October 24, 2025
Quote of the Day
Begin, not from an imaginary past, to which you can never go back; not from an imaginary future which you have not reached. Begin from the present, with all its treasury of good—ay, and with all its treasury of evil. And, keeping the pathway unbroken from the past to the future, lead on to life, to larger life… upward, upward.
– Lyman Abbott
This Day in History
October 24, 1962: James Brown records “Live at the Apollo.” On this day in 1962, soul singer James Brown gives an electrifying performance on Black America’s most famous stage – a performance recorded and later released as Live at the Apollo (1963). It was the first breakthrough album of Brown’s career – a major step toward his eventual crossover and conquest of the mainstream pop music world.
Brown began his professional career at a time when rock and roll was opening new opportunities for Black artists to connect with white audiences. But the path he took to fame did not pass through Top 40 radio or through “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “American Bandstand.” Brown would make his appearance in all of those places eventually, but only after a decade spent performing almost exclusively before Black audiences and earning his reputation as the “Hardest Working Man in Show Business.”
Having failed to convince the head of his label, King Records, to record and release the Apollo Theater performance as a live album, Brown, a man who was famously wise to the value of a dollar, financed the Apollo recording himself. In the end, the show went off not only without a hitch, but with such success that the famously tough Apollo crowd was in a state of rapture. Released in May 1963, Live at the Apollo ended up spending an astonishing 66 weeks on the Billboard album chart and selling upwards of a million copies, giving Brown his first smash hit album and setting him on a course for his incredible crossover success in the mid-1960s and beyond.
Ojai Weather
Mostly sunny – High 78 / Low 41
Total rainfall for the season – 2.16 inches
Lake Casitas water capacity – 93.3%
Friday, October 24, 2025
10:45 a.m.
A new listing has come to the market:
810 Del Oro Drive – $2,950,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 12986 MacDonald Drive – $3,495,000 (this was recently cancelled on 9/7. It was previously listed at $3,800,000.)
Pic of the Day
Thursday, October 23, 2025
10:20 a.m.
There is one new listing on the market:
421 Andrew Drive – $1,485,000
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
11:00 a.m.
There are three new or “coming soon” listings on the market:
2250 Hermitage Road – $5,500,000
0 Maricopa Highway – $1,950,000
1214 Gregory Street – $775,000 (coming soon, 10/24)
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 12179 Koenigstein Road – $4,575,000 (this was recently cancelled on 10/20 and was previous listed at $5,875,000).
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
10:40 a.m.
One new listing has come to the market since Friday:
386 Larmier Avenue – $1,300,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 1090 Cuyama Road – $775,000 (this had recently expired 10/14).
Pic of the Day
Friday, October 17, 2025
11:15 a.m.
There are four new listings on the market:
11790 Silver Spur Street – $1,475,000
10406 Creek Road – $850,000
10802 Oak Knoll Road – $3,125,000
1202 Loma Drive #42 – $249,000
Have a great weekend!
Pic of the Day
Thursday, October 16, 2025
10:25 a.m.
One new listing has come to the market:
1202 Loma Drive #66 – $299,000
Pic(s) of the Day
Proof that it CAN snow in Ojai!
(Circa January, 1949)
I expect to see Marty McFly zooming by on a Hoverboard any second…
(Circa – 1955)
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
11:05 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
515 Del Oro Drive – $3,690,000
950 Woodland Avenue #26 – $459,000
Pic of the Day
(Actual listing photo)
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
9:30 a.m.
There is a new “coming soon” listing on the market:
182 Mountain View Street – $525,000 (coming soon, 10/28)
Let’s go rain!!
Pic of the Day
Realtors, desperately trying to virtually “stage” their listing…
(Actual listing photo)
Monday, October 13, 2025
12:30 p.m.
One new listing has come to the market since last Friday:
204 El Conejo Drive – $878,000
Pic of the Day
(Actual listing photo)
Friday, October 10, 2025
11:55 a.m.
There are no new listings on the market for today.
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 1131 Rancho Drive – $3,995,000 (this had recently been cancelled on 10/1).
Pic of the Day
Actual listing photo
(How’d this dog make it up the front porch steps?)
Thursday, October 9, 2025
1:20 p.m.
There are no new listings on the market, but there was a “new” listing that was entered into the MLS as already sold:
174 Vega Way – sold for $299,000 (no link available)
(This was a 2 bed/2 bath, 1,152 sq. ft. mobile home)
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
1:10 p.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
350 Riverside Road – $2,300,000
Recently cancelled withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 3111 Matilija Canyon Road – $989,000 (this listing had recently expired on 9/25).
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
9:40 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
94 Reposo Drive – $895,000
1794 S. Rice Road – $1,400,000
Pic of the Day
Monday, October 6, 2025
9:55 a.m.
There are two new or “coming soon” listings on the market:
501 N. Ventura Avenue – $795,000
229 S. Padre Juan Avenue – $599,000 (coming soon, 10/17)
Pic of the Day
Friday, October 3, 2025
10:50 a.m.
Four new listings have come to the market:
915 E. Matilija Street – $1,295,000
505 Park Road – $1,195,000
1195 Rancho Court – $3,149,000
171 McNell Road – $1,850,000
Pic of the Day
Thursday, October 2, 2025
11:00 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
228 High Street – $749,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 701 Canada Street – $1,995,000 (this was recently cancelled on 10/1. It was last listed at $2,125,000).
Pic of the Day
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
3:05 p.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
710 N. Ventura Avenue – $1,090,000
1209 San Ramon Way – $1,395,000
Pic of the Day
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