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Ojai, California
Location in Ventura County and the state of California
Location in Ventura County and the state of California
Coordinates: 34°26′57″N 119°14′48″W / 34.44917, -119.24667
Country United States
State California
County Ventura
Government
 - Mayor
 - Senate Tom McClintock (R)
 - Assembly Audra Strickland (R)
 - U. S. Congress Elton Gallegly (R)
Area
 - Total 4. Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the US state of California ( Southern California) California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The US state of California is divided into fifty-eight counties. Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the US state of California ( Southern California) The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. Thomas Miller McClintock II (born July 10, 1956, in White Plains, New York) is a California State Senator, representing the 19th The California Republican Party is the California affiliate of the national Republican Party. The California State Assembly is the Lower house of the California State Legislature. Audra Strickland (born 1974 is a Republican who has been a member of the 37th district of the California State Assembly since December 2004 California's 24th congressional district covers most of Ventura and inland Santa Barbara counties Elton W Gallegly (born March 7 1944) an American politician has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 4 sq mi (11. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 5 km²)
 - Land 4. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi (11. 5 km²)
 - Water 0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation 745 ft (227 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 7,862
 - Density 1,786. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 8/sq mi (683. 7/km²)
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
 - Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 93023-93024
Area code(s) 805
FIPS code 06-53476
GNIS feature ID 1652763
Downtown Ojai
Downtown Ojai
Ojai Inn, built in 1876.
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Ojai (pronounced /ˈoʊhaɪ/) is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the US state of California ( Southern California) California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The estimated population, in 2003, was 8,006 , making it one of the smaller towns in the county. The town of Ojai is situated in the Ojai Valley, (10 miles long by 3 miles wide, approximately) surrounded by hills and mountains.

Contents

History

The valley was home to Chumash Indians before becoming one of many Spanish land grants along the California coast. The Chumash are Native American people who historically inhabit chiefly central and southern coastal regions of California, in portions of what is now San California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It became a cattle ranch in 1837, when it was granted to Fernando Tico. Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common In 1853 he sold it to prospectors searching for oil, without much success. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit By 1864, the area had been settled, and in 1874, the City of Nordhoff was founded. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Leading up to and during World War I, American sentiment became increasingly anti-German. Anti-German sentiment (or Germanophobia) is defined as a fear or hatred of Germany, its people, and the German language. Across the United States, German and German-sounding place names were changed. As part of this trend, Nordhoff was renamed Ojai, a Chumash word meaning "Valley of the Moon". The Chumash are Native American people who historically inhabit chiefly central and southern coastal regions of California, in portions of what is now San The public high school is still called "Nordhoff" and the public junior high school which formerly served as Nordhoff's high school features large tiles with the initials "NUHS" on the steps of the athletic field

The main turning point in the development of the city was the coming of Edward Drummond Libbey. Edward Drummond Libbey (1854-1925 is the father of the glass industry in Toledo Ohio, where he opened the Libbey Glass Company in 1888 He saw the valley and fell in love, thinking up many plans for expansion and beautification of the existing rustic town. After fire destroyed much of the original western-style Ojai/Nordhoff in 1917, Libby helped design, finance, and build a new downtown more in line with the contemporary taste for Colonial-Revival architecture, including a Spanish-style arcade, a bell-tower reminiscent of the famous campanile in Havana, and a pergola opposite the arcade. A campanile &ndash pronounced /kampaˈnile/ &ndash is especially in Italy, a free-standing Bell tower, often adjacent to a church Havana ( IPA: aˈβana officially Ciudad de La Habana, is the Capital city, major port and leading A pergola is a Garden feature forming a shaded walk or passageway of pillars that support cross beams and a sturdy open lattice upon which woody vines are trained These buildings still stand, and have come to serve as symbols of the city and the surrounding valley. To thank Libbey for his gifts to the town, the citizens proposed a celebration to take place on March 2nd of each year. Libbey declined their offer to call it "Libbey Day," and instead suggested "Ojai Day. " The celebration still takes place, each year in October.

Today, Ojai is an active, though small, community. Libbey's pergola was destroyed in 1971 after being damaged in an explosion, and was recently rebuilt to complete the architectural continuity of the downtown area. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The town completed a new park, Cluff Vista Park, in 2002, which contains several small, themed regions of native California vegetation. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Geography

Ojai is located at 34°26′57″N, 119°14′48″W (34. 449079, -119. 246654)[1]. The city is generally at 745 feet above sea level.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 4 square miles (11. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 5 km²), of which, 4. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 square miles (11. 5 km²) of it is land and 0. 22% is water.

Ojai is situated in a small east-west valley, north of Ventura and east of Santa Barbara. Incorporated in 1866 the city of San Buenaventura (usually referred to as Ventura) is the County seat of Ventura Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County California, United States. It is approximately 15 miles inland from the Pacific coast.

Since Ojai is lined up with an east-west mountain range, it is one of few towns in the world to have the Pink Moment [1] occur as the sun is setting. The fading sunlight creates a brilliant shade of pink on the Topatopa Bluffs that stand at the east end of the Ojai Valley, reaching over 6,000 feet above sea level. Nordhoff Ridge, the western extension of the Topatopa Mountains, towers over the north side of the town and valley at more than 5,000 feet. The Topatopa Mountains are located in Ventura County in southern California, north of Santa Paula. Sulphur Mountain creates the southern ranges bounding the Ojai Valley, a little under 3,000 feet in elevation.

The Ventura River flows through the Ventura River Valley, draining the mountains surrounding Ojai to the north and east and emptying into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Ventura. The Ventura River was once known for its steelhead fishing before Matilija Dam and Lake Casitas were constructed, eliminating habitat for this trout species.

The weather in Ojai is Mediterranean, characterized by hot, dry summers (sometimes exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit) and mild winters, with lows at night sometimes below freezing. The climate is generally mild and temperate. As is typical for much of coastal southern California, most precipitation falls in the form of rain between the months of October and April, with intervening dry summers.

Culture

Ojai is the home of the Ojai Film Festival[2], which showcases independent films from around the world.

There is only one movie theater in the town -- the Ojai Playhouse, located downtown. It houses only one screen.

The Ojai Music Festival, founded in 1947, is an annual festival of performances by some of the world's top musicians and composers, and occurs on the first weekend after Memorial Day. The Ojai Music Festival is an annual Classical music festival in the United States Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (on May in) Notable appearances include Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Pierre Boulez, who was festival director in 2003. Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to Aaron Copland (November 14 1900 &ndash December 2 1990 was an American Composer of concert and film music as well as an accomplished Pianist. Esa-Pekka Salonen ( (born June 30 1958 is a prominent Finnish orchestral conductor and Composer. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Boulez (pjɛʁ buˈlɛz (b

The Ojai Poetry Festival[3] began in 2003 as a biennial gathering of poets for two days of readings and discussions. It features poets of national repute such as Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Galway Kinnell, Jane Hirshfield, Robert Bly, Coleman Barks and Gary Snyder. Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born Lawrence Ferling on March 24, 1919) is an American Poet and painter, and the co-founder of Galway Kinnell (born February 1st 1927 in Providence Rhode Island) is one of the most influential American poets of the latter half of the 20th century Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926 in Madison Minnesota) is an American Poet, Author, activist and Coleman Barks (born 1937 is an American Poet. Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian, he is nonetheless renowned as a Translator of Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American Poet (often associated with the Beat Generation

Ojai occasionally hosts the "Ojai Classic Rock Festival" [4], featuring cover/tribute acts of various rock groups. There have been five Classic Rock Festivals so far, all taking place at Ojai's Libbey Bowl. OJAI ROCK FEST '08 is scheduled for Saturday July 12, 2008 [5] and will include the legendary Jackie Lomax. John Richard 'Jackie' Lomax (b 10 May 1944, Wallasey, Cheshire, England) is a British Guitarist and singer/songwriter

The local public high school (Nordhoff High) also has a decorated music program. Its concert band held the California State Champion title in its division for three years in a row, until state budget cuts ended the festival, and performed in Carnegie Hall in April 2003 and again in April 2007, along with Nordhoff's award-winning choirs. Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east The Nordhoff music department has also toured in San Francisco, New Orleans, Hawaii, Canada, Austria, and Germany.

The famous outdoor bookshop Bart's Books, subject of news programs and documentaries, has been in Ojai since 1964. Bart's Books, in Ojai California, is an outdoor bookshop founded by Richard Bartinsdale in 1964

Ojai is also home to the annual Ojai Playwrights Conference, a two week playwrights festival that brings professional writers and actors from across the country to Ojai. The Ojai Playwrights Conference is a theatre festival held annually each August in Ojai California. David Lindsay-Abaire, Lee Blessing, Keith Bunin, and Luis Alfaro are all previous attendees. David Lindsay-Abaire is a Pulitzer Prize winning American Playwright, best known for Fuddy Meers and for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize Lee Blessing (born October 4 1949) is an American Playwright. Many of the plays performed during the conference go on to have successful runs in New York, Seattle and Chicago.

The community is served by the Ojai Valley News. The Ojai Valley News is a small Ojai California, United States based Newspaper that has been in continuous publication since 1891

Appearance in film and television

Noted residents

Demographics

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 7,862 people, 3,088 households, and 1,985 families residing in the city. William "Bill" Paxton (born May 17, 1955) is an American Actor and Film director. Weird Science ( 1985) is a 1980s Teen film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly This article is about the film for the video games see Aliens (Square computer game and Aliens (arcade game. 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The racial makeup of the city was 88. 01% White, 0. 60% African American, 0. 50% Native American, 1. 58% Asian, 0. 17% Pacific Islander, 6. 26% from other races, and 2. 90% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15. 84% of the population. (A person can be Hispanic or Latino and of any race, accounting for the percentages adding up to over 100%)

There were 3,088 households out of which 31. 7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49. 0% were married couples living together, 11. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35. 7% were non-families. 29. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13. 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 48 and the average family size was 3. 06.

In the city the population was spread out with 24. 9% under the age of 18, 6. 5% from 18 to 24, 23. 9% from 25 to 44, 26. 8% from 45 to 64, and 17. 9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 88. 5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83. 2 males.

The median income for households in the city was $44,593, and the median income for a family was $52,917. Males had a median income of $40,919 versus $30,821 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,670. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 7. 9% of families and 10. 7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 9% of those under age 18 and 9. 3% of those age 65 or over.

Recreation

The town of Ojai and its surrounding area is home to many unique recreational activities. Los Padres National Forest borders the town on the north, and many backcountry areas within the forest are accessible from Highway 33, which is the major highway through town south to north. Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to State Route 33 is a north-south State highway that connects the central and southern areas of the U Matilija Creek is a favorite spot to enjoy splashing under waterfalls, backpacking, and soaking in a hot spring. To the west, the Lake Casitas Recreational Area offers camping, picnicking, and hiking as well.

The valley is home to the oldest continuously-held tennis tournament in the world, the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament [9], and it has several public courts in the downtown Libbey Park. Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) There are also two major golf courses: the Soule Park Golf Course, and the noted Ojai Valley Inn Golf Course.

Annually, in early April, the town host a bicycle race that draws the top professional and ameuter teams from around the country. The "Garrett Lemire Memorial Grand Prix" began in 2004 as a tribute to a 22 year old cyclist from Ojai who died racing his bicycle in Arizona the previous year. The race is held on a one-mile circuit that circumnavigates Libbey Bowl in the heart of downtown Ojai. Proceeds from event promote cycling safety as well as education in local schools.

In early June, often coinciding with the Music Festival, the Ojai Wine Festival is held at Lake Casitas. Over three thousand wine lovers come to sample the products of over thirty wineries. Proceeds to go charity.

Education

Public schools

Other schools

In addition to its public school system, the Ojai Valley is home to several private boarding schools:

The Ojai Valley is also home to the Montessori School of Ojai, a private day school; and Laurel Springs School[23], which specializes in distance education and home-schooling. Besant Hill School of Happy Valley, formerly the Happy Valley School, is a American private, Coeducational Boarding school and The Thacher School is a Co-educational independent Boarding school located on 425 Acres (1 Villanova Preparatory School is an Augustinian Catholic co-ed day/ Boarding school located in the small town of Ojai California, USA Brooks Institute' is a for-profit college based in Santa Barbara California and Ventura California which is owned by Career Education Corporation State Route 33 is a north-south State highway that connects the central and southern areas of the U Laurel Springs School is a WASC -accredited K-12 Distance learning school in Ojai California, United States.

Also located at Ojai is the Summer Science Program, currently hosted at the Besant Hill School. The Summer Science Program (SSP is an intense six-week summer program for intellectually talented high school students Besant Hill School of Happy Valley, formerly the Happy Valley School, is a American private, Coeducational Boarding school and

Camp

Camp Ramah in California is located in the hills of Ojai. Camp Ramah in California is a Jewish Summer camp located in Ojai California.

External links

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