Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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On blistering hot summer days my mother would call out to me and my friends languishing and complaining on our front porch, to come in and sit around our kitchen table. She would have her coffee cup filled and give us each a mug of Kool-Aid. Then she would begin telling us stories of her childhood. They were filled with country roads and a Model T Ford, her grandfather's rural mail route, asking a stranger for a drink of cold water from an old fashioned hand pump, opening a gated road with a wil...
Some daytrips just don't turn out the way I thought they would, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. A couple of Saturdays ago gas prices were down, and I woke up to a beautiful day. I decided to take a drive up to Lake Isabella to check out the water levels and stop at a couple of my favorite places along the way, specifically the Onyx Store and the Weldon bird sanctuary. But I was destined for disappointment. It started out just fine. I headed out on the 58 to Mojave, then up the 14 – which...
Much like the human body, your car relies on a series of interconnected systems working together for optimal efficiency. These systems exist in a complex environment where individual parts undergo varying degrees of stress, movement, age and failure for all kinds of reasons, causing larger breakdowns as they do so. Much like the body, this doesn't always happen overnight and it isn't always immediately noticeable. For this reason, annual car maintenance and checkups are important in much the...
The Tehachapi Farmers Market is only a few short weeks away, running every Thursday between June 1 to Aug. 15. We are asking for any businesses in the Downtown Tehachapi area that would like to offer "Farmers Market Specials" to let us know so we can put your business on our digital map, listing your special and address. Each week hundreds of people visit the Farmers Market in Downtown Tehachapi. We want to remind people to shop at local brick and mortar stores, as well. If a business offers a...
Detectives with the Tehachapi Police Department are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the male suspect pictured here. On Friday, May 5, at approximately 1:30 p.m., the suspect stole a bank bag containing cash after the victim left it on a counter at Midori Sushi. The suspect fled in a late model white sedan. The suspect was wearing a neon green construction vest and shirt, a black mask, black beanie and black pants. It is believed the suspect resides locally and conducted some form...
Food and prizes were plentiful on May 4, as members of the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce and friends helped Joanne Nicks cut the ribbon for her new boutique, Cowboys and Angels, located behind Fastrip convenience store and next to Canine Creek at 798 Tucker Rd. Also helping her celebrate were representatives from the city, county and state....
My early years As a young boy of 7, I wasn't doing well in school and my mother was looking for a way my father and I could have a real bonding experience. She had an acquaintance named Shirley Trudell whose son was racing Quarter Midgets. She told my mother that there was a local track at the AV Fairgrounds and invited my parents to witness a race for themselves. My parents were interested, and after seeing the races, promptly bought me an older, but still competitive Midget racecar. I don't...
On Saturday, May 6, the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce and members of the community turned out to celebrate the grand reopening of Have A Heart Humane Society at their new location at 787 W. Tehachapi Blvd....
A few weeks ago, it was announced that the Oakland Athletics, "my team" since childhood (with a little San Diego Padres mixed in from my time living there), entered a binding agreement to purchase land in Las Vegas with the intention of building a new stadium and relocating to Sin City. This announced move was not surprising, for over two decades the Athletics have been trying to work with Major League Baseball, the City of Oakland, Alameda County and several other stakeholders to build new digs...
Every year, Kern Community Foundation hosts Give Big Kern to help local nonprofit organizations raise money and volunteer hours. Give Big Kern was on May 2. Since 2016, Give Big Kern has raised millions of dollars, from thousands of donors, for hundreds of local nonprofits. Give Big Kern allows the people of Kern County to show support for organizations that improve our region, raising dollars and volunteer hours for local nonprofits through online crowdfunding, matching gifts and pledges. In the original press release, Kern Community...
It's Mother's Day, the time of year when we honor and celebrate those among us who are mothers by blood – moms, grandmothers, and dads who do double duty – and those who are honorary (step-moms, aunties, god-mothers, etc.). At least I hope you have something to celebrate. I was certainly lucky with my mother – she was a wonderful human being and a role model for me – and even though she has been gone for 20 years now, I still miss her and think of her every day. I wish everyone could have had th...
Life is full of transitions. We all have them and for the most part they are pretty much the same. Some are good and some not so good and some just come with the passage of time. The feeling one gets watching their first child being born, that's a great transition. The joy of falling in love or the experience of your first promotion or standing up to get your degree or being recognized for an achievement. These are all examples of great transitions, many of us get to experience. Some...
Billie W. "Bill" Cox, 80, of Tehachapi, passed away on May 1. He was born to Joe and Willie Mae Cox in Richmond, California. Bill was a 20-year Air Force retired Vietnam veteran. He was an aerial gunner with a Bronze Star, and went on to become a USAF Military Policeman. After retirement, he furthered his education at Sacramento State University where he studied history. While in the Air Force, he met his wife, LaRita. They were married for 34 years, before her passing in 2008. Bill loved...
Charles D. Westfall, 85, of Tehachapi, succumbed in his sleep to Alzheimer's disease in the early morning hours of April 19. Charles was born to Phillip Nelson Westfall and Margaret Eloise Davis in Caldwell, Idaho on Oct. 25, 1937. Left to mourn their loss are his wife, Judy Stevens; stepdaughter, Carrie Stevens (Sean); sisters, Jane Brauns (Robert) and Phylis Harris; sister-in-law, Nancy Lewis (John); and nieces and nephews, Shannon DeChaine, Stephen Sprinkel (Kathy), LeeAnn Tarling (Bryce),...
On Monday, May 1, Daisy Jean Kramer relocated to Heaven to live with Jesus and to be reunited with her husband, Charles Kramer; her parents, Lloyd, and Ola Tolle; stepmother, Loretta Tolle; brothers, Mack and Glen Tolle; sisters, Ellen Essick and Leola Tolle; and sons-in-law, John Petrie and Rudy Romero. Daisy has been looking forward to this day for many years and she thanks the Lord that He's taken her to her heavenly home. Daisy was a wonderful mother to her children and loved all her family...
Thoughts of my "aiti" (Finnish for mother) are always with me. She was an immense influence on how I see myself. I learned from my parents how to be empathetic, fair and encouraging. From my mother I leaned to love poetry, humor and developed the confidence to tackle almost anything. My parents worked together to discipline us with calm fairness, with the purpose of improving our behavior. I could always count on mom to listen to my problems, and she was helpful to all who asked. Mom was the...
As you leave the Tehachapi Valley headed east on Highway 58, you approach the Sand Canyon area. Visible to your left, on the north side of the freeway before you get to the Sand Canyon exit, a large boulder sits all by itself. This oddly-placed stone did not tumble down from the hills above, and it wasn't left there by a glacier. Boulders can be carried hundreds of miles by glaciers, and when the glaciers finally melt, these stones, known as glacial erratics, are stranded far from the bedrock...
Spring can arrive slowly and leave quickly in the mountains of Southern California, so it's nice to have a variety of spring-blooming bulbs, shrubs and perennials to help celebrate this all-too-brief season. One ornamental shrub that likes Tehachapi and lights up in spring is Forsythia, a graceful plant that is covered with yellow blossoms when longer days trigger the onset of blooming. Forsythias are primarily native to Asia and were imported to England and Europe to the delight of Western...
Let me take you back a few decades. Do you remember where you were and what you were doing in 1965 through 1968? In December 1965, Boeing and Pan Am agreed to build a jumbo-sized airliner – the model 747. It would dwarf every airliner in operation at that time and quickly became known as a "wide-body" because it would have an internal cabin width of about 20-feet, almost twice that of the Boeing 707. It could be configured to carry 490 passengers! On April 13, 1966, Boeing announced an order w...
