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Welcome to the VORTEX
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.
ICE returns and abducts, who’s running and who’s not (so far), Council notes on trolley ad rates, the City Hall campus master plan, a Civil Grand Jury response, contracts, what’s Ojai’s sign?
Playwrights preview, more noir, a book talk on fungi, a new photo booth debuts Downtown
Ojai progresses toward a CLT, who will vet low-income tenants? VC homeless numbers down while Ojai’s are up
Far right candidate masquerades as a Dem: The whole story
"Everyone wants to know, so here it is…": The whole story
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.