June 3, 2026
Quote of the Day
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
~ Plato
This Day in History
June 3, 1926: Allen Ginsberg is born. Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism and sexual repression and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to bureaucracy and openness to Eastern religions.
Best known for his poem “Howl”, Ginsberg denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. San Francisco police and US Customs seized copies of “Howl” in 1956 and a subsequent obscenity trial in 1957 attracted widespread publicity due to the poem’s language and descriptions of heterosexual and homosexual sex at a time when sodomy laws made male homosexual acts a crime in every state. The poem reflected Ginsberg’s own sexuality and his relationships with a number of men, including Peter Orlovsky, his lifelong partner. Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that “Howl” was not obscene, asking: “Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?”
Ginsberg was a Buddhist who extensively studied Eastern religious disciplines. He lived modestly, buying his clothing in second-hand stores and residing in apartments in New York City’s East Village. One of his most influential teachers was Tibetan Buddhist Chögyam Trungpa, the founder of the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. At Trungpa’s urging, Ginsberg and poet Anne Waldman started The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics there in 1974.
For decades, Ginsberg was active in political protests across a range of issues from the Vietnam War to the war on drugs. His poem “September on Jessore Road” drew attention to refugees fleeing the 1971 Bangladeshi genocide, exemplifying what literary critic Helen Vendler described as Ginsberg’s persistent opposition to “imperial politics” and the “persecution of the powerless.” His collection The Fall of America shared the annual National Book Award for Poetry in 1974. In 1979, he received the National Arts Club gold medal and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1995 for his book Cosmopolitan Greetings: Poems 1986–1992.
Ojai Weather
Partly sunny – High 82 / Low 50
Total rainfall for the season – 27.87
Lake Casitas water capacity – 99.3%
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
12:50 p.m.
This is a new listing on the market:
10 Taormina Lane – $1,325,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 275 Fairview Road – $1,999,888 (this had recently been cancelled on 5/27).
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026
1:20 p.m.
There are three new listings on the market:
228 High Street – $1,179,000
10948 Alto Court – $4,995,000
12400 Ojai Santa Paula Road – $2,700,000
The list of Libbey Bowl concerts has been updated!
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Friday, May 29, 2026
1:40 p.m.
There is one new listing on the market:
651 Oak Grove Court – $4,950,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 407 Bryant Circle #G – $995,000 (this had recently expired on 5/8).
Have a great weekend!
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Thursday, May 28, 2026
12:35 p.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
270 Valley Road – $1,065,000
601 Pearl Street – $3,700,000
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026
10:45 a.m.
Five new listings have come to the market since last Friday:
1994 E. Ojai Avenue – $1,818,000
314 W. Santa Ana Boulevard – $1,795,000
919 E. Matilija Street – $1,195,000
1888 Garst Lane – $16,500,000
1102 Ayers Avenue – $799,000
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Monday, May 25, 2026
Rest in peace to my dear friend, Ken Knight, Air Force Veteran (4/1/26)
Friday, May 22, 2026
12:45 p.m.
There are no new listings for today. Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 386 Larmier Avenue – $997,000 (this had recently been cancelled on 3/2).
Have a wonderful weekend!
Pic of the Day
Thursday, May 21, 2026
1:00 p.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
305 S. Ventura Street – $1,800,000
0 Valley Meadow Ct. – $650,000
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026
12:00 p.m.
Three new or “coming soon” listings have come to the market since last Friday:
1009 Daly Road – $3,750,000
132 Don Felipe Way – $315,000
312 Avenida de la Vereda – $1,275,000 (coming soon, 6/5)
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 10585 Ojai Santa Paula Road – $6,750,000 (this had expired on 5/1).
- 1738 Orchard Drive – $798,000 (this was cancelled on 2/26).
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Friday, May 15, 2026
9:45 a.m.
There are four new or “coming soon” listings on the market:
920 El Centro Street – $2,195,000
1119 N. Signal Street – $3,125,000
66 Taormina Lane – $1,599,000
10622 Encino Drive – $2,250,000 (coming soon, 5/29)
Have a great weekend!
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
9:45 a.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
1450 Grand Avenue – $2,995,000
2225 Maricopa Highway – $975,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 211 Fox Street – $950,000 (this had recently expired on 5/10).
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Wednesday, May 13, 2026
11:40 a.m.
There is one new listing on the market:
1402 N. Drown Avenue – $1,395,000
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Tuesday, May 12, 2026
11:55 a.m.
No new listings have come to the market since Friday.
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 883 Moreno Drive – $1,599,000 (this was recently cancelled on 4/30).
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Friday, May 8, 2026
10:15 a.m.
There are five new listings on the market:
420 Andrew Drive – $1,879,000
4222 Thacher Road – $1,495,000
1317 Meadowbrook Road – $1,300,000
410 Church Road #24 – $949,000
1264 Ferrara Drive – $980,000
Here’s a quick Ojai market snapshot:
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Thursday, May 7, 2026
10:05 a.m.
There are six new or “coming soon” listings on the market:
5180 Reeves Road – $7,499,000
245 E. Oak View Avenue – $1,075,000
1186 S. Rice Road – $1,695,000
1202 Loma Drive #41 – $439,900
(This was originally listed as “coming soon” on 1/24, but didn’t hit the market until now.)
205 Grand Vista Street – $825,000
144 Valley Ridge Drive – $1,150,000 (coming soon, 5/26)
(There is no link available as of yet. This is a 4 bed/2 bath, 1,744 sq. ft. home on .20 acres)
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 587 N. Rice Road – $1,449,000 (this had recently been cancelled on 4/16).
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026
10:30 a.m.
Seven new or “coming soon” listings have come to the market since last week:
208 W. Oak View Avenue – $649,000
199 Fairview Road – $3,690,000
326 Descanso Avenue – $1,089,000
956 Tico Road – $1,285,500
805 Ventura Avenue – $500,000
474 N. Arnaz Street #3 – $195,000
25 Feliz Drive – $1,894,444 (coming soon, 5/6)
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