Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Prior to the arrival of Europeans to North America around the year 1500, California was home to an estimated 300,000 Native people who spoke 300 dialects of about 100 distinct languages. It was one of the most culturally diverse places the world has ever known. Native Californians survived and thrived while adapting to the state's wildly different landscapes. From fog shrouded coasts to dry inland valleys, from vast deserts to towering mountains, the various grasslands, savannahs, chaparral, woo...
Our Tehachapi branch of the Kern County Library has been putting on additional programs with events for children, teens and adults. These include: storytime for preschoolers, various teen fandom events, book clubs for adults and teens, painting events and 3D printing workshops. All of these programs are supported by the Tehachapi Friends of the Library. You can help support the Friends of the Library by joining with them and volunteering. Another way that people have been supporting the library...
District 3 of the California State Old Time Fiddlers Association will hold its 10th annual Amateur Old Time Fiddle Contest on Saturday, March 23 at Christian Life Assembly Church, 920 W. Valley Blvd. in Tehachapi. Registration for contestants will open at 8 a.m. and the actual contest will begin at 9 a.m. and run all day. Fiddle Divisions will include Juniors (ages 13 – 20), Junior-Juniors (9 – 12), Pee Wees (8 years and under) and Cello-Bass (up to 20 years). Other divisions will include Ban...
"Put. The candle. Back." During one performance of Tehachapi Community Theatre's (TCT) musical "Young Frankenstein," a member of the audience was heard to say, "It feels good to laugh." The spontaneous remark likely was the sentiment of every patron of the sell-out houses that have filled the BeeKay's seats during the production's four-week run. The musical, written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, based on the Brooks' classic 1974 movie of the same name, recreates the most memorable dialog and...
On March 4, the Tehachapi City Council heard attorney Jesse Maddox of the firm Liebert Cassidy Whitmore report on their findings following an investigation of seven different complaints from a number of current and former city employees against Councilman Kenneth Hetge. The complaints listed were retaliation, intimidation, unprofessionalism, undermining the police chief and both gender and ethnicity harassment. The earliest complaint was dated April 2018. The City of Tehachapi belongs to a...
After an almost seven year battle with the rare, terminal disease, MSA (Multiple Systems Atrophy), Teresa Jane Gracey, better known as Teri, finally stopped fighting on March 7, 2019, in her own home, surrounded by her family, her hospice team and a family friend. A lifetime resident of Tehachapi, born in Tehachapi Hospital to Mary Louise (Dee Dee), and Edward J. Bachara on September 24, 1953, Teri touched and enriched the lives of countless people who will miss her immensely. Since the birth...
"We want to get away from the big city," is the reason we hear most often from new Tehachapi residents and Michael and Lea Banton are no different. They had moved to Santa Clarita 13 years ago from the San Fernando Valley thinking they were moving to the country. Now both retired, they finally chose Bear Valley Springs as their retirement home. Michael said the move here was actually a compromise. He wanted to move to Arizona or Nevada but Lea didn't want to be that far from their kids, Sean...
At the Feb. 26 meeting of the Kern County Board of Supervisors, I introduced a resolution calling on the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) to abandon the High Speed Rail (HSR) project in its entirety. On March 12 the Supervisors voted four-to-one passing this resolution. At its best, this so-called "bullet train" was nothing more than a pie-in-the-sky idea sold to the California voters in 2008 as a way to produce more jobs, cleaner air, less congestion, etc. at a "modest" $9 billion...
As the granddaughter of Josephine Larimer, who was, coincidently, born Josephine O'Neil on March 17, 1898 – and who loved a good ol' Irish birthday celebration for the whole month of March -- I just cannot let an important holiday like St. Patrick's Day go by without a mention. OK, maybe it isn't the same as say, Christmas or the fourth of July, but all over the world people are Irish for at least the day on March 17 and celebrate with all things Irish, including shamrocks, leprechauns, parades,...
Pasta is formed into many different shapes from dough that combines flour, water and/or eggs. The Chinese and Italians have a 4,000-year-old tradition of making it. The culture that was first is a matter of continuing debate. While visiting these two countries I was assured that each was the originator. I think you will agree that the resulting products are more important than "who done it." We will explore the characteristics, varieties, uses and preparation of this ancient food. The...
I really love a good mystery. Sometimes I want an easy going read. At other times I’m ready for a little grit. In my deepest of moods, I like the brainy kind of books filled with lots of historical background and philosophical contemplation. In all types of mysteries, I like being given the chance to solve the mystery myself along the way. For cozy reading I grab a book from Ellery Adams’ Book Retreat Mystery series. Adams sets this series in a vintage mansion, holding an abundance of boo...
Have you ever trained for a marathon, about 26-miles of running? It's not something most folks just jump into without training and shaping up ahead of time. Usually, there will be weeks of waking up early to get in lengthy runs, before other events of the day get in the way. Coaching and learning about what to eat and how often to drink are all part of the preparation. It can also be very helpful to have a training buddy to support the major effort and to encourage each other on. I see Lent as...
At the March 6 Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council, Aaron Falk, representative for Congressman Kevin McCarthy read a letter the congressman and five other members of Congress sent to President Trump on Feb. 28 recommending Kern County as the perfect place to base the new Space Development Agency. The letter stated that Edwards Air Force Base and Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and the extensive areas of restricted air space of Kern County are well-equipped to be the headquarters...
California City High School Senior, Deanna Alvarado successfully won the California Lions Club 4-L1 Zone B Region Student Speaker on March 2. Alvarado and two other contestants, Kylie Griffith from Ridgecrest and Austin Garrett from Tehachapi went head to head at the Robert P. Ulrich School. The topic this year is, "Freedom of the Press: What does it mean?" Judges for the Zone competition were Velma Kinney, Brandi Robertson and Mary Wady all from California City. The speech was selected based on...
I recently saw in the news that the good-looking star of the TV show "Air Wolf," Jan Michael Vincent sadly passed away. Memories of how many of the scenes for that show in the 1980s were filmed at Mojave Airport and how one of our favorite pilots in the film industry flew one of the helicopters in the second and third season came to mind. Vincent's character in the series was the Vietnam veteran and loner, called, Stringfellow Hawke. He was a helicopter pilot who was orphaned at 12 years old....
The proposed NASA 2020 budget of $21 billion is a ticket to the future. "We are thrilled with the budget," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, a 43-year-old former Navy pilot, said at a televised press briefing Mar. 11 from the Kennedy Space Center. "It will help us build a sustainable return to the moon." The budget also paves the way for human ventures to Mars. The NASA timeline aims to put astronauts on the moon by 2028 and on Mars by the 2030s. He said the budget has bipartisan support from...
Self-driving cars: the media (whether, for you, that means reading web sites, reading physical papers/magazines, or listening to the radio) seems to be telling us that self-driving cars are finally here. Or that those self-driving cars are almost here. Or even that self-driving cars will never be here. So, who's right? Technically, everybody. Newer cars come with many driver-assist technologies like making sure you're in your lane, blind spot detection, adaptive cruise control, parallel parking...
Legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey had a well-known feature that was heard by millions of Americans on radio stations across the country each week, it was called "The Rest of the Story." His features included more information on stories that were reported in the news media and throughout history. "The Rest of the Story" was Harvey's chance to tell everyone what really happened. It's been grossly-underreported over the last few weeks about what is actually being prioritized by the City of Te...
FIRST Team 585 had an outstanding time at the Central Valley Regional Competition last weekend in Fresno. They won the Engineering Inspiration Award for their efforts in promoting engineering throughout the community. This award qualifies the team to compete at the FIRST Championships in Houston. Also, the robot placed 26th out of 49 teams after the students worked through some field communications issues and a faulty controller. They are looking forward to a couple weeks of normalcy before...
Last month, Cristin Lassen was appointed to the Tehachapi Valley Recreation & Park District Board by the Tehachapi City Council. The March 12 TVRPD Board meeting was Lassen's first meeting as a member of that Board. Michael Biglay of Sand Canyon argued that as far as he knew, the two County appointed members of the Board had not been reappointed when their term expired so there was no quorum. Chairman Laura Lynne Wyatt assured him that he could check the minutes of the February Kern County...
The 35th Annual Art Show, sponsored by the Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts Association, takes place April 14-21 at the Oak Tree Country Club, 29500 North Lower Valley Rd. It opens with a reception at 4 p.m. At the reception, five pieces of donated art by some generous artists will be awarded, but you don't have to be there to win. If you are already a member of the CAA, there is no cost to attend the reception. If you are not a member, the cost is $10. But for $15 you can become a member and...
The future of Stallion Springs goes hand in hand with a good potable water source. The District has purchased 40-acres of land in Cummings Valley that came with a high-producing, good-quality well. The board and general manager in the upcoming meetings will be discussing how this purchase will impact the immediate future of Stallion Springs and how it can improve the next five to 10 years. Please join us for these discussions. Our next board meeting will be on March 19 at 6 p.m. Open gym Our...
Cowboy entertainer Dave Stamey has made several trips to Tehachapi. He played to a sold-out crowd in Fiddlers Crossing in 2013 and The Beekay Theatre in 2015 and 2017. With ticket sales again brisk this year, he will play another concert at the BeeKay on Saturday, March 30 at 2 and 7 p.m. Stamey is one of the most popular singer-songwriters on the cowboy circuit today. Before becoming a full-time musician, he has been a cowboy, a mule packer and a dude wrangler. As a singer, he has been voted...
Last year our open houses were better attended than any year since we opened! Almost twice as many folks came out to meet our critters and we are so grateful. So why are we closing? The answer is complicated: We have struggled with getting volunteers for the past two years. The open houses are run by the nonprofit which relies on volunteers and last year, it came down to three or four people to manage the open houses; that includes everything from cleaning and prep to leading tours. We were all...
Within the last week I was in the right place, at the right time to witness two completely random acts of kindness. There's always room for more kindness in this world, so here's hoping this inspires you to spread a bit of love throughout the Tehachapi community. A helping hand and a warm beverage Paying it forward in a Starbucks line is definitely not uncommon. It has happened to me previously and I've read stories about the chain reaction it sets off. A stranger in line before you pays for...
