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Featured

Michaela Watkins on Menopause, Cuddle Parties, and the Magic of Indie Film

Suze: Coming to Ojai Playhouse March 9

OSA's New Members

Introducing Nine New Ojai Studio Artists for 2025

The Anxious Object

Thoughts on the ‘Listen to the Gradient’ exhibition at the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation

Map Apps for Fire Tracking

New discoveries underscore how far technology has come since the Thomas Fire

Metes & Bounds

Mapping the Ojai Valley at OVM

Arts Winter 2025

What’s happening in the Ojai art scene January through March

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Featured

Dec 11, 2025

Around Town

Dec 11, 2025

Deck the Halls, Clifford caught, meteor shower, homeless count 2026

Dec 11, 2025

Real Estate + Housing

Dec 11, 2025

A new “Gateway” for Ojai’s East End?

Dec 11, 2025

Food Scene

Dec 11, 2025

Ojai Food + Wine line-up announced

Dec 11, 2025

Culture Desk

Dec 11, 2025

An anti-ICE poster contest, new gift-oriented show at MEGA , ornament contest with $100 prize

Dec 11, 2025

Quick Takes

Dec 11, 2025

Naked Dave England

Dec 11, 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

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

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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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