Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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BVS Litter Loathers sponsored a roadside trash pick up from the gate of Bear Valley Springs to HWY 202 on May 2. Our group included 13 volunteers, in alphabetical order: Dana Carpenter, Greg Chick, Jane Tanaka, Mike Coughlin, Linda Coverdale, Lori Frear, Doug Kirkpatrick, Greg Matheson, Melanie McDavid, Laurie Rude Betts, Nilly Smith, Shawn Smith and Kathy Underwood. Twice a year residents and friends sponsor two roadside trash pick ups. The May 2 event was the first outside the gate. The...
The California Living Museum will celebrate its 40th birthday during a two-day Birthday Bash on May 20 and 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Special birthday admission for kids (3-12 years old) is only $4 and they must be accompanied by an adult. There are many activities on this year's schedule to mark a huge milestone for CALM, including: • A variety of nature-related and civic organizations who will be on hand to provide party guests with information and give-a-ways. • Carnival games are part of eve...
At the monthly TUSD School Board meeting on May 9, Superintendent Stacie Larson-Everson announced the 2023 Certificated Teachers of the Year and Classified Employees of the Year. The awards were presented by the principal of each individual school. They are as follows: Cummings Valley School Elizabeth Gray: Teacher of the Year Stephanie Harris: Classified Employee of the Year Golden Hills Elementary Melanie Kent: Teacher of the Year Sarah Carey: Classified Employee of the Year Tompkins...
When emergencies happen, EMTs and paramedics are usually the first on the scene to administer aid, give emotional support and transfer patients to the hospital. One of these essential first responders is Josh Pierce, who has worked in Emergency Medical Services since 2008. In his long career of service, he has educated hundreds of emergency response workers who are out in the field today, helping to save lives and improve health outcomes in emergencies. We are proud to have Josh Pierce as our...
Isabel Cortez Cervantes was a well known and respected citizen of this community until her death in 1991 at age 87. In 1914 when she was only 11 her father, Odilon Cortez, immigrated his family from the small Mexican village of Cosio in Aguascalientes, to Tehachapi. Much lumber was being taken from the Cummings Mountain area and sent to Los Angeles and the work was good. Another vital reason for the move was the regular raids on villages in their area by the notorious bandit, Pancho Villa; a...
Join the Brite Lake Fishing Derby on Saturday, May 20, from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Brite Lake, 22902 Banducci Rd. Register online at www.tvrpd.org/events/fishing-derby until Thursday, May 18. After that date, you can register at the lake on May 19 during Friday's check-in time from 3:30 to 6 p.m. and also on the day of the derby for day-of prices. Cost: Pre-event Registration: $25 Adults (age 16+) $20 Children (age 15 and younger) $80 Family of 4 (up to 6 people)* *Each additional family member +$5...
At least the calendar says it is! We have some damage here from a late frost but the trees will come back. Mother's Day should be 70 – 75 degrees or so and warming up, but it will be cooler the week after! So, the freezes should be over now, but not necessarily. So, make this the year you get your landscape back in shape. Trees, flowers, shrubs, ground cover, bedding plants and more weeds because of the rain we have had. Yes, there is always a negative. Anyway, I wrote last article on post e...
Things are progressing here at Karl's Hardware in Tehachapi. We have recently expanded our paint department. We are ready to service the community for all of your paint needs. We have also expanded our Minwax selection to help satisfy any staining needs. Come check out our new selection of Valspar colors and get ready to tackle your next paint project. Karl's is also happy to report that our plants have arrived! Check back weekly for new arrivals as our growing season is upon us. Check out our...
Hello, Tehachapi! My name is Lilliput Nobleman (don't ask how I got tagged with that) but everyone calls me Louie. I'm new in town, having flown into Los Angeles airport from a farm in Ireland on Christmas Eve 2022. I spent a few months at the Symphony Dressage training facility in Bear Valley Springs for some sort of evaluation. My trainer Chermaine, who I like a lot, said that I was pretty chill and so off I went to live at my new home at Mountain Springs Ranch in Cummings Valley, located just...
View "Update on Fleet ZEV requirements" in our May 27 issue at https://www.theloopnewspaper.com/story/2023/05/27/local-news/update-on-fleet-zev-requirements/10818.html Public Works Director Don Marsh outlined the new California Air Resources Fleet Regulations for the Tehachapi City Council at the May 1 meeting. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) now requires 50% of city fleet vehicles be zero-emission by Jan. 1, 2024 and 100% zero-emission by 2027. The city vehicles currently affected by...
With more than 60% of first mortgages at a rate less than 4%, and more than 80% with rates of less than 5%, it seems like no one would refinance at today's rates in order to gain access to their homes equity, right? The decision to access your home equity is as unique to your situation as your fingerprint, as well as whether to do that with a second loan, or refinance to a potentially higher interest rate. Home equity refers to the portion of a home's value that is owned by the homeowner. It is...
The Loop newspaper wants to hear your “life in Tehachapi” stories. Our upcoming Experience Tehachapi magazine is all about you! Share photos and a short write up (between 200-500 words) about your life in Tehachapi. It can be a favorite memory, a silly experience, or anything that tells the story of our mountain home. Send your stories and photos to [email protected] with the subject line: For Experience Tehachapi...
The Bear Valley Springs Veterans Association would like to extend a thank you to Bryan Porter of Outsource Utility Contractor Corporation. A few weeks ago, the wind blew one of the flags away at the Veterans Memorial at Cub Lake. The rope was also ripped away and because of the height of the flag poles, help was needed to replace both the rope and the flag. Bryan Porter came to the rescue and graciously offered his time and expertise to take care of the problem. Bryan gave his time freely to keep the flags flying at the Bear Valley Springs...
If you save and invest for decades, you'd like to know you can retire without financial worries. Nonetheless, you still have to be aware of some threats to a comfortable retirement - and how to respond to them. These threats include: • Inflation – Inflation has been high recently, but even a mild inflation rate can seriously erode your purchasing power. In fact, with just a 3% inflation rate, your expenses could double in about 25 years - and your retirement could easily last that long. So, if...
Will Preparing a will has long been a fundamental building block of any estate plan. With a properly drafted will, you can arrange for your estate to be distributed and administered according to your wishes. In your will you can: • Appoint an executor to manage your estate through the probate process. • Appoint a guardian for your minor children or disabled beneficiaries. • Make specific bequests of property or assets to specific beneficiaries. • Designate assets to be placed in trust for fam...
Two projects brought before the Tehachapi Planning Commission at their May 8 meeting were closely related to items discussed at the May 1 City Council Meeting. Waste Management received approval from Planning to build a Compressed Natural Gas Station on their property, located at 416 N. Dennison Rd. which is located at Dennison Rd. and Highway 58. The CNG system would be used for fueling the company's new natural-gas powered trucks. The project would convert existing trash hauling equipment...
Fine arts painter Donald Towns has been a Tehachapi resident for more than 20 years and still finds that nature and our local surroundings inspire his work. "Beauty is all around when you're willing to explore," says Towns. Many of us, without knowing, have seen the results of his creative influence over the years. Towns worked for many years as a background artist for Disney Studios, working on many notable films such as "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin," as well as...
The next Tehachapi Blood Drive with Houchin Community Blood Bank (HCBB) will be held Wednesday, May 24 between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The blood drive is also seeking donors for platelets and plasma, these types of donations take a little longer and help, burn victims and cancer patients. HCBB will joining forces with Tehachapi Vineyard Church, Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District, the Tehachapi Police Department and the City of Tehachapi once again to provide an opportunity to donate blood for our...
At Mountain Bible Church this Spring, we are going through an Eschatology sermon series. Eschatology is a theological category that deals with the doctrine of prophecy or future things to come. The basis of all Bible prophecy is the Abrahamic Covenant that God made with Abraham (Gen. 12:1-3; 15) and the enlargements of that covenant to Israel found in the Davidic Covenant (2 Sam. 7:10-16) and the New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-34). These are called covenants of promise (Eph. 2:12) in contrast with...
Ella Gove is the featured Young Artist soloist at the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra's May 21 concert. Ms. Gove is a violin student of Julia Haney, Concertmaster of the Bakersfield Symphony, and played in the All Kern County High School Honors Orchestra. She also played a Command Performance solo at CMEA in 2021 and 2023, and she won the CalASTA Solo Competition. She performed Bach in the Subways at the Amtrak Station in 2019 as an active member of Music of Bakersfield. This season she won the...
We all use devices (smartphones, tablets, or computers) that contain information we don't want strangers or thieves to access. We lock our devices with a username/password combination to protect our privacy. Since we'll be unlocking our device 5, 10, 15 and 20 times a day, we use our fingerprints, faces, passcode or PIN, or a lock screen pattern to unlock our device instead of our username/password. This security is excellent, but what if you've got bandages on your fingers, bees stung your face...
The "Adopt-A-Pole" program gives Tehachapi and its residents an opportunity to show off their pride and patriotism for America by adopting a pole that will have a U.S. flag displayed on it during the summer months and holiday decorations displayed during winter months. The City of Tehachapi has approximately 100 decorative lampposts (poles) available for adoption along Tehachapi Blvd., Green St., F St., Curry St., Robinson St., and N. Mill St. adjacent to Hwy. 58. The Adopt-A-Pole program...
Each spring the community comes together for a litter clean up day, and this year we will be asking community volunteers to help on Tuesday, May 23 at 8 a.m. The weather is now finally cooperating, and we will be able to get outside and show a little community pride. Members of the Tehachapi Area Association of Realtors (TAAR), Salvation Army, Tehachapi Mountain Group, Coldwell Banker Best Realtors, Rotary Club Interact, Girl Scouts Troop 8014, Tehachapi Cummings County Water District, the...
Healthy Hippie Trading Co. in Old Town, Tehachapi is hosting their first ever sound bath healing session taught by former Tehachapi resident, Shanan Harrell. Shanan is a decades long student and teacher of yoga and meditation. She calls herself a "Sacred Gongster" and is looking forward to sharing the healing powers of sound. Sound baths are exactly what they sound like: you are "bathed" in sound for the purpose of healing. The sounds generally come from gongs and singing bowls. Attendees get...
You know that long belt that snakes around the front of your engine? It's called the serpentine belt. The serpentine belt is driven by the engine as it turns. It powers your alternator, air conditioning compressor and power steering pump. On some vehicles it also runs the water pump, radiator fan and power brakes. Sounds like a lot of important stuff, doesn't it? If your serpentine belt were to break on one of our Tehachapi roads, your battery would die in just a short distance. If it runs your...
