October 9, 2025
Quote of the Day
You’ve got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you’re not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.
– Steven D. Woodhull
This Day in History
October 9, 1992: Meteorite crashes into Chevy Malibu. On this day in 1992, 18-year-old Michelle Knapp is watching television in her parents’ living room in Peekskill, New York when she hears a thunderous crash in the driveway. Alarmed, Knapp ran outside to investigate. What she found was startling, to say the least: a sizeable hole in the rear end of her car, an orange 1980 Chevy Malibu; a matching hole in the gravel driveway underneath the car; and in the hole, the culprit: what looked like an ordinary, bowling-ball–sized rock. It was extremely heavy for its size (it weighed about 28 pounds), shaped like a football and warm to the touch; also, it smelled vaguely of rotten eggs. The next day, a curator from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City confirmed that the object was a genuine meteorite.
Thousands of people in the eastern United States saw the greenish Peekskill meteorite as it streaked toward Knapp’s Malibu and many heard it too: one witness said that it crackled like a very loud sparkler. Scientists have determined that it came from the inner edge of the main asteroid belt in space, between Jupiter and Mars.
Eventually, the famous Knapp meteorite was sold to a collector and two fossil dealers, who broke it into smaller chunks and sold those to a handful of other collectors and museums. The car, meanwhile, sold for $10,000 to Lang’s Fossils and Meteorites in Cranford, New Jersey. It has been on display in New York, Paris, Munich and Tokyo.
Ojai Weather
Mostly sunny – High 81 / Low 51
Total rainfall for the season – .36 inches
Lake Casitas water capacity – 93.4%
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Recently cancelled withdrawn, or expired listings – back on the market as “new:”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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