Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Husky National STOL is a competition series that holds events all over the United States. The Airport and the City have teamed up with the Series to bring STOL to Tehachapi Municipal Airport on Memorial Day weekend. Tehachapi will be the series' highest altitude event at 4,001 feet above sea level. STOL, an acronym for Short Takeoff and Landing, is currently the fastest growing aviation motorsport in the industry with competitions popping up all over the U.S. and abroad. At SoCal STOL,...
May is bicycle safety month and the Tehachapi Police Department will be hosting a bicycle safety rodeo for children ages 12 and under on Saturday May 14 from 10 a.m. to noon in the public parking lot located at 220 W. C St., in Tehachapi. A bicycle obstacle course will be set up for the children to maneuver through to test their riding abilities and knowledge of safety. The course will include road signs (STOP, Caution, Yield, etc.), cones for children to navigate their bicycles through while...
The Tehachapi Symphony, under the baton of Dr. David Newby will perform on Sunday, May 15 at Country Oaks Baptist Church beginning at 4 p.m. Country Oaks Baptist Church is located at 20915 Schout Road. The concert will also be live-streamed on Facebook. This year's Young Artist Competition winner, Deanna Buringrud, will perform Frank Martin's Ballade. Deanna Buringrud is an American flutist, whose passion is to enhance the connection between musicians and their communities. In each of her...
FIELD and The Greater Tehachapi Area Chamber of Commerce are excited to announce our First Annual Tehachapi Job Fair. This event will be open to individuals of all levels of education and work experience. We anticipate over 15 local businesses will be in attendance. Applicants should bring resumes or transcripts if possible. Be prepared to fill out applications at the event. As we grow, we will update the list of businesses on our website. Businesses who are interested in participating can find more information on our website....
Tehachapi's two Destination Imagination teams are looking for your support to help them get to Global Finals in Kansas City, Missouri on May 21-24, where they will be competing with other teams from around the world! Recently, both Destination Imagination teams won first place in California in the engineering challenge. Destination Imagination is a fun, hands-on system of learning that fosters students' creativity, courage and curiosity through open-ended academic challenges in the fields of...
When she opened Healthy Hippie Trading Co. last September, creating a space where all would feel welcome and safe was not owner Sarah Rose's main thought. "I wanted to create a space where everyone would enjoy shopping, of course," she says, "but the thought of creating a 'safe' space really wasn't top of mind for me. The concept was quite foreign to me." What exactly does she mean by a "safe" space? "A 'safe' space is a place where all, regardless of their religious persuasion, gender, sexual...
An important election is coming up in June! The BVS Homeowner’s Association is having its annual vote for candidates for our board. Meet the candidates on Wednesday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Country Club. You will have an opportunity to ask questions about their goals. Your candidates this year are Peggy Bergman-Smith, Dain Hurst, Guy Munday and Jim Panek, who are re-running for three open seats. We also have two new candidates: Nick Beske and Joe Horswell. It’s important to get a quorum of eligible voters. If we don’t meet our quorum, the e...
New artists The Center is happy to introduce our newest artists. Basianna K. who creates colorful surrealistic paintings in acrylics, and our new soap lady Helen Brennick. Helen a newer Tehachapi resident, crafts soap that is gentle and healthy for your skin using goat milk and an olive oil-based soap for our vegan customers. Classes and events Our Beginning Polymer Clay Class on May 14 is filled up but you can sign up for the same class on June 11. Cathy Clark will teach the basics of working with this material as you craft a glassware...
I decided to hang up my trusty Pioneer True Value apron, after 39 years. As soon as the “For Sale” sign went up, I had customers pleading with me to keep it a hardware store. They said they needed a place where they can get the products and service and how-to information. One distraught customer told me he would pray hard that someone would buy it and keep it a hardware store and, by golly, the next day Karl’s Hardware (of Rosamond, Mojave and Boron) bought it! I joked that I should have kept th...
Debra Sanderson had lived in Pine Mountain Club for 20 years when she made the decision to move to Tehachapi, joining a friend who had encouraged her to come here. Her landlord in Pine Mountain Club had sold the house she was renting there in March so she didn’t have the time she would have liked to find a place in Tehachapi. Fortunately, she was able to find a place that will do for a while. Plus, she’s closer to the services she would continue to need following an automobile accident she had...
Officials for the 2022 AV Fair & Alfalfa Festival have formally announced new dates for the 2022 nostalgic family event. For the past several years, the AV Fair & Alfalfa Festival has taken place in mid-August. This year the beloved event will move to fall, taking place from Sept. 23-Oct. 2. The 2022 Fair theme has also been announced - “What A Ride!” According to officials, after a 2-year hiatus due to COVID-19 health concerns and large-scale event restrictions, combined with both traditional and new plans for the fall 2022 Fair, the the...
The California Living Museum (CALM) will celebrate its 39th Birthday Bash on Saturday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A variety of nature-related and civic organizations will be on hand to provide party guests with information and give-a-ways. The Bakersfield Police Department K-9 team will be the main presentation of the day. The demonstration is always a crowd favorite. The train will be running from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and wristbands are only $2 per person with unlimited rides. How does a trout...
The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce would like to invite the community to the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for CBD Dependable Solutions on May 26 at 4 p.m. Shawna Espinoza opened her business last year but has not been able to have a ribbon cutting due to COVID. We hope you are able to attend and support this amazing local business at 1121 W. Valley Blvd., Ste. G, Tehachapi....
You might enjoy owning your home – but the mortgage? Not so much. In fact, you might want to do everything you can to pay it off as quickly as possible. But is that always the best strategy? In one sense, your mortgage can be considered a "good" debt because it's backed by a tangible asset – your home – that has real value and may even gain further value. Furthermore, by historical standards, you're probably paying a pretty low interest rate on your mortgage, so you're getting a lot of benef...
The Devil Pups Youth Program For America, which emphasizes “Growth Through Challenge,” is seeking interested candidates for the 2022 summer camp program to be held July 21-30 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Founded in 1954, this program strives to develop in its participants qualities of good citizenship, confidence, personal discipline, teamwork and respect for others, their family and their country. Applications must be postmarked by June 11. Interested boys and girls, age...
For the past 20 years, KCSOS’s “Do the Math” live call-in TV show and free math tutoring program has helped thousands of Kern County 4th-12th graders with their math homework. As the program gears up for its 21st season, which will run from September 2022 through April 2023, on-air tutors are being sought. Candidates must have a math degree and be able to work with students in grades 4-12 individually on-air and over the phone. Tutors must be available on Tuesdays and/or Wednesdays after 4 p.m. “Becoming an on-air tutor gave me the chance...
In recognition of Memorial Day, National Cemeteries across the nation place flags on gravesites to honor the nobility of military service of the dedicated men and women who put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms we hold so dear. We show them our deepest gratitude and utmost support by remembering individuals interred at these hallowed grounds. What: Placing/removing flags and flag holders on each gravesite for Memorial Day. Who: Groups or any individual that would like to participate. When: Friday, May 27 at 9 a.m. – placement o...
Get ready for an exciting summer at the library! Every year the Kern County Library has the Summer Reading Challenge, which consists of reading either 10 books or reading for 10 hours. People who complete in the challenge receive prizes and can be entered into drawings for all kinds of exciting rewards! This year, with pandemic restrictions relaxing, we are preparing to go all out. The challenge starts on June 1, and we are going to have a big kick-off event at the library on June 14. Over the...
Frontier High School Special Education Teacher Kurt Keckley, Literacy Intervention Teacher Kelsea Linnell from Elk Hills School and 8th grade History teacher Hanna Rahberger from Cato Middle School have been named 2022 Kern County Teachers of the Year finalists. The selections were announced this evening at a reception sponsored by Valley Strong Credit Union at CSU Bakersfield. In all, 57 Kern County teachers were nominated for the honor. The three finalists are now eligible to apply for the California Teacher of the Year program. The two most...
The Fire Hazard Reduction Program, also referred to as FHRP, will send out a “Notice to Abate Fire Hazard” to all Kern County property owners whose properties are located within the State Responsibility Area (SRA). Property owners located in these areas are required to perform fire hazard reduction clearance by June 1 of every year and maintain their property free of fire hazards or nuisance vegetation year around. See Kern County Code of Ordinance Chapter 8.46 – WEEDS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS GROWT...
Kern County's Second District Supervisor, Zack Scrivner, announced plans this week to allocate nearly $8.7 million for park improvements and maintenance throughout his district, which stretches from Boron on the edge of Eastern Kern to Taft and Frazier Park near the county's western boundary. Funding for the improvements at eight county parks in District 2 will come from several different sources. Recently, the county secured $3,023,637 from the Clean California Grant administered by the...
The annual Oldtimers’ Reunion date is August 7 and is already being planned by the members of the Reunion Committee along with Ashley Krempien, recreation manager for TVRPD. An important task of the coming event is to make any necessary address changes or additions of new Oldtimers to the invitation list. Any updates or changes should be directed to [email protected] or by calling TVRPD at (661) 822-3228. If you have lived in Tehachapi for 40 years, you lived here 40 years ago, or you were b...
After a 2-year break, the much anticipated 22nd annual Latino Food Festival Menudo and Pozole Cook-Off returns this year. Loyal attendees are in for good music, food, entertainment and camaraderie. The annual Menudo Cook-Off will take place 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 29 at the Kern County Museum, 3801 Chester Ave., Bakersfield. This year’s musical headliners will be regional Mexican music artist Roberto Tapia Con Banda y Norteńo, and 80s R&B band, Club Nouveau. The popular festival had be...
Mike Goodman, 79, passed away on May 2 in Tehachapi. He was born on Aug. 25, 1942, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Robert and Frances Goodman. He served the U.S. the Navy from 1962-68, as an engine operator, assigned in Vietnam aboard the USS Implicit (MSO 455) and the USS Engage (MSO 435). He married Mari Goodman on Sept. 24, 1978. Mike had four children. He and Mari had a loving relationship, where it was always: "Family First." Mike was an "East Coast" man at heart, but fell in love with...
To celebrate National Bike Month and Bike Safety Awareness in May, Kern County Public Works, in partnership with Bike Bakersfield and the Kern Council of Governments (Kern COG), are hosting a Bike Kern Virtual Scavenger Hunt throughout the month and invite all Kern County residents to join in! The virtual scavenger hunt encourages participants to hop on their bike and explore their community and nearby neighborhoods, while safely searching for tasks and assignments to complete on their mobile device. Keep in mind, always stop and park your...
