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...

I started dating Helen Owens in May of 1982. She is the youngest daughter of Kelcy and Margie...

It's been reassuring this winter for longtime Tehachapi residents to see snow still lingering on...

Alice Rankin Beard was born at home in 1915 in the long-vanished town of Isabella in the Kern River...

In 2001, I took a job at the California Correctional Institution in Cummings Valley as a...

Those who love open space and wildlife were delighted recently to learn that The Nature Conservancy...

One summer morning I was in Antelope Canyon, south of Highline Road, gathering willow shoots with...

When I was born in Bakersfield at Kern General Hospital in 1941, my mother was only 17 and my dad...