Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Tehachapi area photographers were challenged by Tehachapi Valley Arts Association to a photo contest this month and once again far exceeded expectations. The biannual contest (also held in August) began on a whim 12 years ago and has become a popular and highly anticipated event in the community since then. "As soon as one contest is over, the photographers are contacting Gallery 'N" Gifts to find out the specifics for the next contest. I love that we can give them this opportunity to be...
At full build-out, the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) will have stations in eight of the 10 largest cities in the state, including Bakersfield and Palmdale. While Tehachapi does not meet the criteria for "big," the proposed track alignment through the Tehachapi Valley leaves open the possibility that one day a station could be built to serve the Tehachapi community. "We plan for the future. We made sure the alignment is long and straight," Project Manager Juan Carlos Velasquez told a crowd of...
The new Tehachapi hospital at 1100 Magellan Drive appears ready to open its doors and save lives... but there's more to be done before the official opening in the third quarter of 2017. Some remodeling of the hospital pharmacy is taking place to meet new California hospital building codes, and the complex process of licensing will take months....
First Fridays have become a popular event of fun, refreshments, hospitality and shopping at all the participating venues. Gallery ‘N’ Gifts will be featuring artist Anna Dohnke during the month of March. Gallery ‘N’ Gifts is located at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. (See article on this page.) Tehachapi Treasure Trove is located at 116 East Tehachapi Boulevard, right across the street from the water tower in Railroad Park. Featuring an ode to Women’s History Month (see article on this page). Come see what is happening and join the fun, food, wine, con...
Tehachapi Treasure Trove will be celebrating First Friday from 5-8 p.m. with an ode to Women's History Month. We'll honor women from the past as well as women in the present (who are making history right now) with photos and stories, plus of course our usual food, wine, good conversation and laughter, and music by Art Larsen on clarinet. History is written by the victors and, therefore, the entire story is never told. This is certainly true of women's contributions. History has largely ignored t...
Beware scams – Evil people use “social engineering” to scam you. At the Feb. 1 meeting of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council, Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce President Ida Perkins distributed a reprint from the Security Awareness Newsletter by James Lyne that explains how scammers fool people. “Cyber attackers have learned that often the easiest way to steal your information, hack your accounts or infect your systems is by simply tricking you into making a mistake...
With a vote of 3-2, the City Council defeated a proposal by newly elected City Councilman Kenneth Hetge requesting that the City draft an ordinance limiting the number of years a citizen can serve on the City Council. His proposal included a lifetime limit of three terms or 12 years of total service, stating that this would mirror the 2012 California state proposition supporting term limits. Mayor Grimes added that the 2012 proposition exempted any official sitting at the time of the vote....
The Tehachapi Lions Club held a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner on Feb. 2 to thank all of the community volunteers who helped with the Lions Christmas for Seniors service project. Sandy Morris, Founder of Christmas for Seniors of Kern County, attended the dinner and explained how the project began in Bakersfield and how it has grown over the years to encompass all of Kern County. Lion Suzanne Williams described how the Lions raised money for the seniors through their October Apple Drop and then...
How often have you seen a recipe begin with the words "mix the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla"? What this really means is to cream the butter and sugar, and then add the eggs and vanilla as the first and most important step in making cookies. This is the step where the butter and sugar are whipped together to form lots of air bubbles. We start by scrunching the butter against the sides of a bowl, with the mixer, where it will be folded over and over, creating little pockets of air with every...
Tehachapi lost one of its brightest stars last month. Martin Jay Sussell, whom everyone called Jay, passed away on Jan. 9 after a long illness. Having spent most of his working life in law enforcement (Los Angeles, Gardina, Beverly Hills) and the space tech industry, where he met wife Flo, he kept that energy up when the couple moved to Tehachapi to retire. With friend Geoffrey Braslow he founded VIPS (volunteers in police service) and he remained active in both Tehachapi and Bear Valley...
Saturday, Feb. 11 marked Tehachapi's 10th Annual Valentine's Wine and Chocolate Tasting sponsored by Main Street Tehachapi. This year there were 24 tasting locations at local businesses beginning with glass and map pick up at the future Stray Leaves tasting room located at the old bank building on the corner of Green and F Streets. According to Main Street organizers, they had printed 700 glasses and ran out having to pull in left-over glasses from other wine walks. The possibility of rain...
At a ribbon cutting on Feb. 9, Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks District and the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce presented the newly refurbished Aspen Builders, Inc. Activity Center, formerly known as the West Park Activity Center. Jim and Lesa Cyr, owners of Aspen Builders, Inc donated $101,00 to the $300,000 project. An additional $30,000 was contributed by other project partners Lehigh Heidelberg, the City of Tehachapi, McDonald's of Tehachapi. Sail Thru Car Wash and RST Cranes. Each of...
