on local impacts of the new administration

Feb 20, 2025

Feb 12, 2025

The February 11 City Council Meeting

Feb 12, 2025

Cops and Creeks

Feb 12, 2025

Feb 6, 2025

The VORTEX Guide to Medellín

Feb 6, 2025

2025

Feb 6, 2025

Feb 4, 2025

The February 4 City Council Special Meeting

Feb 4, 2025

Moving the ‘Cabin Village’ forward

Feb 4, 2025

If you’re asking…

Welcome to our new advice column from Katie McQuillen. She is absolutely not your therapist, your best friend, or your moral compass, but she is extremely good
at telling it like it is.

Submissions are 100% anonymous.

HOW OJAI GREW ON DREW:

Seven Decades of Adventures, Misadventures, and Magic Through the Eyes of Drew Mashburn

Step into Ojai's vibrant history with personal essays by Drew Mashburn, VORTEX’s most prolific and insightful storyteller. Through wit and nostalgia, Drew crafts a heartfelt love letter to the place he calls home. Let his tales guide you through the essence of Ojai life.

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