November 12, 2026
Quote of the Day
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
~ Johann Wolfgang Goethe
This Day in History
November 12, 2001: Plane crashes in Rockaway, New York. An American Airlines flight out of John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport in New York City crashes into a Queens neighborhood after takeoff on November 12, 2001, killing 265 people. Although some initially speculated that the crash was the result of terrorism, as it came exactly two months after the September 11 attacks, the cause was quickly proven to be a combination of pilot error and wind conditions.
Flight 587 took off at 9:14 a.m., bound for the Dominican Republic with 260 passengers and crew on board. Just ahead of the Airbus 300 jet, also using runway 31, was a Japan Air 747. Even with the standard four-mile distance between them, the 747 created some wake turbulence that hit Flight 587 just minutes after takeoff. As the plane climbed to 13,000 feet, there were two significant shudders and then a violent heave.
Unfortunately, the pilots of Flight 587 overreacted to the wake turbulence and their subsequent maneuvers put too much strain on the tail section of the plane. The tail, along with the rudder in the rear, broke off completely and fell into Rockaway Bay. Without this part of the plane, Flight 587 crashed to the ground.
Ojai Weather
Mostly sunny – High 73 / Low 42
Total rainfall for the season – 2.79 inches
Lake Casitas water capacity – 94.5%
Thursday, November 12, 2026
10:30 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
518 Pleasant Avenue – $995,000
450 Avenida De La Vereda – $1,175,000
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Wednesday, November 11, 2026
11:15 a.m.
There are no new listings for today.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026
12:30 p.m.
No new listings have come to the market since Friday, but there are a couple of properties that have come back on the market as “new:”
- 1320 McAndrew Road – $795,000 (this had recently expired on 9/30).
- 0 E. Ojai Avenue – $550,000 (this had recently expired on 10/28).
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Friday, November 6, 2026
10:50 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
12412 Linda Flora Drive – $4,000,000
1124 Golden West Avenue – $1,695,000
Have a great weekend!
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Thursday, November 5, 2026
10:45 a.m.
There are four new listings on the market:
1114 Mercer Avenue – $1,335,000
928 Devereux Street – $1,350,000
11755 Mirror Lake Avenue – $839,000
1738 Orchard Drive – $699,500
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026
9:20 a.m.
There is one new listing on the market:
818 N. Signal Street – $2,100,000
Pic of the Day
(And in accordance with today’s “This Day in History…”)
There was a bit of controversy involving this cartoon. In this 1987 depiction, Gary Larson (of “The Far Side” fame) referred to Jane Goodall as a ‘tramp’ – but all in good fun – and while Goodall’s institution took offense, she went ahead and made friends with the artist:
“The controversy between Goodall and Larson garnered a national response. The cartoon depicted a chimpanzee couple, and while they were grooming each other, the female found a single blonde strand of hair on the male and probed, ‘Conducting a little more ‘research’ with that Jane Goodall tramp?’”
“Larson, however, had never meant for it to express any malice towards Goodall. With Goodall out of the country, the Jane Goodall Institute let Gary know that it was not amused. In his ‘The Prehistory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Collection’, Larson wrote: ‘I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued… but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to primatology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr Goodall in any way.’ When Jane finally saw the cartoon, she loved it. Gary was relieved. And that was ‘the beginning of a beautiful friendship.’ A friendship that saw the cartoon printed for the benefit of The Institute.”
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
11:05 a.m.
One new listing has come to the market since Friday:
640 Lark Street – $1,395,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 10920 Ventura Avenue – $1,595,000 (this had recently expired on 8/31).
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