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Featured

Dec 11, 2024

Life Hack: Outsource Your Holiday Pie

Dec 11, 2024

Why make a pie when you can have Francine BAKE. it for you?

Dec 11, 2024

Dec 3, 2024

The Ojai Underground

Dec 3, 2024

A hidden gem for music, dance, and community in Ojai

Dec 3, 2024

Nov 25, 2024

In the Realm of Spiders

Nov 25, 2024

At Ojai Valley Museum

Nov 25, 2024

Oct 31, 2024

Halloween 2024 at Ojai Valley Museum

Oct 31, 2024

No one does Halloween like Ojai

Oct 31, 2024

Oct 30, 2024

Arts Fall 2024

Oct 30, 2024

What’s happening in the Ojai art scene October through December

Oct 30, 2024

Oct 15, 2024

Deception and Capital

Oct 15, 2024

Unveiling the everyday lies

Oct 15, 2024

OJAI LOCALS ONLY (OLO):

Featured

Jun 5, 2025

Real Estate

Jun 5, 2025

Homes under $1M in Ojai, Real Estate gossip

Jun 5, 2025

Around Town

Jun 5, 2025

Openings, Closings, Arts, and Events

Jun 5, 2025

Food Scene

Jun 5, 2025

Everything going on with Ojai’s restaurants

Jun 5, 2025

May 29, 2025

Quick Takes

May 29, 2025

VORTEX Reacts

May 29, 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

Ojai City Council decision regarding 2024 Arts Grants

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

Jan 22, 2025

Hail Satan?

Jan 22, 2025

The Devil (and the details) arrive at Topa Topa Elementary

Jan 22, 2025

Jan 9, 2025

Porno for Pyros

Jan 9, 2025

Map apps keeping me (in)sane while I'm away

Jan 9, 2025

Jan 1, 2025

New Year, New Laws

Jan 1, 2025

The California 2025 legislative updates you need to know

Jan 1, 2025

Dec 19, 2024

The December 17 City Council Special Meeting

Dec 19, 2024

It’s Pickleball again!

Dec 19, 2024

Dec 12, 2024

The December 10 City Council Meeting

Dec 12, 2024

Cats, cookies, and new Council

Dec 12, 2024

Nov 26, 2024

Gymnasticsgate

Nov 26, 2024

A tumbling controversy at City Hall

Nov 26, 2024

Nov 22, 2024

2024 Election Reults

Nov 22, 2024

All the results, from Pickleball to President

Nov 22, 2024

Nov 16, 2024

Ojai Playhouse

Nov 16, 2024

A stellar soft opening and what’s coming up on the big screen

Nov 16, 2024

Nov 15, 2024

Scene and Heard

Nov 15, 2024

A toast to Ojai Film Society

Nov 15, 2024

Nov 14, 2024

Chefs Unite for Poco

Nov 14, 2024

Poco Farm’s fall fundraiser

Nov 14, 2024

Oct 31, 2024

Ojai Film Festival 2024

Oct 31, 2024

OFF celebrates local filmmakers

Oct 31, 2024

October 22 City Council Recap

Oct 31, 2024

Gymnastics, Jazz Hands, and Childish Gambino

Oct 31, 2024

Oct 21, 2024

Time for a Change?

Oct 21, 2024

Ojai Deserves Better Than Tribute Bands at Libbey Bowl

Oct 21, 2024

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MEMBERS ONLY

HOW OJAI GREW ON DREW:

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

VORTEX is excited to announce its newest collaboration: a collection of personal essays that transport you across time through the eyes of one of its wittiest and wisest storytellers.

But beyond the anecdotes and nostalgia, these essays are a love letter to Ojai itself. Drew's deep connection to this special place shines through every word, and you can't help but fall in love with it too. So sit back, relax, and let Drew Mashburn be your guide to the Ojai life. It's a ride you won't soon forget!

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