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Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Ojai.

Our newspaper information for Ojai is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 10 papers that were published in the immediate area of Ojai. In addition, the list contains another 86 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Ojai. In total, we've identified 96 papers within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Ojai.

To keep this list from growing too long, not all of the papers have been listed. We have another list where all the papers have been listed in alphabetical order. The complete list can be found on the Extended Newspaper Page for Ojai.  

Note: The Extended Newspaper Page is quite large and may take extra time to load.

Newspapers Published In Ojai ...

We know of 10 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Ojai (between 1887 and the present) :


The following papers were published when Ojai was known as Nordhoff:

  • Ojai Valley View (from 1887)
    • The first year of publication was in 1887, with an unknown end date
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for the Ojai Valley View
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN85066463
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 13020808
  • The Ojai Recurrent (from 188?)
  • The Ojai (from 1891)
    • Years of publication:  1891 to 1958
    • Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
    • Catalog Card for The Ojai
    • Holdings for:   LCCN SN92069535
    • Locate a copy thru WorldCat:   OCLC 27053478

Newspapers Neighboring Ojai ...

The following newspapers were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> of Ojai.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Ojai.

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ojai) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ojai. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4479, Longitude: -119.2435