Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The blood donors of Tehachapi can be so proud of their efforts in 2013! They have donated more units this year than ever before! The record-breaking success of this year is a result of the community-minded residents of the greater Tehachapi area, and the amazing blood drive partners that host and support our local blood drives and accounted for 1,261 units this year! With each unit touching the lives of up to three patients, the Tehachapi blood donors have helped nearly 4,000 people. Over the...
The Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District is excited to announce a new child enrichment program for residents of the Greater Tehachapi Area. “Tehachapi Tots” is an enrichment, preschool program operated by the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District, and will replace the former Terrific Tots program. The Program with its philosophy “to present to children activities that will foster their growth and development, encourage their curiosity, expand their interest, and help them recognize all of their potential,” will serve childre...
I really have to be honest... I absolutely love this time of year. I am a true child at heart, and every year I seem to catch that holiday cheer. It doesn’t matter how horrible my life is going (and I have had some doozy Decembers), I cannot help but love the holidays. I honestly feel that the holidays have helped me survive some of my darkest moments, and all it takes is an old Christmas carol to get me looking forward to a fabulous holiday season. In addition to the fun and cheer, this is a...
On Monday the 23rd of December, two days before Christmas, five diligent volunteers committed to counting all of the birds in a fifteen mile radius here in Tehachapi Valley. Unfortunately, only two volunteers were there from the Tehachapi area, one team came from Fresno and another drove in from Ridgecrest. This was the 114th consecutive year for the Worldwide Christmas Bird Count. Larry Parameter, our area compiler, just came in with our numbers. We had a total of 3,410 birds representing 83...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Kern County Board of Supervisors will convene a special ad hoc committee meeting to gather public input on options for implementing a widespread spay and neuter program in Kern County on January 14, 2014, at 6:00 PM in the 3rd Floor Multi-Purpose Room of the County Administrative Building, 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA. Fifth District Supervisor and Chairwoman Leticia Perez and Fourth District Supervisor David Couch will lead the meeting to gather suggestions and information from animal advocacy groups on how...
Construction on the Tehachapi Replacement Hospital (replacing the seismically outdated 1956 hospital currently in use) is proceeding smoothly as welders bond massive steel beams and concrete floors take shape. The awesome girth of the structure is seen in these photos taken Jan. 2, 2014. Left, Superintendent Rick Bussard, Jr. of Bernards-Colombo and Project Inspector Ron Hastie stride in front of the medical-surgical unit; below left, beams for the backbone-walkway rise above the med-surg unit;...
