Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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On May 30, the Rotary Club of Tehachapi welcomed Dr. Mike McCoy, the executive director of the Kern County Museum, who gave an engaging and informative presentation about the museum and their plans for the future. The Kern County Museum has been in existence for 80 years, which makes it one of the oldest and largest museums in the state. Mike has been the director for seven years, and it is impressive to see the way the museum has grown and changed under his leadership. Although born in Texas,...
With the help of P-Dubs restaurant, the American Association of University Women celebrated our 2024 award recipients at the scholarship dinner on June 2. This incredible sampling from our community included Ella Jacobs and Tristan Marks, who were chosen by faculty at Jacobsen Middle School for their scholarship, attitude and high ideals. Six high school seniors were also recognized: Layla Mullins received the Edith Mae Hinkle Memorial Scholarship presented by Kathi Hinkle; Olivia Loyd and Priss...
The mission of American Association of University Women (AAUW) is "to advance gender equality for women and girls through research, education and advocacy." One of the ways in which the Tehachapi Mountain Branch does this is by sponsoring local girls to attend Tech Trek, a residential science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) camp. The camps are designed to develop interest, excitement and self-confidence in young women who will enter eighth grade in the fall. They are run entirely by...
Many of you are aware of my history within NCAA athletics, specifically at Cal State Bakersfield having served as their radio announcer from 2003-2017. Mostly with basketball before the creation of the baseball program in 2009, when I added that sport into the broadcast mix. A few seasons later I was an employee of the university and very connected with the baseball program as they built everything from the ground up. Recently it was announced that Jeremy Beard, the Roadrunners head coach from 2...
We recently had a big meeting! Elections for 2024-25 officers were held. Jeanette Crounse performed a memorable installation. Jane Hanley-Custer will continue as our fearless leader and president, Nettie Farrar will move to VP Programs, Lauren Hollen will continue as VP Membership, Joan Pogon-Cord will continue as VP Scholarship and Joanne Beckett will continue as Treasurer. The board welcomes Jackie Estes as Secretary. Jane was awarded her presidential pin from the branch. We are grateful to...
Claire Louise Hammons of Tehachapi, passed away peacefully on April 23. Claire was born on Nov. 25, 1944 to Dr. Gerald and Jane Hodgson, in San Francisco, California. Claire graduated from Palos Verdes High School in 1962 and later, while living and working in Tehachapi, she received her AA degree in Bakersfield. Claire worked for 24 years at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, in Accounting, and then later as a manager in Industries. In retirement, Claire volunteered with Teha...
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by." – Douglas Adams. This was Kyler Sparling's answer when asked for his favorite quote, one that touches on one the most important lessons Kyler has learned in high school ... to not waste time worrying about the little things. "Progress is doing better than you were doing, not better than others are doing," said Kyler. Kyler has attended Valley Oaks Charter School for 7 years. A young man who has developed his mind, body, a...
On April 17, students across Kern county remotely logged onto Zoom for a virtual opening ceremony welcoming them to the 4th annual Kern Codes Student Competition. After reviewing the contest rules and participation instructions, students logged onto HackerRank, a coding website where they had previously been given the opportunity to practice sample coding challenges in preparation for the event. Kern Codes offers a unique opportunity for Kern County students to demonstrate their ability solving...
"The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love." – Sportscaster, Bryant Gumbel That love was on display on May 14 when the Tehachapi Warriors varsity baseball team played their final game of the season in an 8-4 loss to Exeter in the CIF Central Section Division III playoffs, hosted here in Tehachapi. While it did not come out in favor of our Warriors, there were moments of the day that members of my family and I will never forget. Not only was it the first time in quite a while that t...
On Thursday, May 16, the Rotary Club of Tehachapi welcomed guest speaker, Ben Eshbach. Ben is a local Tehachapi resident who started the "Tehachapi Now" channel on YouTube. When he moved his family to Tehachapi in 2022, he was researching on YouTube to see what Tehachapi had to offer, and he found two things: 1) real estate and 2) trains. He knew that there was so much more to the community, so he set about finding the little local gems, businesses and stories that make Tehachapi a wonderful...
Our beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, aunt, cousin and friend Elizabeth Ann Searfoss passed peacefully to her heavenly home on May 8 with her mother by her side in Bear Valley Springs, following a courageous four- year struggle with cancer. Elizabeth (Liz) was born Oct. 19, 1985 at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho to Julie McGuire Searfoss and Colonel Richard Alan Searfoss. From the beginning, Liz faced the many challenges, that stemmed from being born with Kabuki Syndrome,...
As the City of Tehachapi prepares for construction of the ATP Dennison Sidewalk Project later this summer, SCE will begin relocating poles at the Valley Blvd. and Dennison Rd. intersection. Work began on May 20. The roads will remain open, but delays should be expected. SCE estimates the relocation effort to take about one month to complete. The City of Tehachapi urges parents and students of Tehachapi High School, Jacobson Middle School and Tompkins Elementary to be aware of potential traffic...
Cora Sweeney and Saida Woolf started off entering the Gallery 'N' Gifts Young Artist shows as students of Valley Oaks Charter School. They received art instruction from local artist Colleen Ferrel and sought out opportunities across Southern California where they could improve their skills. Today, they are both studying Art at San Jose State University; Sweeney works in Studio Art where she hones her passion for painting, and Woolf pursues Animation Illustration creating animation reels and...
The name Klew has been a part of my identity for many years, beginning in high school when I decided to go by it instead of my given name, Karen Lewis. I found it to be a unique and stylish name back then, but I could never have predicted that it would become the name of my small business, Klew Expressions, which I established in 1988 to showcase my polymer clay art beads. I needed more space and rented a small studio in the industrial park on West J Street. Soon I began to get calls with people...
The Tehachapi Warriors Booster Club announces the return of the "Reverse Draw," benefiting Tehachapi High School Athletics on Saturday, May 18 at Westlane Brewing, 207 E. H St., Tehachapi, beginning at 6 p.m. The event is returning for the first time in several years with a slightly different format which increases the odds of winning the $5,000 grand prize. Only 99 tickets will be sold for this event. Each number will be placed in a hopper and each number drawn will be eliminated until one...
Philip Marx Central Park East E Street, Tehachapi. On Monday, May 27 at 11 a.m. Join us as we remember our fallen service members with pride this Memorial Day. Together we pay homage to those who have given us our freedom. As part of the ceremony, we will be displaying photos of our fallen service members. We will be accepting submissions from Tehachapi residents for pictures of fallen service members until May 13 to remember and honor them that day and beyond. To submit their photos, please...
It is amazing that we are once again heading into the tail end of the athletics season at Tehachapi High School. So much was accomplished and as usual, there is so much left to do. What a great historic season for the Warriors and Lady Warriors across a variety of sports. There of course was football, who posted a perfect 10-0 record during the regular season, only to fall victim to below-board CIF Central Section playoff seeding policies that bumped the Warriors up a division to the Division...
Barb Pfeiffer and John Campbell moved to their new Tehachapi home in January from Monrovia in Los Angeles County where they had lived for a less than a year. They wanted to find a place to live that would provide Barb a place to keep her horse, a Palomino named Trigger and their two dogs, a St. Bernard mix named Ellie and Barb's service dog, a 150-pound Great Dane named Little Lulu. Their new Tehachapi ranch has supplied them with space for everyone. Both divorced, the couple met by chance at th...
I'm Rob Saranpa, also known as "Nohawk Rob," a musician and a proud resident of Tehachapi since 1994. Let me take you back to how I landed here. Toward the end of 1993, I had the chance to tour across Europe and had a layover in Amsterdam – plenty of stories there! Upon returning to the San Fernando Valley, I felt the urge to move elsewhere. I had three options: Seattle to open a rehearsal studio, Las Vegas to play country music in hotels or Tehachapi to join a local band and have a day job at C...
Born on May 16, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, Betty Hurst was one of two children, her brother being Bob Hurst, born to Leonard and Julia Hurst. She exercised the privilege of living just three years short of a century and made a profound impact on everybody that had the honor of knowing her. Moving to California early in life, she settled in the town of Lancaster, with her parents being pioneers of the Antelope Valley, and began to implement her legacy there. After graduating from Antelope Valley...
In the last few years, residents who regularly drive down the east side of town have noticed some changes happening at 126 S. Snyder Ave. In 2015, Cerro Coso Community College began using the old education center to provide college courses. It all started in one large room, where the faculty and staff worked at one table and offered a handful of classes. Those classes were well received in the community and partnerships blossomed. Cerro Coso created programs at the High School and with the...
Assistant City Manager Corey Costelloe held a public hearing before asking the City Council to approve the new refuse/recycling rates mandated by SB1383 and the organic recycling program to take effect on July 1. City Clerk Ashley Whitmore said that the city had received only 20 letters of protest and one letter of support for the measure. While the program began statewide on April 1, the city had received permission to defer the program to July 1. The proposed rate increase for residential cust...
I’ve had the pleasure and the honor to play multiple sports throughout my lifetime. I have covered several more as a former broadcaster and journalist, and I have been exposed to several game environments, but for some reason none of them compare to the sanctity of the baseball diamond. I cannot put my finger on it, but even as a kid and an adolescent there was something about the baseball diamond that just made life outside of those fences disappear for a while. This feeling even continued f...
The Tehachapi Unified School District held their regular monthly board meeting on Apr. 9. Topics of this meeting included exploring the creation of a district-wide student cell phone use policy, the official passing of the 2024-25 school year calendar and a long list of summer revamp projects happening across the district. The TUSD 2024-25 school year will run from Aug. 14 to June 12 with eight reserved snow days. Students returning in the fall will be greeted by refreshed, repainted and remodeled campuses and classrooms due to the district’s s...
Please join us to welcome Donna Weil during our First Friday event, Friday May 3, 4 to 7 p.m. at Gallery 'N' Gifts, 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. Beverages and refreshments will be served. Donna's work will be on display throughout the month of May in our Fine Arts Gallery. Make sure to stop by to admire Donna's work and support this outstanding California artist. Gallery 'N' Gifts is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Donna Weil was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in North Hollywood. She...
