Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The largest non-profit nature preserve on the West Coast is located in Kern County, just a little more than an hour's drive from Tehachapi. This remarkable 95,000-acre place is called the Wind Wolves Preserve, and it serves as a crucial wildlife corridor to help connect two parallel mountain ranges. Wind Wolves Preserve is home to Tule Elk, mountain lions, bears, coyotes, deer, badgers and a host of other animals and birds, including the California Condor, one of the rarest birds in North...
I went to work at the cement plant at Monolith in about 1954. I became a 2nd class welder, and I used to work all around the plant, doing whatever welding needed to be done. One day after I had been there for more than 15 years, they had me working on repairing a bad place in the kiln where the metal was worn – the kiln was like a giant pipe, 18 feet in diameter and 360 feet long. It was made of 1-inch thick steel plate. Over time the bricks lining the inside wore out and had to be replaced, a...
When I was growing up in Mojave in the 1960s, there was lots for kids to do, because we could always go exploring in the desert, and catch lizards and snakes. My Dad was the art teacher at Mojave High. My mother happened to meet a scientist who was in the Mojave area doing research on Western Whiptail lizards, and she mentioned that I loved reptiles, and I ended up getting the chance to assist him. I learned how to catch Whiptails with a noose so he could examine them, because they are...
Hall Ambulance Service, Inc., which provides 911 paramedic service to a majority of California's third-largest county (Kern), celebrated its 50th anniversary on February 10. Reflecting on 50 years of service to Bakersfield and Kern County Founded by Harvey L. Hall, the prologue leading to the first chapter of the Hall Ambulance story began on a dare-literally. In 1960, he worked as a hospital orderly when a friend, employed as an ambulance attendant, dared him to ride along. The experience was...
Demographics and Economic Opportunity Dashboard Launched The City of Tehachapi and eImpact have completed a new "Demographics and Economic Opportunity" dashboard that is now active on the city's website www.LiveUpTehachapi.com . The demographics report includes spending habits of consumers within the City of Tehachapi and serves as a tool for both current and potential business owners along with developers and site selectors considering the Tehachapi market for investment. This updated study...
On January 26, 2021, the City of Tehachapi Finance Department was advised they had received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) for the second consecutive year. The GFOA notified Finance Director Hannah Chung her department had received the honor for the annual budget for fiscal year 2020-21. This award is considered the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting according to the GFOA. “The City of Tehachapi is very fortu...
The technologies and features we attribute to Artificial Intelligence (AI) are based on Machine Learning (ML). We currently don't have the technology to produce an artificial brain that thinks and understands the way our organic brains do. That kind of AI is called Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The keyword here is general. A true AGI can "think" about multiple things and apply what it "thinks" about to different areas than it started with. Your organic brain can think about paying the...
The folks over at Tehachapi Natural Market located at 20221 W. Valley Blvd., want you to know that they are listening. They are listening to your requests for a more extensive menu. They are listening to your requests for hard-to-find items. They are listening to your requests for online ordering. They are listening to your requests that they be open earlier and have longer hours on Sunday. They are not only listening, they are doing. "We might be a privately owned small business," says market...
My name is Nicholas Tanaka. I fell in love with movies and studied film in college, but due to my age, I haven't seen many of the classics. I've decided to go back and watch the films that have informed our movie landscape today, and view them with a modern lens. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is a 1961 American romantic comedy film directed by Blake Edwards, based on a 1958 novella by Truman Capote. Audrey Hepburn plays Holly Golightly, an early iteration of the manic pixie dream girl who's living in...
What would Valentine’s Day be without images of a golden-tressed boy armed with bow and arrows? The arrows represent feelings of love and desire, and they are aimed and cast at various individuals, causing them to fall deeply in love - or fall out of it. In Roman mythology, the boy is known as Cupid and is the son of Venus, the goddess of love. Portrayed as a cherubic and mischievous toddler, this magical boy was purported to be the matchmaker of gods and mortals alike. For students of Greek mythology, Cupid represents Eros, the Greek word f...
For the past year I've been good about following the medical experts' recommendations to SIP (shelter in place) with personal and social separation. However, I did take advantage of the isolation recommendations to get out with the slightest excuse for essential needs shopping and "walking the dog." After all, isolation from the virus does not mean staying inside. Living in a somewhat rural, small mountain community has given Pepe and I some freedom to get out of the house. With the COVID-19...
To ensure patient privacy, Kern County’s COVID death data is updated as enough data accumulates to prevent identification of the deceased. While data is a tool to help our community better understand the impacts of this disease, it is our responsibility to adhere to HIPAA guidelines. COVID-19 death data is reviewed bi-weekly to determine if we have met the criteria set forth by our HIPAA statistician to release more information related to these deaths. At this juncture, we still do not meet t...
In an effort to accelerate the countywide vaccination effort, Kern County Public Health is partnering with Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley to launch a mobile vaccination clinic beginning Monday, February 15. This mobile clinic will focus on eastern Kern County communities such as Mojave, California City, Rosamond and Boron, as these rural areas have limited access to vaccination sites. In the future, the mobile clinic will go elsewhere based on the needs of the county. Capable of providing...
Do I need to file a tax return? The answer depends on your filing status, your age and the type of income you earn. Each person is allowed to earn a certain amount of income before they are required to file a tax return. For 2020 tax returns, individuals are not allowed a personal exemption deduction, but are still entitled to a standard deduction of $12,400 for a single filer. Hence, an individual can have $12,400 of taxable income before being taxed if under age 65. If age 65 or over, an...
The COVID-19 mass vaccination site at the Kern County Fairgrounds had another round of appointments for the week of Feb. 8. To schedule for the next round of COVID-19 vaccine appointments at this location, call (661) 868-0165. California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Plan is prioritized based on high risk groups that are defined in several phases as well as tiers within those phases. Currently, those in Phase 1A – healthcare workers, and those 65 years of age and older are eligible for vaccination. The Fai...
The Cheers to Charity (C2C) committee is proud to announce that their highly anticipated summer fundraising event is back on the calendar! "My team is ready to make Cheers to Charity 2021 better than ever," said Mary Beth Garrison, C2C President. "We recognize that there are still some hurdles ahead, but we're optimistic that by August, we'll be back in business!" Cheers to Charity, slated for August 14, takes months of planning and preparation. It is an outdoor food, wine and beer event that...
As the end of winter draws near, much of the world is marking its one-year anniversary living under COVID-19-related restrictions. That’s certainly not a milestone worthy of celebration, and many people across the globe would insist it’s felt like much more than a year since their lives were first affected by COVID-19. By the time the calendar finally turned from 2020 to 2021, tens of millions of people across the globe had been infected with COVID-19. According to Worldometer, which manually an...
Tehachapi was once a vast, spacious valley with tall, waving grasses, wild game and running streams. Magnificent oaks, centuries old, grew in profusion along with pines and fir. With the Tehachapi Mountains to the south (one of the Traverse Mountain Systems of the U.S.) and the last of the great Sierra Nevada to the north, the valley between was blessed with pleasant summers and enough rain and snowfall to grow the crops needed. Although the vast Mojave Desert began just over the Tehachapi...
Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Kern County) announced the introduction of legislation to increase access to medical care providers and battle California's nurse shortage, particularly in light of the current pandemic. AB 410 would enter California into the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), an interstate agreement with 34 states that grants license reciprocity for Registered Nurses (RNs). As a member of the NLC, RNs in any Compact state would be eligible to practice in California. "During this pandemic,...
On March 8, we observe International Women's Day, a celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Of course, women still tend to encounter more obstacles than men in the pursuit of financial security. Let's consider a few of them. To begin with, women are still more likely to leave the workforce, at least temporarily, to raise children, resulting in lower contributions to employer-sponsored retirement plans such as 401(k)s. And women are often the ones who...
Josh Pierce, Manager of Training and Development at Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley was the featured speaker at the January 28 telephonic meeting of the Tehachapi Rotary Club. In his current role with AHTV, Pierce manages community outreach, business development, rehabilitation services, volunteer services, and facilitates the COVID-19 testing and vaccine programs for the hospital. Pierce joined the hospital staff about 18 months ago and has been referred to by co-workers as the "Swiss army...
Marcus Edward Allsup was taken home to meet his Savior on January 26, 2021. Members of his family gathered to share memories. A later celebration of life is being planned. Mark was born in San Antonio, Texas on July 26, 1941. His dad was a Marine, so he ended up in California where he met and married Linda. He has three sons, Marc, Matthew and Christopher and one sister, Patti. He taught in public school, taught and administrated in private Christian schools, and taught one year in an Aleut...
Tehachapi Area Association of Realtors (TAAR) is excited to announce a restaurant bingo contest called Taste Tehachapi with $1,000 worth of gift cards to be won! TAAR President Stacey Peel says, “We want to encourage our community to support our family-owned eateries as they support us. We do not want to see any of our local businesses close down during this difficult time.” The contest will run from March 1 through 31. Get your Taste Tehachapi tasting card and visit 10 family-owned eateries located in Tehachapi. Save your receipts and turn in...
We hope you have ventured into our little resale shop, Rescued Treasures, recently. Our treasurer, Gina, and helpers used some closed days to completely rearrange the layout and make the space seem much roomier and much easier for donors to bring in their donations. You no longer have to traipse clear to the back of the shop to drop off your generous items; you just have to leave them in the area near the cash register. Then your hands are free to just mosey around and shop for yourself, or to...
On Thursday, February 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Houchin Community Blood Bank (HCBB) will be working with the City of Tehachapi and the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks District (TVRPD) on a Tehachapi-wide blood drive. In 2020 the City of Tehachapi, TVRPD, & HCBB collaborated on 17 blood drives, receiving 594 units of donated blood that stayed in Kern County. The first blood drive of 2021 was cancelled in January due to snow and the freeway closure. Blood donations save lives, people needing...
