Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Over the past month or so, there has been a plethora of people on foot in the downtown area of Tehachapi. These folks with tanned, strong legs, often wearing backpacks that seem to weigh more than they do, are Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) hikers. They are in town to rest, refuel and recharge before getting back on the trail. In hiker lingo these are called "zero" days: a day where they are not gaining any mileage to the end the trail which is still over 2,000 miles away at the Canadian border. Not...
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Due to COVID, after some being open for a year or more, several businesses are just now doing their ribbon cutting. This is the case for CBD Dependable Solutions which opened in May 2021. Owner Shawna Espinoza was joined by her family, the Tehachapi Chamber and community members to cut the ribbon on May 26, 2022. Welcome to CBD Dependable Solutions, located at 1121 W. Valley Blvd., Ste. G., Tehachapi....
Join the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Tuesday, June 21, at noon (we suggest you arrive at 11:45 a.m. for networking opportunities). The luncheon takes place at Big Papa's, 1001 W. Tehachapi Blvd., C200. Our guest speaker will be Kevin Rohrer, Chief Strategic Communications at Armstrong Flight Research Center, NASA. Rohrer is the also the director of the Aerospace Valley Air Show. He will give a presentation on aviation and aerospace at NASA and Edwards AFB. The cost is $20...
This week's offering is a twofer: the Twenty Mule Team Museum and the Aerospace Museum, both in Boron, California. I went back to Boron a few days ago to check out two little but mighty museums, each offering quite different experiences but both highly significant to the history of the local area. The museums are side by side on the corner of Boron Avenue and Twenty Mule Team Road, and right across the street from the 20 Mule Café (and a block down from Domingo's), making an easy stop to visit...
The Sisterhood of the Crooked Crown (SOCC) is a local nonprofit, fiscally sponsored by the United Way of Kern County. Their mission is to bring hope to women in recovery. The organization is currently comprised of a board of dedicated women, headed by President Liz Hartgrove. Hartgrove explained the main value the SOCC is to promote a practice of women supporting women. "We're here to straighten another woman's crown without telling the world that it was crooked," she said. Before moving to...
In a two-hour budget meeting held on June 6, the Tehachapi City Council approved a balanced $33.3 million budget for the City of Tehachapi for 2022/23, they also approved preliminary budgets for the years 2023/24 through 2026/27. At the regular Council meeting that followed the budget meeting, the City Council approved an agreement with CalTrans that is necessary for work to begin on the engineering phase of plans to construct new curb, gutter and sidewalk on Dennison Road between Tehachapi...
Each year on Memorial Day, Mojave residents gather to honor the men and women who gave their all for our country. Strong winds from the west greeted everyone, but the winds didn't diminish their strong attitudes of patriotism and desire to take time to remember and thank those who died in service to our nation. Victor Yaw, Chairman East Kern Cemetery District Board of Trustees and U.S. Army veteran of Vietnam, said, "This is not just another 3-day weekend or another day to shop. This is...
The Tehachapi American Legion Post 221, TVRPD and the City of Tehachapi hosted the Memorial Day Parade and Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 30. The community came out to Downtown Tehachapi to watch the parade and followed it to Central Park for the Memorial Day Ceremony....
A quick update on the family entertainment center that's being constructed in Old Town Tehachapi. According to owner Kenny Harrison's family members, things are moving along nicely and they are hoping to have the place open for customers in September. The 31,500-square-foot building will include Mountain Bowling (a 16-lane bowling alley), Tehachapi Mountain Brewing Co. and P-Dubs Brew Pub. P-Dubs will have a built-in, wood-fire pizza oven. I also noticed a new warehouse being built just down...
Now that summer is upon us, snakes are once again stirring in the Tehachapi Mountains, as warmer temperatures have awakened them from their wintertime slumber. I have seen a Coachwhip, several California Kingsnakes and a Great Basin Gophersnake. The rattlesnakes too have become active, even though it has been a fairly cool spring. How active? Well, the Snake Guys, a group from Bear Valley Springs that was started more than 15 years ago by Ron Hayton, have already removed 59 Northern Pacific...
"My Momma loved a recipe. My favorite recipes in her collection are from the neighbors who lived up and down Cherry Lane in Tehachapi when I was a child growing up there in the 1940s and 50s. Cherry Lane was a dirt road then and my Momma dug a substantial ditch across it to slow down cars that sped by our home. When the offenders had their eyes opened by hitting the ditch and complained to Momma, she informed them, "It is a drainage ditch necessary to drain rain water off of Cherry Lane." Her...
Jackie and Nick Reuter moved from Rosamond to Tehachapi in February with their 15-year-old daughter, Jizel, and three dogs. They had both spent much of their lives in the Antelope Valley but the change of seasons, beautiful scenery and low crime rate of the Tehachapi area beckoned to them. Tehachapi also had an amazing selection of churches to choose from and reasonable home prices. It was a ”no-brainer.” In May, Jackie began work with College Community Services in Tehachapi as Recovery Coo...
The Kern County Superintendent of Schools office announced on June 2 that its Kern Community Mentoring AmeriCorps program is seeking mentors for the upcoming school year. AmeriCorps Members deliver high-quality mentorships to 700 underserved students each year at school sites throughout Kern County with the goal of increasing student engagement, improving the school climate and causing lasting positive changes. Full-time positions will be available from Sept. 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023 at school sites in Arvin, Bakersfield, Delano,...
"I saw you toss the kites on high and blow the birds about the sky..." That quote from Robert Louis Stevenson's book, "A Child's Garden of Verses," kept me thinking of the aforementioned "wind." Good old Tehachapi wind was present for the Heritage League Errea Garden Dedication held on Saturday, May 28. Like a naughty child who sometimes shows off for guests when they visit, the wind was only able to blow the tops of the trees. The garden, itself, was sheltered on all sides. "Foiled again!" Old...
The Kern County Public Health Services Department is urging boaters, dog owners and other recreational lake users to exercise caution and observe signage related to active algal blooms when visiting certain areas within Lake Isabella. Public Health recently obtained water samples from eight locations in Lake Isabella. The auxiliary dam boat launch area indicated the presence of potentially harmful blue-green algae (cyanotoxin), as it tested at the cautionary level which is the lowest of the three advisory levels. Caution health advisory signs...
You don't have to upgrade to Windows 11 if your computer asks you if you want to. Microsoft has committed to supporting Windows 10 until 2025. Ten years of support is standard for Windows versions. I did the math for you, Windows 10 came out in 2015, so support ends in 2025. Somewhere in the box that pops up asking you if you want to upgrade to Windows 11, there's a link (in blue and underlined) to "Stay on Windows 10 for now." So if you've canceled the Windows 11 update window, here's how to...
June is just bustin' out all over. It's a busy time of year – school gets out, summer is starting – clambakes are happening (can you tell I recently watched "Carousel"?) – and lots of special days are set aside in June. We've already acknowledged and celebrated D-Day (June 6). World Bicycle Day and National Egg Day were June 3, and National Hug Your Cat Day was June 4. National Cancer Survivor's Day was June 5, as was National Donut Day. June 8 was National Best Friends Day. Coming up: Flag...
With cryptocurrencies so much in the news, you might be wondering if you should invest in them. But "invest" may not be the right word – because, in many ways, cryptocurrencies, or "crypto" for short, are more speculation than investment. But what's really the difference between a speculator and an investor? Probably the main factor is the differing views of time. A true investor is in it for the long term, building a portfolio that, over many years, can eventually provide the financial r...
The Kern, Inyo and Mono Workforce Development Board (KIM WDB) was recently awarded $640,000 by the California Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Funding will go toward the Workforce Development Apprenticeship Program (WDAP) in the Central Valley, Los Angeles and Imperial Counties, and the City of Richmond. This apprenticeship will address the current and growing gap in the development of staff and will provide employees with a combination of training, with a focus on equity and job quality, meeting...
The Tehachapi Resource Conservation District is currently looking for applicants who are interested in serving on their Board of Directors. TRCD members must be registered voters in California and reside within the district, as well as own real property in the district. If you are interested in applying, please contact the office of Supervisor Zack Scrivner at (661) 868-3660 or email at [email protected]. Supervisor Scrivner encourages citizens interested in serving their communities...
On June 6, the Tehachapi City Council approved a balanced $33.3 million budget for fiscal year 2022-23. The approved budget also addressed subsequent fiscal years through 2026-27. The budget includes all operating funds within the City including the General Fund, enterprise funds such as Water, Sewer, Airport, Transit and Refuse and capital project funds. Unfunded mandates coming from Sacramento, inflation and increased fire services costs from the County of Kern creates challenges for the city in the coming years. The fire cost increase by...
It has been like a recurring theme of unfortunate events over the last year or so, too many times I have had to say goodbye to those who came before me. Those who helped blaze a trail in this community and lay the foundation for local athletics. Most recently, it was the news of the passing of Mr. Richard Dieterle, I use the "Mr." because for five years of my junior high and high school education he was "Mr. D." First serving as my junior high principal at Jacobsen in the seventh grade before he...
Michael Patrick Martin was born in Santa Monica on June 5, 1958 to Patrick Emmet Martin and Evelyn June Martin. He passed away in Bakersfield's Heart Hospital due to pneumonia. He was almost 62 years old. His early life was spent in Santa Monica where he attended grade school. The family moved to Selma, California and Michael attended Terry Elementary and went to Selma High, graduating in 1976. He lettered in Cross Country and developed many friends. After high school, he moved to Nevada and...
Raymond C. Dull, 77, passed away June 4 in Bakersfield, California with his wife of 49 years, Patricia, at his side. Raymond, known to most as Ray, was born to Clifton and Wilma Dull on March 30, 1945, in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. The family moved to the Bay area where Ray would meet his wife Pat at work, at MicroSight in Belmont, California. They were married on September 3, 1972, in Mojave, California. They returned to the Bay Area to start their family and then moved to the Tehachapi area to raise...
