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Two Saturday’s ago, the streets of Downtown Tehachapi were filled with patrons at Main Street Tehachapi’s Annual Ugly Sweater Wine Walk. The fundraiser, which invites attendees to walk through...

At the Nov. 8 meeting of the Tehachapi Rotary Club, local historian and authority on everything Tehachapi Jon Hammond spoke about the historic development of flora and fauna of the area. Hammond...

Have you ever reached in your pocket and found unexpected cash? Recently, while getting ready for a trip to Massachusetts, I thought I'd better send my winter coat to the dry cleaners before going. I...

Bee Good to Yourself Essential Oils Training Center held their official Grand Opening on Nov. 15. They were joined by civic leaders, Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce and community members. Bee...

Sometimes we all just need a little reassurance in our lives. This past week those of us at City Hall and in the community got that reassurance with the results of our City election and the opening...

It is important both in our personal and professional lives to really focus on what matters. Often we're distracted with the imperfections around us, the bumps in the road, the details of the...

There's a new dry cleaner in town located at 979 E. Valley Blvd. Suite 4, behind Fastrip in Tehachapi, and the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce and members of our community officially welcomed...

A key concern for Kiwanis is the well-being of children, and they were interested to know how Measure R would improve outdated recreational facilities. Therefore, they invited Michelle Vance and...

Community members will get their first opportunity Sunday to see the long-awaited Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Medical Center located at 1100 Magellan Drive in Tehachapi, during a day of public...

One of Tehachapi's most popular restaurants, Jake's Steakhouse, 213 S. Curry St., celebrated 15 years with help from the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce and members of the community on Oct....

A Tehachapi City Development Services Department grant application to the California Natural Resources Agency's Urban Greening Program became a major issue at the Oct. 1 City Council meeting....

The industrial revolution changed the habitation patterns of the world. Rural residents needed to live around cities where the jobs and services were located. As we continue along in today's...

There's a new dry cleaner in town. Mother and daughter team Tanya and Jeanette Joham have just opened Joe's Dry Cleaning at 979 E. Valley Blvd. Suite 4, behind Fastrip and next to Liberty Tax. The...

The City of Tehachapi was honored on Sept. 27 with an engineering award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for the Tehachapi Boulevard Bike Path Project. "The City of Tehachapi is honored...

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. To raise awareness about the importance of saving for retirement, Congress has dedicated Oct. 21-27 as...

Keeping downtown Tehachapi beautiful is something that we can take pride in and with the City of Tehachapi's Adopt-a-Landscape program, the City is once again promoting this 12-month program and...

On Sept. 24 civic leaders and the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce turned out for the Grand Opening of the First American Title's new location at 1001 W. Tehachapi Blvd., Ste. B-300....

In the final minutes of the Sept. 17 City Council meeting, Councilman Phil Smith mentioned that, after his many years on the Kern Council of Governments (Kern COG) and his appeals to Caltrans for...

Recently, I hosted a small business roundtable at my office in Bakersfield for Kern County Entrepreneurs. One thing is certain, and the consensus was clear, taxes are taking too much time and money...

The Tehachapi City Council voted unanimously to approve a Verizon Wireless cell tower ground lease agreement on Airport Hill, better known as the Rock Pile, located at the rodeo grounds. The original...

Thanks to a robust economy, a business-friendly climate and the desirability of Tehachapi, our Downtown is operating at full strength. Buildings that sat vacant due to a variety of factors will be...

Kern County Budget Update This week, the Board of Supervisors passed the county's budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. We are in year three of our four-year plan to eliminate the General Fund...

For the second month in a row the Tehachapi School Board meeting room was filled to capacity with those supporting an Agriculture program in the district. On Sept. 11, Highland High School Ag...

It's been hard to miss, but healthcare options in Tehachapi over the last three years have increased significantly. By the end of this year, residents will have at their fingertips, the best care in...

Dignity Health establishes Tehachapi Medical Practice When Dr. Mark Pesche retired after decades of medical service in Tehachapi, it didn't take long to find a new care provider for the practice locat...