Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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I'm less concerned with students cheating with the new AI programs and more concerned with how we've been cheating ourselves with too much human artificial intelligence for years. Some examples of artificiality: • Lying to spare someone's ego. • Pleasing someone at the expense of myself. • Neglecting to express how much my loved ones mean to me. • Unconsciously(?) putting myself down and not acknowledging my amazing contributions to others. • Not listening enough to my own pain and not searching...
I felt like a kid again when I participated in Jim Pickerell's drum circle at the Healthy Hippie. Just giving myself permission to beat loudly on his percussion instruments was extremely pleasurable, but then Jim takes it up a notch, providing a dimensionalized experience that went beyond mindless drum banging. It's mainly about "relaxing into the rhythms," Jim explains, and feeling our intuition take over. "It's more of a spiritual thing, so there's little need to follow format or some...
Chances are, you live in Tehachapi because you love it. You find it special somehow. Can you describe it? Let's see how some of your neighbors feel about Tehachapi: It's quiet. Mountainous. Beautiful scenery. Good barbecue. No smog. We were just in L.A. for a conference, and there was that horrible traffic, and the people that come with it – you can escape all of that here. – Juan It sounds so cliché, but I love the four seasons! Geographically, it's just a beautiful place. In Stallion Spri...
The Healthy Hippie Trading Co., located in Old Town Tehachapi, has been inviting special guests in the holistic healing field to give lectures and healing demonstrations in their new event space. Glen Larsen's session on Oct. 21 was extraordinary. Glen is a biofeedback technician and aromatherapist. He has studied sound healing and has experience in applied kinesiology and natural healing methods. He recommends self-muscle testing as a way to tap into the wisdom of the body for information on...
Continued from our Aug. 20, 2022 issue. "I consider myself something of a prepper," I was recently told by a new acquaintance. This is becoming a popular sentiment. As various supply chains come up short or almost dry up completely, we're starting to get the message that we've reached a tipping point in our consumerism and are about to find out what we're addicted to when it's no longer available, even from Amazon. It seems smart to try to notice our consumer dependencies and compulsions and to...
A culinary makeover from the inside out has taken place at the Great Wall Chinese restaurant over at 807 Tucker Rd., Ste. F., in Tehachapi. A new family has taken over all operations and tasty new menu items are now available. The friendly and humble Kaibin Chen (K.B.) – who has worked as a waiter at Great Wall for six years – purchased the restaurant from the previous owners and brought his parents, Xiadi Chen and Hong Lin, in to cook. They have experience cooking professionally in China, Ger...
Chances are, you live in Tehachapi because you love it. You find it special somehow. Can you describe it? Let's see how some of your neighbors feel about Tehachapi: "Tehachapi has a quaint feeling that's endearing. Just the way the train station sits next to the bakery, across from the (Depot) museum. The lit-up Christmas tree and Christmas songs playing while you're walking down the street – so beautiful! The summer barbecues that raise money for the VFW. These things signify to me a small t...
Grimmway Farm workers harvesting vegetables in 100 degree heat during the latest heat wave....
The California Highway Patrol Mojave is currently looking for volunteers 55 years and older to help checking on local schools to make sure the kids are getting picked up safely, help with office work and traffic complaints. You must be able to work a minimum of four hours per week, pass an FBI and Department of Justice background check, have no felonies, have a good driving record and complete the CHP Senior Volunteer Training Program. This would lead to assisting with the CHP Chips for Kids...
We know there aren't a lot of places for kids to play and judging from all the fun being had by the revelers of the 8th Annual Cheers to Charity Event, maybe there aren't enough places for the adults to play either! This was a smash, and it was all for a good cause. Three, actually: the nonprofit recipients are Healing Hearts Farm Sanctuary, who will improve their property to strengthen the ability to connect people with animals and nature and facilitate mental health healing; The Alano Club...
Do you dream of not making mortgage or rent payments for the rest of your days? Would you rather drink water from your own well instead of the municipality's? Would you like to never pay another electric company bill because you switched to solar? Then you just might be an Off-Grid Prepper. Whether you buy undeveloped land and prep it yourself or buy property that's already developed and just chill in your hammock while you oversee your private empire, off-grid living is more than a passion – i...
"I don't understand why people want to move up here and then turn this into what they left – it makes no sense!" said Kim S. in the popular Facebook group "Tehachapi Ask." This was her answer to the question: "What services or small businesses would you like to see in town?" Of course, everyone has a personal favorite business they'd like to see in Tehachapi, but it's not usually a deal breaker for whether you live here or not. "If I don't see an El Pollo Loco here soon, I'm leaving!" is s...
Are you "Living Up?" Tehachapi – Live Up is, of course, the city slogan as of a few years ago. People tend to be surprised that such an elegant elevation exists between the Bakersfield and Mojave flats, so we want to remind them they'd be "living up" in the mountains if they chose Tehachapi as their forever home. Some prospective newbies like the idea that Living Up also means upwardly mobile, but isn't that for people who are climbing the corporate ladder? Didn't we put all that away with b...
When I caught up to The Loop newspaper at Henry's Cafe yesterday morning, I asked myself why I enjoyed this newspaper over the other local one, and I arrived at this: The Loop is an Appreciation of Our Lives, which makes me feel very good. It observes and elevates. It honors and applauds. It salutes and celebrates. It has hope and a vision for a loving community that continues to look out for each other. It's what you read when you want to improve your mood; give yourself a lift after you've see...
A very tall Walmart employee approached me at the self-checkout and said, “Has anyone ever walked up to you and discussed their religion with you?” “You mean, they want you to experience their religion – like, get saved – or their spirituality?” I asked. “Both, I guess. They just start sharing about it with me.” “I guess that’s nice.” “But why me? I don’t get it.” “Well, you seem very open. Perhaps you’re a ‘clearing’ for that kind of thing,” I replied, thinking the energy she puts out must...
If you want to experience what heaven on Earth might be like, there are more than a few places in Tehachapi that could inspire that label. If your vision has rolling hillsides, towering mountains and farm animals in it, Healing Hearts Farm Sanctuary might provide your best glimpse yet. Many of the donkeys, horses, sheep, pigs and goats are rescues from abusive or neglectful situations. The reason Healing Hearts occasionally puts on a free Mental Health Day, like they did on April 23, is because...
At the Walmart checkout I was talking to a man who has lived in Tehachapi most of his life. A delightful man, with stories about his gardening that a recent transplant like myself would find helpful. After he'd scanned his groceries and paid, he stayed next to me, still chatting. A young employee came over and asked him to move along to help the flow. He smiled and told her, "That's okay, this is a country store, and this is how we do it in the country." I appreciated the sentiment. Do we...
