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Ray Permenter and Herb Bayless: Local high school football co-captains killed in action in WWII, Part 1
[Editor's note: This is the 32nd article in a continuing series about local military veterans and...
Some gave all – Memorial Day Ceremony at Mojave Cemetery
Each year on Memorial Day, Mojave residents gather to honor the men and women who gave their all...
Historic Union Cemetery announces annual Memorial Day Ceremony
The public is invited to the 2022 Memorial Day ceremony at Historic Union Cemetery Monday, May 30 at 9 a.m. Michael Bowers, Trustee of Historic Union...
Bakersfield National Cemetery annual Memorial Day Ceremony
The Bakersfield National Cemetery will commemorate Memorial Day with a 9 a.m. ceremony on Saturday,...
What's Up in Bear Valley Springs?
An important election is coming up in June! The BVS Homeowner’s Association is having its annual vote for candidates for our board. Meet the c...
CALM to celebrate 39th birthday bash, May 21
The California Living Museum (CALM) will celebrate its 39th Birthday Bash on Saturday, May 21, from...
Kern County Devil Pups seeks interested teens for annual youth leadership program
The Devil Pups Youth Program For America, which emphasizes “Growth Through Challenge,” is see...
Stanley J. Novak: B-17 bomber ball turret 'belly gunner' over WWII Germany (part 3)
WARNING: This article contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised. (Note: This is the...
Memorial Day Weekend Ceremony at Bakersfield National Cemetery, May 28
The Bakersfield National Cemetery announces its Annual Memorial Day Weekend Ceremony on Saturday, May 28 at 9 a.m. at their location at 30338 East Bea...
Stanley J. Novak: B-17 bomber ball turret 'belly gunner' over WWII Germany (part two)
WARNING: This article contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised. (Note: This is the...
War in the Aleutians
I remember attending a Navy League meeting in Bakersfield back in 2005 where I mentioned that my hus...
Stanley J. Novak: B-17 bomber ball turret 'belly gunner' over WWII Germany (part one)
(Note: This is the 31st article in a continuing series about local military veterans and their...
Giving back to our veterans locally
The community of American military veterans is not large. Only seven percent of all Americans have served in our military forces in all the history...
Gene Dallachie
"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." – G...
Assemblyman Vince Fong announces 2022 re-election campaign
Assemblyman Vince Fong, Jan. 10, announced his re-election campaign in the newly drawn 32nd...
David Patton Grier – World War II Veteran of the Italian Campaign now residing in Tehachapi
(Note: This is the thirtieth article in a continuing series about local military veterans and their...
Bakersfield National Cemetery receives Organizational Excellence award
The Department of Veterans Affairs has named Bakersfield National Cemetery as an Organization of...
Veterans remembered on Dec. 18 with Wreaths Across America
On the evening of Dec. 18, the community of Tehachapi came together at Freedom Plaza on the corner o...
Book signing at veterans memorial building
On Saturday, January 15, 2022 (1 to 4 p.m.), local military historian Craig Luther, Ph.D. will be...
Gilbert L. Mitchell – Navy pilot from Tehachapi Missing in Action over North Vietnam
(Note: This is the twenty-ninth article in a continuing series about local military veterans and the...
Roman Gregory Weltin September 7, 1941 – December 12, 2021
Roman Gregory Weltin, long time Tehachapi resident, passed away Sunday, December 12, 2021, after...
James Walker Crowe: From Guantanamo Bay to the War in Afghanistan
(Note: This is the twenty-eighth article in a continuing series about local military veterans and...
Bakersfield National Cemetery unveils Avenue of the Flags
On Dec. 8, the Bakersfield National Cemetery Support Committee unveiled the Avenue of the Flags, 44...
Henry Leonard Ochsner – from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest with the Elite 101st Airborne
(Note: This is the twenty-seventh article in a continuing series about local military veterans and...
Combat Christmas Angel
Tehachapi resident, Christine Maag, is a true combat veteran, having served multiple tours in Iraq as a U.S. Army medic. She is a 17-time national...
