Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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One of Tehachapi's favorite summer events is now open. The Farmers Market on Green Street in Downtown Tehachapi runs through Aug. 13. Hours will be from 4 to 7:30 p.m. each Thursday. This year the Market will initially only have fresh produce, packaged foods and essential household items such as soap. Permission from the Kern County Environmental Health Department was only granted last week and the Market is not allowed to have live music, food vendors for on premise consumption, or arts and...
Honey is an amazing substance. It can be used to sweeten foods and drinks, as well as be used therapeutically. Stone-age paintings show that honey has been used by humans for over 8,000 years. It's the good stuff and its appeal hasn't lessened over time. Finding quality honey can be a daunting task. While there are local, state and federal rules regarding bees and honey production you still need to do your research to find a honey source you can trust. For those of us in Tehachapi, we are...
Just over two years ago, local plumbing company, John the Plumber, expanded their services to include septic pumping when they purchased the pump truck formerly owned by Roemer's Septic. It was a decision that was not made lightly as owner, John Nelson, and his wife, Sarah Rose, didn't want to short change their plumbing customers by over extending themselves into what amounted to another business. "We were already stressed trying to meet the plumbing needs of our customers but we were also...
Cheers to Charity, an absolutely "fun" fundraiser, is still in the works. Dedicated volunteers are working hard to deliver an extraordinary evening of great foods, fine wines, craft and home brewed beers, vibrant music and dancing, really cool nonalcoholic concoctions and much more. Currently, the event is planned for Aug. 8, at Aviator Park in Tehachapi. Cheers to Charity was established as a nonprofit in 2014 with a mission to financially improve small, charitable organizations, as they work t...
In the wake of the global COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, millions of people across the globe found themselves scrambling for hand sanitizer. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note that cleaning hands at key times is one of the most important steps people can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs, there are differences between washing with soap and water and washing with alcohol-based hand sanitizers. The CDC notes that preventing the spread of sickness through...
On March 28 at about 2 p.m., the victim dropped his wallet in the Walmart parking lot located at 400 Tucker Rd in the City of Tehachapi. The suspect found the victim’s wallet and entered the store where she proceeded to make two separate purchases with credit cards belonging to the victim. Detectives obtained surveillance footage of the suspect and her vehicle from the location and requested the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect. Based on information obtained from the public in resp...
Caltrans District 9 traditionally holds its Annual Workers Memorial in April, but due to COVID-19, this year’s event was cancelled. To remember the fallen workers who built and maintained the State’s transportation system, Caltrans District 9 has put together a video of highlights from its 2019 event. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, highway construction and maintenance work is one of the most hazardous occupations in the United States. In 2018, more than 7,000 work-zone collisions occurred on California roadways. About 2,3...
Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new portal to help parents, including essential workers and vulnerable families, find safe, reliable and accessible child care options. “Our essential workers deserve to go to work knowing their kids are safe and cared for,” said Governor Newsom. “They’re there for our families, keeping hospitals, grocery stores and schools open during this pandemic. We need to be there for them. Our new portal will make accessing child care easier by allowing parents to find options that are convenient and reliable for the...
To protect our community’s most vulnerable residents during the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Foundation is investing $20,000 in East Kern and Tehachapi to assist senior citizens and the underserved. The project delivers needed funding to senior centers in Boron, California City, Mojave and Tehachapi to assist them in reimbursing volunteer drivers who are bringing food to medically vulnerable senior citizens to keep them supplied with nutritious meals daily. The grant also provides funding to the Salvation A...
Kern County Public Health announced that the Order of the Kern County Health Officer dated April 2, has been rescinded as of May 2 at 6:30 p.m. This order was originally instituted to garner additional tools to assist with Kern County’s compliance with Governor Gavin Newsom’s stay at home order and California Department of Public Health’s gathering guidance. Over the past several weeks, Kern County Public Health has been working with local businesses to provide education and resources during the Governor’s stay at home order. We have respond...
Some years ago I used to stop by on my way to the Post Office to pick up a friend and retired Priest Monsignor Francis Pointek. Other people drove him as well but I had my turns. Monsignor lived to be 100 years and four months old. I would park by his house as close to the curb as possible so he could step directly into the vehicle and not need to step into the street first. He'd say, "Don't get out of the car! I don't need any help! I'm fine." He did not use a cane but sometimes I'd get out of...
The AV Fair & Event Center in partnership with the Antelope Valley Union High School District will host the 19th Annual 4.0 Student Recognition Celebration virtually on May 26. The celebration was originally scheduled for April 21, however due to COVID-19 safety and health orders, the event will now be a virtual event, premiering on the AV Fairground’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/avfairgrounds) on Tuesday, May 26 at 6 p.m. The long-standing event honors high school students who have maintained a 4.0 or higher grade point average t...
On May 5, Kern County 5th District Supervisor and Chair of the Board of Supervisors, Leticia Perez officially opened the County’s first free drive-thru California community-based testing site (CBTS) for COVID-19. On May 4, the site conducted a soft opening for medical personnel only. Testing is available by appointment only. “The residents of East Bakersfield are some of the most medically underserved populations in the nation. Many of these individuals are helping keep our vital services operational and I believe they deserve better. That is w...
Brian Baptiste, majoring in Psychology, has been inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Miss. Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in higher education with 1,285 chapters on college campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of Palau, Peru, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial possessions. More than three million students have been inducted since its founding in...
CALM’s normally-scheduled Birthday Bash has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that won’t stop the celebration from continuing virtually. CALM will celebrate its 37th birthday via Facebook on May 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to Zoo Manager Lana Fain, organizations who normally attend the Birthday Bash are joining in by sending short videos as if they were at the zoo. Currently, the Audubon Society, Endangered Species Recovery Program, Mea Ola’s Place, Kern County Bees and the Native Plant Society are onboard and sever...
Caltrans District 5 is joining state and local partners to host a series of webinars for small business owners beginning Thursday, May 7. The SB/DVBE Certification Webinar Series: This introductory series will provide an overview of the state certification options for small business and disabled veterans business owners and an introduction to Cal eProcure, the state’s online procurement website. A facilitator from the Department of General Services will guide virtual attendees through a series of webinars to register businesses on Cal e...
Mother's Day is going to be a bit different this year, as many of you will not be able to be with your mothers or grandmothers. By the same token, many mothers will not get to see their children – the very people who make them mothers – face to face either. Nevertheless, we celebrate the day and the women (and some very special men) who love us unconditionally and mother us to the best of their abilities. In this day and age some of you will be able to FaceTime with mom through the miracle of...
Rattlesnake aversion training will take place Sunday, May 17 and Monday, May 18 at Meadowbrook Park, 21750 Westwood Blvd. Cost is $75 per dog through Natural Solutions. To schedule an appointment call (661) 822-5226 or email [email protected]. Safety guidelines for COVID-19 will be followed....
Weneth "Wen" Dwane Painter passed away in Pleasanton, California on April 21 at the age of 84. Wen was born May 8, 1935 in Ainsworth, Nebraska and grew up in Mills and Long Pine, Neb. He attended a one-room school house in Mills and never let anyone forget that America's first astronauts were mid-west, one-room school house educated, too! Everyone who knew Wen had heard his stories about growing up in the mid-west and how America went to the moon with incredible men who were grounded in common...
The Library is headed to their new location. When the new administrative offices were built in 2009 the old CSD building was opened as a large library, a POA room and a place for small meetings. It was also discovered that subterranean termites were active and the building was in need of structural repair. The Board approved moving the library to the Bornt building on Pellisier Road. The community will continue to have a hard copy library of books, a place for fellowship with each other and a...
David Schulgen, who made a career in the wind industry starting from its early days in the 1980s, had unambivalent feelings about wind energy when it arrived in the Tehachapi Mountains: "I hated wind turbines. We raised cattle in Oak Creek Canyon, and I liked to explore the hills around Tehachapi, and I didn't like the wind turbines coming in." His feelings toward the wind industry evolved. But it took some time. The wind industry still didn't exist in the area when Dave graduated from...
Assemblyman Vince Fong honored Carol Beecroft as the 34th Assembly District's 2020 Woman of the Year. Carol is the Chief Executive Officer of the Women's Center-High Desert located in Ridgecrest, Calif. Women's Center-High Desert is a grassroots program dedicated to domestic violence and women's issues. Under Beecroft's tenure Women's Center-High Desert has expanded to include a bevy of services such as sexual assault, child abuse, stalking, human trafficking, prison rape, teen dating violence...
In order to support local community efforts to fight COVID-19 and its social and economic impacts, Rio Tinto is investing $10 million in a variety of grassroots projects across Canada and the United States. From delivering critical equipment for people working in hospitals to providing practical support to communities and families, we are contributing to efforts by our partners to help fight the pandemic. In addition, Rio Tinto is supporting projects that maintain and create regional economic...
During these challenging times, most of us are very vigilant about our health. We have become more aware of how air pollution negatively affects our lives and our health over the past few decades and air quality affects us wherever we are. But have you thought about the air INSIDE your vehicle? As the summer months approach and we are hopefully released from lockdown, we will undoubtedly be spending more time in our vehicles. Most vehicles model year 2000 and newer have cabin air filters. The filters take care of cleaning the air in the...
Due to the current situation with COVID-19, Valley Oaks Charter High School had to make the difficult decision to postpone their annual prom, which was originally scheduled for early May. However, this did not stop them from brainstorming an alternative plan to celebrate in the best way currently possible. The prom committee decided to host a virtual prom utilizing both Zoom and Flipgrid. While they still plan to host a live prom as soon as social distancing rules have been relaxed, they are...
