Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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LeAnn Williams, TVRPD Recreation Supervisor, has recently been awarded the 2015 California Park & Recreation Society’s Professional Award for outstanding contributions to the field of parks, recreation and leisure services. The California Park & Recreation Society provides education, networking, resources, and is the State’s public advocate for California park and recreation professionals. Williams is one of only two individuals to receive this award with the central California region. Congratulations from the Loop staff. What an honor you bri...
Pioneering Social Media App Helps Californians Discover California Parks, Plan Trips, Share Images and Experiences Want to discover what’s happening in parks across California, find places where you can do everything from camping to climbing to playing basketball, plan a trip, share images and comments, and invite friends to join you? Now there’s an app for that. “CaliParks” is California’s first park finder application covering every park in the state—11,826 parks in all. Combining data from the California Protected Areas Database, G...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi invites you to their first Afternoon Tea at Fiddlers Crossing, 206 East F St. on Tuesday, March 24, from 3 until 5p.m. Get your best “Downton Abbey” look on and come to our parlor at Fiddlers Crossing to enjoy tea, finger sandwiches, sweets, scones with cream, and conversation. Cost is $15 per person. Reserve your ticket NOW as space is limited. Call (818) 519-7144 to get your ticket for this fun event....
Beginning Saturday Mar. 7th, the Jane S. Pinheiro Interpretive Center at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve will be open daily from 10 - 4 p.m. weekdays and 9 – 5 p.m. weekends. Closing date will be determined later in the season. The park is open year-round from sunrise to sunset, with 8 miles of peaceful hiking trails, a picnic area, and beautiful vistas. The visitor center, staffed by volunteers, offers wildlife and wildflower displays, a gallery of Jane S. Pinheiro’s detailed watercolor paintings, an orientation video, and gif...
San Francisco, CA. (Mar. 9, 2015) – Neighbors across California will soon have an exciting opportunity to help change their communities for the better through State Farm Neighborhood Assist®. This philanthropic program awards 40 causes a $25,000 grant. Anyone in the United States can submit a cause beginning March 9 through March 29. Ultimately, voters will decide which community improvement projects win big. Returning for its fourth year, State Farm Neighborhood Assist asks individuals to identify causes that would help make their co...
A group of students from Tehachapi High School presented a petition to the school board at the March 10, 2015 board meeting. The petition containing 705 signatures requesting that Tehachapi High School remove a regulation which currently forbids students to stay in their cars before school. They must stand outside in the frigid morning air before the doors open. According to the spokespersons for the group, Jacob Balkar and Naithan Sischo, the school has taken away one of their freedoms. In an...
How to identify wine faults Before you drink your wine, you inhale the aroma deeply through your nose with your eyes closed. Searching for the exotic scents in your glass, perhaps of a fine Pinot Noir, or elegant Zinfandel, instead an acrid smell jabs its way up your nose. This is not the essence of fleshy cherries rolling across a bed of violets that you were expecting. It’s more like burnt matches. Is it you or the wine? It’s probably the wine, but how can you be sure – especially when you a...
Kaiser Permanente is pleased to announce a new medical office building scheduled to open fall of 2015 in the city of Tehachapi. The outpatient facility will be located at 1100 W. Tehachapi Blvd., Tehachapi. “Kaiser Permanente’s Mobile Health Vehicle (MHV) has been providing care in Tehachapi to Kaiser Permanente members since March of 2012. The response and utilization of the MHV has been very positive and so the decision was made to create permanent roots in the community,” stated David Womack, Kaiser Permanente’s Kern County Medical Center...
Spring is here, spring is here. Well, almost. But no matter; any time is good reading time. I had the crud earlier and spent the entire week reading. Between going through the tissue boxes and racking up the pages, it was a memorable week. A trusted friend recommended a new author to me, now doesn’t that sound familiar? I, of course, said I’d try the first one. Author? Jacqueline Winspear. Title of book number one? Maisie Dobbs. I am now starting book ten in the series, if that tells you any...
“That’s it!” My husband announced with bravado as he came barging through the front door. “Call your Mom and see if she’ll come watch the kids. We’re going to that dance class you’ve been talking about – it’s tonight, isn’t it?” I couldn’t believe my ears and wondered if he had snuck over to the Honey Wagon Brewery after work with the guys. “The one at the Parks and Rec?” I asked, afraid to get my hopes up too high. “Yes, and don’t look so surprised,” he said to my obvious shock. “Can’t a man...
The Kern County Homeless Collaborative (KCHC) wants to put an end to homelessness in Kern County. Christine Lollar told Tehachapi Kiwanis members that the Homelessness Census showed 953 people were homeless during a 24 hour period in January. The effort is held annually to determine trends and solutions to help people who are homeless. Since the homeless population is migratory, rural counts can vary and the KCHC is available to assist communities. Lollar is the manager for KCHC whose members...
