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  • Extraordinary Women of Tehachapi: Teresa Ruth

    Jeanette Pauer, contributing writer|Apr 13, 2024

    On March 4, the City of Tehachapi recognized five women who worked, lived or volunteered in the City of Tehachapi. The city received an overwhelming 70 nominations. Teresa Ruth was one of the five women who received the award for being an Extraordinary Women due to her role as a mentor. One of the people who nominated Teresa had this to say about her qualifications: "She is an extraordinary woman because she sees the best in everyone and pushes them to their potential. She has the best life advi...

  • Extraordinary Women of Tehachapi: Claudia Baker

    Jeanette Pauer, contributing writer|Mar 30, 2024

    On March 4, the City of Tehachapi recognized five women who worked, lived or volunteered in the City of Tehachapi. The city received an overwhelming 70 nominations. Claudia Baker was one of the women chosen to be recognized as an Extraordinary Woman of Tehachapi. In 2001, Claudia Baker started The Loop newspaper with the goal of, "making something happy and creating something special that would bring positive and encouraging news to the community that I love." Claudia started her family-run and...

  • Extraordinary Women of Tehachapi: Lindsay Villalpondo

    Jeanette Pauer, contributing writer|Mar 30, 2024

    On March 4 the City of Tehachapi recognized five women who worked, lived, or volunteered in the City of Tehachapi. The city received an overwhelming 70 nominations. Lindsay Villalpondo was one of the women acknowledged for her service and community commitment. Lindsay is an award-winning Realtor at Miramar International and a young mother of two young daughters. She is very active at the Tehachapi Mountain Bike Team, Tehachapi Visitors Center, St. Malachy Church, Heritage Oak School, Bark for...

  • City Council honors five extraordinary women

    Pat Doody, staff writer|Mar 16, 2024

    The City of Tehachapi announced in February that in recognition of March as Women's History Month they were hosting a new Extraordinary Women Recognition and asked for submissions from the public. All nominees had to live or work within the City of Tehachapi. At the March 4 City Council meeting, Community Engagement Specialist Mya Acosta said that the city had received 70 nominations for the recognition. A panel consisting of Acosta, Community Engagement Manager Key Budge and Councilwoman...