Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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This year we celebrate the 5th year of The Tehachapi Apple Festival. It takes place on Oct. 7 from 10 til 6 p.m. and Oct. 8 from 10 til 4 p.m. on Green St. in Downtown Tehachapi. The first two years were a relatively small festival taking place at Railroad Park and featuring about 35 booths, live music, apple bobbing, apple pie eating contest and an apple pie baking contest. Several of the booths were local apple growers and others were either food or merchandise. A major feature every year has...
Eating healthy on a budget is easier than you think. In fact, the healthiest foods are among the cheapes. The highest nutrient-rich food per dollar are sweet potatoes. A single cup of sweet potato is a scant 115 calories. They're a nice source of potassium, Vitamin B6, and dietary fiber, as well as an excellent source of vitamin A ringing in at 377% of your recommended daily need. Choose sweet potatoes that are firm and do not have any cracks, bruises or soft spots. Cold temperatures alter...
The purpose of the museum is to provide residents a glimpse into our area's past. Many residents do not know the history of Bear Valley Springs (BVS). The Schoolhouse Museum is the only place in the valley where the history of Bear Valley is preserved • The Bear Valley Springs School House is located on property owned by the Bear Valley Community Service District (CSD). • It has been moved several times since it was built in 1872. The last move, from the Fickert Ranch to its present loc...
The Tehachapi Lions honored three local students as their September Students-of-the-Month on Sept. 21. Vincent Mendoza, a sixth grader, was chosen by the staff at Jacobsen Middle School because of his improved performance in his academics and punctuality. Vincent has many interests. He enjoys horseback riding with the Star Riders. He is active in his church and is a member of the Good News Club; he enjoys history, has an extensive dinosaur collection and he is a train spotter. Vincent would...
The caller wanted to learn how to get ready to buy his first house. "I just paid cash for my business, and I have no credit." Nice, a clean slate to work with! After the mortgage meltdown, Congress was really interested in making sure folks have the means to repay the money they borrow. For traditional financing these days, you'd need to file two years federal income tax returns before we can count the income from your new business. As before, we're looking at the "net" income you claim. Even...
Photographer Ben Dewell moved to Tehachapi in July. Ben felt it was time to downsize from his home in Valencia, a town about an hour and a half south of Tehachapi. He had loved the outdoors since he was a teenager and had done some camping at Tehachapi Mountain Park. He wanted a place in the mountains and his new home in Stallion Springs was a perfect solution. Ben said he was born in Burbank, Calif. but was raised in Fresno. His father worked for Leslie Salt, a Bay Area company. He went to...
So, the time has come to replace your computer. You're ready to start looking at the Best Buy ads and checking out Costco and Amazon for deals. But deals on what? Computer descriptions often include something like Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 - 1TB Hard Drive, which can be confusing. The things you should pay attention to are the processor, amount of memory or RAM, graphics capability, and size of the hard drive. Ready? Let's dive in. The computer's central processing...
Whenever someone asks me what my favorite season is, I find it really hard to pick just one. That's because my favorite season is usually the one that is coming up or just starting, whatever season that may be. In other words, what I really like about a season has more to do with the change than with the actual season. I lived for many years in the Bay Area, and the seasons don't change much up there. In the winter you wake up to fog every morning and when the fog lifts, it rains; at night the...
Officers from the Tehachapi Police Department used a new piece of equipment on Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 27) to reunite a lost dog turned into TPD. Makaya was identified and returned to her family within 15 minutes using the microchip scanner donated on August 24 by Have a Heart Humane Society to TPD. "Having the new scanner and being able to identify Makaya and returning her so quickly shows the importance of having strong partnerships in the community," said Kent Kroeger, Chief of Police....
What: Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley will host the first in a free series of grief/support counseling sessions to those affected – directly or indirectly – by the mass shootings in Las Vegas. Open to the public. When: Monday, Oct. 9 Two sessions: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Where: AHTV Main Conference Room, 109 West "E" St. For more information, call 661-823-3093...
In the early morning hours of Sept. 9, six Tehachapi residents loaded into a van for a journey to Texas. All, members of the Tehachapi Church of the Nazarene (TNAZ), answered the call to pray, give and go. The rag tag team had more "re-building heart" than construction skill, and more energy than experience. I was honored to be one of the six. Our suitcases were packed with tee shirts and jeans. Our van was loaded with air mattresses, water and snacks. We embarked on a 28-hour drive to the Lone...
The Cemetery Club, directed by Brian Terpstra, will not only tickle your funny bone, but tug at your heart strings while reminding you of the gift of life itself. This performance is so real that you'll find yourself sharing in these five characters' joys and struggles. Masterfully performed, brilliantly directed. You need to see it. The Cemetery Club runs Sept. 30, Oct. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 2017. All seats will be $15, and may be purchased online at www.tctonstage.com, or at Tehachapi Treasure...
Kiwanis members were informed about the development and secrets of GPS when Larry Wells spoke to the Club recently. For 30 years he worked at Interstate Electronics Corporation, a company that specializes in GPS technology. Although he retired as a senior engineer, the company often calls him back to help on a consultant basis. Satellite navigation systems were developed by 1962, and GPS development was initiated in 1974. However, it was used just by the military, and it was not until the late...
On Sunday, Oct. 22, at 2 p.m., carpool up to the intersection of Stirrup and Sunset, near Jacaranda, to be part of the Invocation of the Bear Valley Springs' Historic Kawaiisu Preserve. It will be a ceremony that will bring the history of the Kawaiisu into 2017. Parking is very limited, so please carpool. The Preserve Project was initiated in November 2016, and was the beginning of Bear Valley Springs' newest amenity. It took much work and negotiation on all sides of the issue. During that time,...
Everyone is familiar with the Lehigh Southwest Cement plant located off Hwy 58 between Love's Travel Stop and Sand Canyon. Many don't realize that the plant has been in operation for over 100 years. It was originally built by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to supply the cement for the construction of the L.A. Aqueduct which brought water from the Owens River to Los Angeles. The little town of Monolith grew up around the plant and at one time housed around 350 residents and a town...
Years ago U.S. Highway 466 came directly through Tehachapi. Trucks rumbled by and auto traffic on the way to Bakersfield and parts north passed through town. Many stopped to stretch their legs and have coffee at the local cafes. The highway did not continue west through town as it does now, for Main Street dead ended as it came to Curry Street. Travelers had to make a sharp left to continue down Curry before heading northwest again. A portion of the road that is now Route 202 was once called...
George Runner, representative of the California State Board of Equalization, District 1, spoke to the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce at their Sept. 19 luncheon concerning the new changes affecting the Board. Elected in November 2010 and reelected in 2014, Runner represents the Board's First District and is a leading advocate for California taxpayers. During his time in office, Runner has worked to improve California's tax policies and practices and to create and retain more private...
Christina Scrivner is excited about the partnership Tehachapi has developed with Adventist Health as the new hospital nears completion. She spoke at a Kiwanis meeting about her participation with Adventist Health as she works to develop a foundation which will raise funds to outfit departments in the new hospital that are not available in the current facility. The first goal will be to purchase equipment for the operating rooms. She praised the work the Hospital Guild has done for the many...
The Old Tehachapi Cemetery was established in 1858, just a few years after early settlers came to Williamsburg, now called Old Town. This is not the resting place of the vast land owners, but of the merchants, constables and mail carriers. Everyday people who were the backbone of a budding community found a resting place on a barren acre in Golden Hills. For this reason it is sometimes referred to as the Pioneer Cemetery. No one has been buried there for ninety years and the site is mostly forgo...
The Tehachapi Lions Club will be holding their 5th Annual Apple Drop on Oct. 8 at the Tehachapi Apple Festival. You might be wondering what the Apple Drop is. It is a fundraiser put on by the Club to raise funds for the Lions Diabetes Foundation and Tehachapi Christmas for Seniors. The money raised from ticket sales funds both projects. The Lions have taken on Tehachapi Christmas for Seniors as their main service project for the past three years. They provide a Christmas to over 30 seniors in...
On September 7, 2017, Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting agencies, announced a massive data security breach that exposed vital personal identification data- including names, addresses, birth dates, and Social Security numbers- on as many as 143 million consumers, roughly 55% of Americans age 18 and older.1 This data breach was especially egregious because the company reportedly first learned of the breach on July 29 and waited roughly six weeks before making it public (hackers...
Come journey to the past with us for our 15th Renaissance and Fantasy Faire! October 21 & 22 will see California City's Central Park transformed into Elizabethan England, as the Queen and her court from the Guild of St. Marie roll into town, along with peddlers, jugglers, swordsmen, blacksmith, hearty food, tempting tarts and a tavern! Free entrance to the High Desert Model Train shown in the building with paid admissions. The Faire opens on Saturday Oct. 21 at 11 a.m., admission is $8 for...
In an analysis of the amended California Voting Rights Act, Marguerite Mary Leoni and Christopher E. Skinnell, writing for the League of California Cities, cite the cities of Dinuba (population 23,961, Tulare County) and Santa Paula (population 30,335, Ventura County) as examples of "small jurisdictions" that underwent federal voting rights litigation. The city of Tehachapi, now on an accelerated track to switch from an at-large to by-district City Council election process to satisfy a voting ri...
The second of four public hearings regarding the transition from at-large council representation to district representation was held at the Sept. 18 City Council meeting. Attorney Youstina Aziz from the law firm Richards, Watson and Gershon clarified some of the concerns that came up at the last meeting. Councilman Hetge voiced a concern that CCI, which is considered part of the city, would be able to participate in elections as it contains about one fifth of the city population. Ms. Aziz...
Today, We Honor The Overall Man Classic Bill Mead Reprinted with permission Our middle daughter and her husband operate a law firm in Atlanta. Margaret likes to cook so once a week she puts on a noon spread for the other lawyers and employees in the office. Not long ago, remembering her childhood thrill when Dad brought home the ingredients for banana splits, Margaret offered all the makings for banana splits for her co-workers to assemble as they wished. The results astounded her. The younger...
