Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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An organ donor from Tehachapi, California, will be among those honored by OneLegacy and Donate Life as part of the Tournament of Roses 2021 television special, “The Rose Parade’s New Year Celebration presented by Honda.” The local donor, Thomas Vanderhorst, was 47 when he died from complications following an aortic valve replacement. In keeping with his giving nature, he became a donor and gifted his organs, tissue and eyes. “Lifesaving transplants would not be possible without generous donors a...
The holiday season is fast upon us, and the community is alight with decorated homes. It will feel like a different season than last year, because of the virus, but if folks hang tight, we can beat this thing. The Community Services District has seated its new members, John Grace and Charles Jensen. It has also picked its new roster of officers for 2021. Greg Hahn is now the president of the Board, and Steve Roberts will serve as vice president. President Hahn and VP Roberts, along with Director Terry Quinn, have two years left in their terms....
Aviation enthusiasts everywhere know there are many very important dates to remember in the month of December. At 10:35 a.m., on December 17, 1903, Orville Wright made history by flying a powered machine into full flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This year marks the 117th anniversary of that famous flight. The first experience Orville and Wilbur Wright had with a flying machine was an object given to them by their father. It was made of paper, bamboo sticks and cork. He turned a stick that...
When you begin investing, you'll generally assess your comfort with risk, as your investment choices will be guided at least partially by your risk tolerance. But once you actually experience the ups and downs of the market, this tolerance could be tested. Risk tolerance may appear less bothersome in the abstract but seem quite different in reality. For example, you might initially think you wouldn't be fazed by short-term market downturns, no matter how severe. However, when the financial...
This column is simply historic. Cherish these pages for it is my hope that something like this will never happen again. It's the first issue of a new year and normally I would be recalling the greatest local sports moments of the previous 12 months with eyes on the future. But, for the first time in modern history, nothing happened in local sports in 2020 due to the COVID-19 lockdowns of sporting events. It's hard to pick a best moment out of a lot of nothingness. The year 2020 gave us about...
Harold (Howard) Harris, 88, of Tehachapi, passed away December 11. Harold was born December 25, 1931 in Fabens, Texas to Hugh and Sara Belle Harris, and was the fourth of six children. Growing up in Las Cruses and Deming, New Mexico, Howard spent much of his childhood working the cotton fields and baling hay with his father and brother. After high school, Howard was drafted in the United States Army. Basic training was at Fort Ord, California. Then he served in Korea as a Military Police. Upon...
Panda Express opens Tehachapi restaurant The lines were long, as they are when any new business opens in Tehachapi, even Panda Express, food most residents have sampled elsewhere. But as with anything it just tastes better when it is produced at home. After six months of construction Panda Express opened their doors on December 10, culminating years of relationships with the City of Tehachapi and commercial developers. This new location is the fifth new restaurant to open in the City of...
Everyone has a dog story. Those animals whose main concern is the person who owns them. Their love is unconditional and they would die for us. They are funny, affectionate and protective. They die too soon and make our hearts hurt, but the memories they leave are very dear. Three dog stories follow. A Rough 'Wuff' I see pictures in the papers of homeless animals looking at us with wistful eyes. A friend of mine told me a story of she and her husband adopting a 2-year-old female German Shepherd...
Charles "Carlos" Martinez passed away quietly in his home on December 12. He was 88 years old. Carlos was born to his parents, Jose and Loretto, on July 9, 1932 in the Tehachapi house that his father built. Carlos graduated from Tehachapi High School and was an accomplished football and basketball player. He then joined the United States Army where he was stationed for three years in San Francisco, with a brief tour of Alaska. It was during this time that he developed his lifelong love for the...
Santa found Stallion Springs on his yearly run and left presents for everyone.Unfortunately also left behind was a lot of used wrapping paper and boxes. Our transfer station will be temporarily overwhelmed so be patient as it gets removed. Some bins may be full or overloaded but will be emptied as quickly as possible. Please don't just dump things anywhere. If you don't know where to put something, call the CSD at (661) 822-3268, and a member of the staff will be able to assist you as to where...
Truly, 2020 has proven to be extremely challenging due to the spread of COVID-19, which has impacted virtually every facet of our lives. The Board of Supervisors and staff at the County of Kern have worked hard to meet the challenges of this pandemic, while still providing the other essential government services that our residents and taxpayers expect and deserve. When Governor Gavin Newsom escalated his attacks on Kern County's oil industry, I called for a special meeting in January that had...
On December 18, 2020, Frank Joseph Bachara passed away at the age of 68. He was born on April 6, 1952 to Eddie and Mary "Dee Dee" Bachara of Tehachapi. Frank married Michelle Carrier on May 8, 1977, and together they raised five sons. He was bi-vocational for many years before becoming the full-time Senior Pastor at Desert Song Foursquare Church in California City, where he served from 1991 until the time of his passing. Frank had a deep love for his family. He was very active in his community...
Public Health Implements EMS System Surge Plan to Help During Pandemic Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kern County is seeing a significant increase in 911 calls and is experiencing a strain on our emergency response system. Therefore, Kern County Public Health’s Emergency Medical Services Program is implementing a new Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System Surge Plan. These alterations to the normal EMS system of care are designed to provide the best level of patient care by integrating additional resources and helping to p...
On December 18, after the 6 p.m. "Wreaths Across America" program at Freedom Plaza in Tehachapi, veterans and shop owners in Tehachapi presented Police Chief Kent Kroeger and the TPD with memorial posters of Tehachapi's WWII Veterans who the department honored with a reception and tour of the new police station. Capt. Ed Sullivan of the National WWII Memorial Committee and Laura Coaly of Witt's printing made the WWII Veterans posters for the Tehachapi Police Department in memory of the respect...
This is the fifth article in a continuing series about local military veterans and their service to our great country. As always we begin at the beginning: Dave was born on April 7, 1931 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Sadly, his father "disappeared" when Dave was a small child: "To this day, I still stay in touch with my father's family, but he passed away in his 50s a long time ago." Dave's mother never remarried but went to night school and became a bookkeeper. Dave attended public schools in India...
Hopefully with at least one vaccine being mass produced we will see the end of the virus this coming year. But where does that leave business and commerce in the future? Will we ever go back to business as usual or are we looking at a new normal? Experts have been looking at our world changing to a more digital online society as far as how we do business. Now they are telling us that shutting down the country has fast forwarded us 10 years into the future. It is hard to argue with the numbers....
The Tehachapi Humanitarian Relief Group was formed during the current COVID-19 pandemic to fill a need for food distribution and other services for Tehachapi's under-served. The group networks almost entirely through Social Media and were very active during the Christmas holiday. The group teamed up with Michelle Wattenbarger of the American Legion and the Coffee Mill to provide an angel tree. The Legion itself sponsored 20 families. A Google form was set up for families to sign up and the tree...
Happy New Year! Stepping into a new year is good. A fresh start. A clean slate, where we can take new approaches, forge new paths, try new endeavors, make changes without and within. And read more books! Of course, in my life, books are a constant. Before we leave the old year, let’s take one last look back… In 2020 we visited cozy mysteries, brand new worlds in our universe and beyond, we read of winters and wonders, great loves and bullies. We also stayed home a lot. Many people like to rea...
