Inside the newest hotel in Ojai, which is also the oldest

By Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times

OJAI, Calif. — Downtown Ojai’s newest hotel, which is also its oldest, stands along Ojai Avenue like a rancher in his best string tie and leather vest.

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This property, now known as Hotel El Roblar, has been a fixture on Ojai’s main street for more than a century — party to multiple civic dramas, one fraud conviction, repeated closures and four decades of fitn