Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Capturing moments in a photograph is easier now than ever. Technology has made it easy to snap, send and share in an instant. So go ahead, “Take Your Best Shot” and submit it in this year’s TVAA Photo Contest, being held at Gallery ‘N’ Gifts. Submissions are due between July 22-30, with a free awards reception held on First Friday, Aug. 4 from 4 to 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Come join other photo enthusiasts in seeing the incredible photos submitted, sharing stories, inspirations and creative tips. Who knows, you could take home that...
Healthy Hippie Trading Co. in Old Town, Tehachapi is hosting another 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 into a...
At the June 19 City Council meeting, Councilman Keith Sackewitz announced that he and his wife Lana would be moving to St. George, Utah at the end of June and this would be his last meeting. Sackewitz is also on the Friends of the Tehachapi Depot Executive Board and had been given a royal send-off at their June 13 membership meeting. Sackewitz spent much of his life in the Tehachapi area. His first job was with Chevron in Bakersfield where he learned about gasoline, they then sent him to Mojave...
Preparations are nearly done and the Cheers to Charity team are ready to bring you Tehachapi's best fundraising night on the town. We hope you're ready, too. Cheers to Charity 2023 is weeks away and, if you have never attended, you may want to buy a ticket now, because they sell out every year. The evening is an ideal blend of outdoor ambiance, delicious foods, wine, beer, spirit-free concoctions, dancing, games, desserts, lively chatter and sweet reunions, all to raise money for local...
I wanted to take a moment to welcome our new Chief of Police Richard Standridge to the City of Tehachapi. Chief Standridge brings 25 years of law enforcement experience. He is a U.S. Navy veteran and a family man. His ability to lead is well demonstrated with the past two years as the Chief of Police for the City of Bishop and 23 years as an officer, sergeant and lieutenant at the City of Porterville Police Department. Chief Standridge will be attending community events including the Farmers...
On Friday, July 14, Kern County firefighters will conduct another Public Safety Prescribed Burn. Friday's operation is known as the "CCI Burn" (California Correctional Institution Burn). Friday's burn is scheduled to take place from 9 a.m. until 8 a.m. Saturday. The burn location is CCI Tehachapi, 24900 Hwy 202 Tehachapi. The prescribed burn will also support fire research and development of fire modeling software as well as smoke monitoring. The CCI Burn is also an excellent training...
Kern County Public Health urges residents to protect themselves from the heat as triple digit temperatures are expected for the first time this year. Widespread triple digit heat was expected in the San Joaquin Valley and Coastal Range Friday, June 30 through at least Monday, July 3. Heat poses a substantial health risk, especially for vulnerable populations including young children, the elderly, those with chronic diseases or disabilities and pregnant women. People suffer heat-related illness w...
So far this year, we have published articles on pest control, as well as pre and post-emergent herbicides. Today will be a little more general. As I head down streets in Tehachapi and Golden Hills, I see work that needs to be done in the yards. Either dead trees or shrubs, trimming, bug problems, trash, etc. This would be a good year to get that yard in shape like it used to be, and it's always nice to have something new to look at! Consider planting perennials such as Asiatic Lilies (blooming...
One bright and sunny day a couple of weeks ago I decided to take a drive up the 14 to Red Rock Canyon State Park. Along the way I stopped at the Jawbone Station Visitor Center. It turned out to be a great day for a great scenic drive. I visited the official Jawbone Station first (not to be confused with the Jawbone Jct., right next door, which is a commercial enterprise that rents off-road vehicles, among other things), where I spent a little time outside the station hoping to spot Mr. Bob. Mr....
Delicious, fresh sushi is prepared after 4 p.m. for the buffet (limited quantities) at The Great Wall! Located at 807 Tucker Rd., Ste. F, in Tehachapi. See ad on this page....
Happy summer from Karl's Hardware Tehachapi. It looks like the heat has finally set in. Don't let the heat get to you! We are fully stocked for all your warm weather needs. Fans are in stock, with many different types to choose from. We also have numerous sizes of window air conditioners, as well. Swamp coolers work great up here on the mountain and you guessed it, we stock them, too. We also have a great selection of swamp cooler parts to keep your existing one blowing cold as can be. Don't...
How long will you live? Of course, your longevity is somewhat unpredictable. But it may be a good idea to plan for a long life - and the financial issues that go along with it. It's reasonable to think you've got a long way to go. In fact, 72% of retirees now think they will live longer than their parents, according to a recent survey from Age Wave and Edward Jones. Their optimism may be justified: A 65-year-old woman can expect to live almost 20 more years, while a 65-year-old man can...
Janine Heath and Matt Bogue moved into their mountaintop Tehachapi home on the first of June. From their deck, when the air is clear, they can see all the way to the Grapevine. They moved here from Oxnard where Matt had been stationed at Port Hueneme for the last three years. Having fulfilled his obligations to the Navy, Matt is now a consulting engineer for FM Global, a Fortune 500 company that deals with commercial property insurance. The couple wanted to get away from the congestion of the co...
Home builder sentiment is up again, and there is talk of the start of another Bull Market. All the while some prognosticators are telling us a recession is waiting in the wings by the end of the year! Where is my crystal ball to help me wade through the morass of conflicting reports from so many so-called experts? What would my crystal ball tell me? Would it tell me that 5-7 stocks are leading this Bull Market? Would it tell me I should be worried about the rise in artificial intelligence? Is th...
Our artist of the month, Glenda Rich, is an experienced artist who worked for Thomas Kinkade in the production of his artwork. She usually works with oil paint but will be teaching with acrylics at our paint night class this month. She has a selection of local landscapes, as well as other subjects displayed in our shop for the month of July. Susan Jane is a local weaver and Renaissance Faire addict, who often spins her own yarn. She has a selection of hand-woven scarfs and table runners, as well...
It's hard to believe we are in the middle of summer! Now is the perfect time to get your estate planning in order. Don't let another year go by without a plan. What is better, a will or a trust? A trust will streamline the process of transferring an estate after you die while avoiding a lengthy and potentially costly period of probate (in California if you have assets like a house, and it is worth more than $185,000, there will be a probate in most circumstances). However, if you have minor...
The first generation of cell phone batteries were Nickel-Cadmium (NiCad) batteries. NiCad batteries were toxic (the Cadmium part,) heavy, had overheating issues and developed a memory effect from charging cycles. This memory effect was the source of the old advice to drain your phone down to 0% battery before charging it again. Along came Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries. NiMH batteries got rid of the toxic cadmium, developed less of a memory effect and got more power into a smaller space....
Aviation Cadet Paul Day was looking at his instruments and straining to hear any communications over the sound of his radial engine, as he flew blind in the clouds all alone. What seemed like just another routine training flight had now become a struggle for life itself, as he and more than a dozen other young aviation cadets came face to face with the dangers of flying - not in combat, but facing the wrath of the one adversary that has plagued aviators for generations: the weather. March 18,...
On Thursday, June 29, Tehachapi City Council held a special meeting approving several redevelopment projects in Tehachapi. Among them were two repavement projects on Valley Boulevard. A construction bid for the Valley Boulevard Road Resurfacing project was awarded to Griffith Construction and the city hopes to have a 0.3-mile portion of Valley Boulevard between Curry and Beech Streets repaved before the start of the 2023-24 school year. Permission to file for an allocation of Regional Surface...
In 1455, a moveable type printing press gave the world the Gutenberg Bible. Since that time, the preparation of printed words for the purpose of both providing information and reading for pleasure has changed tremendously through the centuries. We now have books printed on a variety of papers in a myriad of fonts, bound in cardboard to leather. Some books are typed and sent directly from screen to screen, no paper needed at all. There is certainly more than one way to tell a story and write a...
The most common causes of engine overheating are fortunately all very preventable. Keeping your vehicle's motor running smoothly and at the proper temperature is almost always a matter of staying on top of maintenance, not ignoring warning signs and making sure not to push things too hard under extreme driving conditions. Check out these three common causes of engine heating issues and how to avoid them. 1. Low coolant The simplest and most common reason for an engine to overheat is a lack of...
This is article No. 6 in a series. See previous The Loop newspaper issues for more information, education and inspiration in how Joyful Life Hypnotherapy can help you have the joyful life you deserve. As a professional hypnotherapist, I've encountered many misconceptions about hypnotherapy. Today, let's dispel the myths. Let's tackle six of these misconceptions. It's easy to form misconceptions about a practice most closely associated with the subject quacking like a duck upon the hypnotist...
Older adults with mobility impairment have an increased risk of falls. Unfortunately, improved mobility without also building strength and balance might actually increase a person's risk of falling. One of the most effective ways to combat a lack of muscle strength, balance and limited mobility is through resistance training. Resistance training is so effective because it places demands on the body that help muscle fibers grow. Traditional resistance training machines rely on stacks of weights a...
Jean Clark Chapman Vanpell, age 94, has lived in Bear Valley Springs for 45 years. She has been checking off her bucket list. Last year she won the Apple Pie Baking Contest at the Apple Festival with her "Jean & Johnny's Apple Pie." Jean is a great-great-great-grandniece of John Chapman, AKA Johnny Appleseed. This year her bucket list adventure was to get the nerve to go up in a hot air balloon. Hot air balloon rides are available in Bear Valley during the 4th of July weekend. The weather was...
