Film

Make a Mate

Who’s from Ojai?

Jennifer Jordan Day | Producer, Director, Animator

A lonely woman finds a magical shop where she can craft an ideal mate. Who doesn't want to do that?

Del Arco Vacío

Who’s from Ojai?

Micah Van Hove | Producer, Director, Cinematographer

Lynda Weinman | Executive Producer

A man recounts the story of a local legend as he travels to the jungle to make peace with his life.

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Who’s from Ojai?

Nicholas Weissman | Producer

JACKASS 4.5

Who’s from Ojai?

Dave England | …Actor?

FACT: On Valentine’s Day 2022, Joel Fox, Jennifer Jordan Day, Holly Vesecky, Josh Beckman, and Nicholas and Julia Weissman all went to see Jackass Forever on Valentine’s Day. It was a group date. Jackass 4.5 is an extended cut, I guess?

Dave England can be found at children’s birthday parties at Soule Park, heckling comedians at Small Time Citrus shows, or even behind the mic himself. He is a local treasure. Here, watch his testicles get smashed.

Podcast

UPMARKET: The Business of Real Estate Photography & Media

Who’s from Ojai? | HOST: Reed Fish

From Upmarket: Reed and Mark talk about why and how they merged their two successful Real Estate Photography businesses into Upmarket Media. They go into detail about several of the first concrete steps they took to begin the process of scaling their business.... from hiring administrative help, to aligning their processes and systems. Then they discuss what some the immediate benefits to scaling have been and how they've been able to restore some semblance of work/life balance. They end the show by giving out their Actions Items... things that any listener can do right now help lay the foundation for scaling their own business.

TOPA TALK: Mechanical Bullshit

Who’s From Ojai?

HOSTS: Stephanie James & Cody Creighton

From Topa Talk: When Stephanie shares piping hot gossip about a local bar, Cody’s jaw hits the floor and he offers unsolicited advice to the owners, who frankly, don’t like him very much!

Coming off of weekend highs and lows, Stephanie discusses being featured as a Woman of Ojai in the local paper and seeing her creative aspirations come to fruition — but does this all come at a cost?

Our hosts discuss who would be honored if the paper had a “Men of Ojai” feature, who would survive in a horror film starring folks of the Topa-verse and the Marilyn Dress Kim Kardashian squeezed into at the Met in this episode that is cheaper than a bag of cotton candy grapes.

OJAI: TALK OF THE TOWN: Ojai Rising with Kate Pepper's Mother Starter

Who’s From Ojai?

HOST: Bret Bradigan

GUEST: Kate Pepper

From Ojai: Talk of the Town: Should Ojai be unfortunate to suffer through another evacuation, baker Kate Pepper, partner at The Dutchess, knows her priorities.

After her pets and loved ones, next on her list of must-rescue items is her crock of mother starter yeast. With it, she has carved out a brilliant career for herself. The only thing that rises faster than her sourdough starter is her Instagram likes @katesbread where she entertains and informs more than 40,000 fans.

She developed her devoted followers through her Sunday bake sales, which brought lines around the block to her Meiners Oaks home for her delicious array of fresh-baked goods. Now she's been running with Kelsey Brito the bakery at The Dutchess, the newest outpost in the Rustic Canyon family's eight restaurants. We talk about Los Angeles food culture, the fusion of Burmese street food orchestrated by chef Saw Naing and how Ojai is now squarely on the map when it comes to food enthusiasts.

We talk about what it means to cook for people, growing up in Ojai and raising your children here. We did not talk about the NFL overtime rule changes, Ukrainian bridge-bombers or the Song Dynasty.

Cover: Screenshot from the set of “Make a Make,” handbuilt by Jennifer Jordan Day