December 22, 2025
Quote of the Day
If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the up button.
~ Sam Levinson
This Day in History
December 22, 1849: Dostoevsky is spared from execution. On this day in 1849, writer Fyodor Dostoevsky is led before a firing squad and prepared for execution. He had been convicted and sentenced to death on November 16 for allegedly taking part in anti-government activities. However, at the last moment he was reprieved and sent into exile.
Dostoevsky’s father was a doctor at Moscow’s Hospital for the Poor, where he grew rich enough to buy land and serfs. After his father’s death, Dostoevsky, who suffered from epilepsy, studied military engineering and became a civil servant while secretly writing novels. His first, Poor People, and his second, The Double, were both published in 1846 – the first was a hit, the second a failure.
On December 22, 1849, Dostoevsky was led before the firing squad but received a last-minute reprieve and was sent to a Siberian labor camp, where he worked for four years. He was released in 1854 and worked as a soldier on the Mongolian frontier. He married a widow and finally returned to Russia in 1859. The following year, he founded a magazine, and two years after that he journeyed to Europe for the first time.
In 1864 and 1865, his wife and his brother died, the magazine folded, and Dostoevsky found himself deeply in debt, which he exacerbated by gambling. In 1866, he published Crime and Punishment, one of his most popular works. In 1867, he married a stenographer, and the couple fled to Europe to escape his creditors. His novel The Possessed (1872) was successful, and the couple returned to St. Petersburg. He published The Brothers Karamazov in 1880 to immediate success, but died a year later.
Ojai Weather
partly sunny – High 69 / 46
Total rainfall for the season – 9.95 inches
Lake Casitas water capacity – 91.4%
Monday, December 22, 2025
10:45 a.m.
One new listing has come to the market since Friday:
914 Patricia Court – $1,500,000
Pic of the Day
Friday, December 19, 2025
10:35 a.m.
There is a new listing on the market:
203 S. Montgomery Street – $1,695,000
(No link available. This is a 3 bed/3 bath, 2,850 s.f. condo in the heart of downtown Ojai)
Pic of the Day
Thursday, December 18, 2025
1:05 p.m.
There are three new or “coming soon” listings on the market:
12300 Ojai Santa Paula Road – $1,150,000
(This was already under contract before it was listed)
423 E. Ojai Avenue #104 – $45,000
(This is a business only – it does not include the property)
913 Mountain View Avenue – $1,299,000 (coming soon, 1/3/26)
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 312 Prospect Street – $799,000 (this was recently under contract on 11/30. Showings start on 1/2/26).
Pic of the Day
Here’s another vintage Ojai photo, this one of Nordhoff grammar school, circa 1917. (Although on the postcard, it looks like it’s spelled “Gram’r School.” No wonder they went out of business.)
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
11:15 a.m.
No new listings have come to the market since Friday.
Pic of the Day
Friday, December 12, 2025
8:05 a.m.
There are no new listings on the market for today; there is one listing that came back on the market as “new:”
- 1400 Park Drive – $2,500,000 (this listing had recently expired on 11/20 at the same price).
We’ll be holding our newest listing at 12752 Sisar Road open this weekend; Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00, and Sunday from 10:00 – 1:00. Stop by and see this beautifully updated cabin!
Pic of the Day
Thursday, December 11, 2025
1:25 p.m.
There are two new listings on the market:
203 Foothill Road – $2,195,000
312 Fox Street – $1,750,000
Pic of the Day
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
9:45 a.m.
There are no new listings on the market for today.
Pic of the Day
Monday, December 8, 2025
11:00 a.m.
There are three new or “coming soon” listings on the market:
1310 McAndrew Road – $1,750,000
300 W. Santa Ana Street – $2,950,000 (coming soon, 12/11)
1188 Fierro Drive – $1,395,000 (coming soon, 12/9)
Pic of the Day
Friday, December 5, 2025
8:00 a.m.
There are three new listings on the market:
1708 Orchard Drive – $1,525,000
358 Sunset Court – $3,100,000
3450 Thacher Road – $3,325,000
(This was recently on the market in July, listed at the same price)
We’ll be holding a broker preview (where all agents in the area come to check out the newest listings) today from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 for our newest listing at 12752 Sisar Road. The general public is encouraged to get a jump on everyone else before the official open houses this weekend (Saturday & Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.). This property has had quite the makeover since it was last listed – it’s worth a look!
Pic of the Day
Here’s another historic Ojai photo. It’s the back side of the Arcade, of what is now “The Hub” cocktail bar. Date of photo is unknown.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
11:45 a.m.
There are three new listings on the market:
201 Drown Avenue – $775,000
950 Woodland Avenue #53 – $439,000
9097 N. Ventura Avenue #1 – $269,000
Recently cancelled, withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”
- 2835 Hermitage Road – $6,998,000 (this was recently cancelled on 9/11 and was listed at $8,998,000).
- 3490 E. Ojai Avenue – $2,195,000 (this was recently cancelled on 9/8 at the same price).
Pic of the Day
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