Faces of Ojai is my love letter to the people who make this valley feel like itself.

The shop owners, the makers, the third-generation locals, the orchard kids, the folks who've been here forever and the ones who just got here and aren't going anywhere. I'm asking each of them the same questions, in their own words, so we end up with a whole mosaic of who Ojai actually is.

Pull up a chair.

My love letter to the people who make this neighborhood feel like itself.

Meet Benji Boehlke

"We're more Hollywood than Hollywood. We connect LA to the world."

"I'm working to solve two things at once: the struggle of connecting to your neighborhood, and the survival of third places."

Contact

Questions or tips? Reach out anytime.

Email

Phone

debbie@coastline840.com

(310) 362-6429

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