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Beginning in 2010, a Tehachapi resident named Eugen "Gene" Kuntsman began a retirement job which...

A small group of interested locals hiked to a canyon on Bear Mountain recently to visit a rock art...

Ernest Twisselmann was a rancher and the author of A Flora of Kern County, the definitive book of...

High up in the White Mountains, about 200 miles northeast of Tehachapi, there is a place unlike any...

We only hear from the world about two or three times a month because our camp is always off far...

If you're looking for an interesting day excursion from Tehachapi, I suggest you consider taking...

"In early 1985, I got a job with Star Electric putting up Bonus turbines at the Arbutus wind park....

Our Fourth of July celebrations are a uniquely American tradition, commemorating the issuing of the...

Now that summer is upon us, snakes are once again stirring in the Tehachapi Mountains, as warmer...

"My Momma loved a recipe. My favorite recipes in her collection are from the neighbors who lived up...

Among the most beautiful and eye-catching native wildflowers in the Tehachapi Mountains are members...

High quality, great tasting fruit grows on trees today in the Tehachapi area, and has since some of...

Since this is The Loop's Mother's Day issue, I decided that I would honor an amazing lady who was a...

When Ed Grimes first came to live in Tehachapi in 1950, the odds in life were heavily stacked...

Now that spring has arrived in the Tehachapi Mountains, we will start seeing babies of all...

Would you like to make your garden or yard more interesting and colorful? Then I highly recommend...

Terry Edwards was the definition of a superfan. He was the undisputed "Warrior of the Century."...

This is the time of year when it looks like tiny lily pads have suddenly appeared in shady spots nea...

My family first came to the Tehachapi area in the early in 1930s, when my maternal grandparents Fred...

Spring wildflowers in the Tehachapi Mountains are abundant during wet years, and scarce during dry...

Did you ever grow anything in the Garden of Your Mind? You can grow ideas, in the Garden of Your...

One Fourth of July we were sitting there watching the parade go by our old house on Tehachapi...

A day spent riding the range is a day you hate to see end. Time stops when you get on a horse, and...

There was once a sizeable French presence in Kern County, and among the identifiable French miners...

Many people throughout the Tehachapi area, Southern California and points much farther afield were...