"I don't smoke, I don't drink except a beer now and then, and I don't chase around. I spent about...

“What’s the best way to star gaze in the Tehachapi Mountains? That’s easy: while sitting in a hot t...

With winter officially starting on December 21, the season of potentially low temperatures and snow...

It's fun to grow ornamental plants that both thrive in your garden and can be harvested from time...

“Women say they want a guy who’s smart and funny, but then they end up laughing at whatever stu...

"Corn should be a foot high by the Fourth of July." – Country Gardening Saying...

"In 1876 the Debating Society of Tehachapi was organized with Charles McVicar, the President, and...

“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.” – John Bright...

"She's descended from a long line her mother listened to." – Gypsy Rose Lee...

"The southern Sierra, the Tehachapis, the Coast Ranges, and the Mojave Desert all come together in...

"Hire slowly, fire quickly." – Employment Advice...

The sight of Common Ravens harassing and chasing a Red-tailed Hawk, or songbirds in turn pestering...

One of the most interesting of our local habitats to explore and to experience the outdoors is also...

The Tehachapi Mountains have at least some snow every winter, but you can make sure that your yard...

A fine and memorable man left the Tehachapi Valley recently with the loss of Ronald Wayne Depew,...

One of the hardiest and most ornamental vines you can plant in the Tehachapi Mountains is Virginia...

Now that our season has transitioned from summer into autumn, there is a subtle but definite...

If you've glanced up in the skies over Tehachapi in the past month or so, you might have seen lots...

The Butterfly Bush is a great shrub for the Tehachapi area, and true to their name, they really do...

One of the oldest still extant creatures on Earth is the intimidating-looking scorpion, those...

Humans tend to rely most heavily on our sense of vision to navigate and experience our surroundings,...

The Tehachapi Mountains are blessed with scenic landscapes, picturesque wildlife, interesting...

“The people of this part of the county are very hopeful and appear to be alive to the prosperous f...

"Have fun, Wini, and don't dig up anything you wouldn't be proud to bring home." – Joan Johnson J...

"Each evening, I would take all of the money we had made that day at the Monolith Store, and I...