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A Good Dam Tour

Mar 4

Mar 4 A Good Dam Tour

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

Feb 26

Feb 26 Andrea Haffner

The myriad worlds inside her studio

Feb 17

Feb 17 Party Tricks

How a far-right activist is gaming the VC ballot

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

Feb 5

Feb 5 I Watched the Melania Doc so You Don't Have to

Nicholas Weissman

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

Buy Gifts From Real People

Dec 14

Dec 14 Buy Gifts From Real People

Living, Culture

A VORTEX holiday gift guide

Ojai Collects the Holidays

Nov 20

Nov 20 Ojai Collects the Holidays

At Ojai Valley Museum

Ojai Thanksgiving Takeaway Guide 2025

Nov 12

Nov 12 Ojai Thanksgiving Takeaway Guide 2025

Feast without the fuss

The East Aliso Years

Oct 21

Oct 21 The East Aliso Years

Drew's favorite childhood home

Oct 15

Oct 15 WE❤MO

The sharing economy goes analog in Meiners Oaks

Taste of Ojai at 25

Oct 5

Oct 5 Taste of Ojai at 25

The whole Valley’s food scene in one afternoon

The Luminous Dark

Oct 1

Oct 1 The Luminous Dark

Lila Glasoe Francese

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

Oct 1

Oct 1 Fall 2025

Issue Nineteen

Solicited Advice

Aug 8

Aug 8 Solicited Advice

Katie McQuillen

If you’re asking…

Jul 31

Jul 31 Summer Break!

VORTEX is taking a Summer Break!

Arts Spring 2025

Jun 30

Jun 30 Arts Spring 2025

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

Jun 26

Jun 26 Pride

Issue Eighteen

The Civic Influencer

Jun 18

Jun 18 The Civic Influencer

Following @Rachel4Ojai

Jun 17

Jun 17 The Mirror

Joanne ColdSteel

The holy ache of being witnessed

I Love You So Much

Jun 12

Jun 12 I Love You So Much

Jessica Pregnolato

The podcast where two divorced dads try to do better

Jun 9

Jun 9 The Eggs

A recipe that shouldn’t work, but does