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UPDATED: City Attorney Summers Sends "Resignation Letter" to Ojai City Council
This story was updated at 1:17 p.m. with an additional statement from Summers, and once again at 2:10 p.m. with a chart showing the City Attorney's…
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Alameda terminated following Los Angeles County embezzlement charges, sources say
This story was updated at 1:30 p.m. on May 16th to include a statement from the City of Ojai and once again at 3 p.m. to include a statement from Mayor…
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UPDATED: Ojai Assistant City Manager Carl Alameda faces embezzlement charges, jail time
This story was updated at 2 p.m. and once again at 3 p.m. May 15th. It will continue to be updated.
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Cabin Village Plans Coalesce
The latest on Ojai's $12.7 M homeless housing project, the folks who hope to make it home, the ongoing political fight and a forthcoming deadline.
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Ojai's Cabin Village: A Timeline
A long story in graphic format.
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The Neverending Story
Damn it I wrote another one about pickleball.
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Dispatch from a Tourist Town
A quick report on the Ojai Valley Inn’s expansion plans, including a "shuttle path" through the bike trail.
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Pickleball Prevails!
The handful of votes that made the difference, Mayor-Elect Gilman’s Chat with Matt LaVere and Ben Harvey, and a few words on state housing law.
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A Political Pickle: Understanding Ojai's Measure O
Unfortunately, I wrote 6,000 words on pickleball.
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Ready or Not: Ojai Settles on a Housing Site for the Homeless
Some residents of Ojai's Tent Town may move to a state-funded permanent supportive housing project in the City's public works yard.
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Meet Kim Mang, The Unopposed Candidate for City Council
Welcome to the Election Center!
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Ojai's Tent Town: New Residents, Evictions, A SCOTUS Decision, And the Big Question: Where Will They Go Next?
Plus: new interviews with camp residents and City Hall neighbors.
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